The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO): An Overview
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Significant advances in science inevitably occur when the state of the art in instrumentation improves. NASA's newest Great Observatory, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) -- formally known as the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) -- launched on July 23, 1999 and represents such an advance. The CXO is designed to study the x-ray emission from all categories of astronomical objects from normal stars to quasars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9912097,
title = {The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO): An Overview},
author = {Martin C. Weisskopf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9912097},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages, 13 figures For the proceedings of the NATO-ASI held in Crete, Greece, 7-18 June,1999