Predicted X-ray backgrounds for the International X-ray Observatory

The background that will be observed by IXO's X-ray detectors naturally separates into two components: (1) a Cosmic X-ray Background (CXB), primarily due to unresolved point sources at high energies (E>2 keV), along with Galactic component(s) at lower energies that are generated in the disk...

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Main Authors: Bautz, Marshall W., Smith, R. K., Bookbinder, J., Garcia, M. R., Guainazzi, M., Kilbourne, C. A.
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61647
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-4482