TY - BOOK ID - 8329600 TI - The X-ray background AU - Barcons, Xavier AU - Fabian, Andrew Christopher PY - 1992 SN - 0521416515 9780521416511 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cosmic background radiation. KW - X-ray astronomy. KW - X-ray sources, Galactic. KW - X-ray astronomy KW - Cosmic background radiation KW - X-ray sources, Galactic KW - Astronomy KW - Use of X-rays KW - Astronomie des rayons X. KW - Rayonnement du fond du ciel. KW - Sources galactiques de rayons X. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8329600 AB - Counter The book reviews our current observational knowledge of the background radiation of the X-ray in the universe. The most relevant features of the X-ray background, discovered thirty years ago, are covered in detail. The contributions of the most recent space missions, including Ginga, Rosat, and the Astro-1 Shuttle flight are included. The topics covered embrace the spectrum of the radiation, isotropy on all angular scales and possible sources, such as active galactic nuclei and clusters of galaxies. ER -