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The X-Ray Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

G. Hasinger
G. Hasinger*
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany & Universität Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam, Germany

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The recent progress in the measurement and understanding of the X-ray background is reviewd here. Particular emphasis is put on a discussion of the partially discrepant measurement of the X-ray background spectrum in the 0.5-3 keV range. New and important constraints on large scale structure are obtained from measurements of the smoothness of the XRB. Recently the first discovery of a signal in the angular correlation function of the XRB could be announced. Finally, various X-ray surveys and their identification content is summarized. The role of optically inactive galaxies as a major contributor to the faint X-ray source population which might produce a substantial fraction of the XRB is clarified.

Type
Part I: Invited Reviews
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 168: Examining the Big Bang and the Diffuse Background Radiations , 1996 , pp. 245 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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