Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Optics
- 2 Detectors
- 3 Charge-coupled devices
- 4 Data reduction and calibration
- 5 Data analysis
- 6 Archives, surveys, catalogs, and software
- 7 Statistics
- 8 Extended emission
- Appendices
- 1 X-ray lines and edges
- 2 Conversion tables
- 3 Typical X-ray sources
- 4 Major X-ray satellites
- 5 Astrostatistics
- 6 Acronyms
- References
- Index
6 - Acronyms
from Appendices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Optics
- 2 Detectors
- 3 Charge-coupled devices
- 4 Data reduction and calibration
- 5 Data analysis
- 6 Archives, surveys, catalogs, and software
- 7 Statistics
- 8 Extended emission
- Appendices
- 1 X-ray lines and edges
- 2 Conversion tables
- 3 Typical X-ray sources
- 4 Major X-ray satellites
- 5 Astrostatistics
- 6 Acronyms
- References
- Index
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- Handbook of X-ray Astronomy , pp. 186 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011