The Development and Scientific Impact of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Abstract
I review the operational capabilities of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, including some of the spectacular results obtained by the general observer community. A natural theme of this talk is that Chandra is revealing outflows of great quantities of energy that were not previously observable. I highlight the Chandra studies of powerful X-ray jets. This subject is only possible due to the sub-arcsecond resolution of the X-ray telescope.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Pub Date:
- 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1142/S0218271804005377
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0402275
- Bibcode:
- 2004IJMPD..13.1239S
- Keywords:
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- X-ray astrophysics;
- supernova nebulae;
- cluster cooling flows;
- quasars;
- jets;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 4 figures. Talk given at the International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA2003), Olinda, Brasil, October 2003. To appear in the International Journal of Modern Physics D