NASA NTRS · 20050131680
AXAF: The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
Abstract
X-rays are produced by violent, energetic, and explosive phenomena in the universe. The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) is an orbiting observatory designed to view these X-rays. The National Academy of Sciences Survey Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics has recommended AXAF as the #1 priority among all major new astronomy programs. The scientific importance of AXAF was also highlighted by the Academy's Survey Committee on Physics. Why has AXAF earned such enthusiastic support, not only among astronomers, but also broadly within the nation's scientific community?
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Pellerin, Charles J., Weisskopf, Martin C., Neal, Valerie. 2005-01-01. AXAF: The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20050131680
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