Published 1989
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Book
X rays from normal galaxies
Creators
- 1. California Univ., Berkeley (USA)
- 2. Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA (USA)
- 3. California Univ., San Diego (USA)
Description
The Einstein Observatory, Exosat, and Ginga observations of X-rays from normal galaxies are reviewed. Local spirals and bright spiral galaxies are discussed, emphasizing the nature of the X-ray sources and addressing average sample properties and correlation with other wavebands. Starburst activity and low-activity nuclei are examined. The hot ISM, halos, and cooling flows in elliptical galaxies are addressed, and what X-ray observations reveal about the mass of early-type galaxies is considered. The relationship between radio sources and gaseous halos and between galaxies and the X-ray background is discussed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews, Inc.
- Imprint Place
- Palo Alto, CA (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics. Volume 27
- Imprint Pagination
- 784 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 87-138.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21069606
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BRIGHTNESS; COOLING; CORRELATIONS; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; ELLIPTICAL CONFIGURATION; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; GAS FLOW; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; MASS; SATELLITES; SPIRAL CONFIGURATION; STAR EVOLUTION; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FLUID FLOW; IONIZING RADIATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; SPACE