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The X-Ray Background: Origin and Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Martin J. Rees*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England

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This paper will be concerned with three topics relevant to the X-ray background: (i) X-ray emission mechanisms in quasars; (ii) the contributions to the X-ray background from quasars, clusters of galaxies, intercluster gas, young galaxies, etc; and (iii) the use of X-ray background observations as a probe for large-scale density irregularities in the Universe.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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