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Properties of individual X-ray sources: (Invited discourse)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Riccardo Giacconi

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In the past 2 years the group at American Science & Engineering, Inc., including Gursky, Gorenstein, Kellogg and me, has been engaged in a program of rocket launches aimed at the solution of several outstanding questions in X-ray astronomy. Of four rocket launches, one was almost totally unsuccessful due to a mechanical failure; one was only partially successful due to a failure of the ACS (Attitude Control System); and two performed as planned. Notwithstanding the delays induced by this run of bad luck, a considerable amount of data has been gathered and analyzed. The major results obtained in the flights on October 11, 1966, and on February 2, 1968, have been published. It is my intent today to report on preliminary results of a recent flight (December 5, 1968) and briefly summarize conclusions from previous flights, and comment on a few selected topics to which this experimental program may contribute.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 37: Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy , 1970 , pp. 107 - 115
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Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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