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A New Radio-Wave Technique in X-Ray Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

P. J. Edwards
P. J. Edwards*
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Department of Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand
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It is evident that the limited duration of a single rocket or balloon flight is a severe handicap to the study of variable X-ray sources like Cen XR-2, the early history of which can only be conjectured from the few available rocket observations. The whole question of the variability of X-ray sources remains in doubt because of the difficulty of relating infrequent high-altitude flux measurements of short duration made with a variety of instruments. There are obvious advantages in a method of monitoring celestial X-ray fluxes from the ground for prolonged periods of time. Such a method has recently been found and, although presently restricted to strong sources like Sco XR-1 and Cen XR-2, is capable of considerable refinement.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 6 , September 1969 , pp. 290 - 291
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1969

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