Synchrotron Radiation from Outer Space and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Abstract
The universe provides numerous extremely interesting astrophysical sources of synchrotron X radiation. The Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray missions provide powerful probes of these and other cosmic X-ray sources. Chandra is the X-ray component of NASA's Great Observatory Program which also includes the Hubble Space telescope, the Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility, and the now defunct Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory provides the best angular resolution (sub-arcsecond) of any previous, current, or planned (for the foreseeable near future) space-based X-ray instrumentation. We present here a brief overview of the technical capability of this X-Ray observatory and some of the remarkable discoveries involving cosmic synchrotron sources.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0608524,
title = {Synchrotron Radiation from Outer Space and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory},
author = {Martin C. Weisskopf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0608524},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 6 figures, invited article for Synchrotron Radiation News