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Upper-air fluorescence as a tool in X-ray astronomy and searches for X-rays from NP 0532 and other pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

W. N. Charman ,
R. W. P. Drever ,
J. H. Fruin ,
J. V. Jelley ,
J. L. Elliot ,
G. G. Fazio ,
D. R. Hearn ,
H. F. Helmken ,
G. H. Rieke  and
T. C. Weekes
W. N. Charman
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, England
R. W. P. Drever
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, England
J. H. Fruin
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, England
J. V. Jelley
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, England
J. L. Elliot
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
G. G. Fazio
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
D. R. Hearn
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
H. F. Helmken
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
G. H. Rieke
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
T. C. Weekes
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.

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The object of this paper, which describes work which has been carried out in close collaboration between members of our two groups, is to present the background of the upper-air fluorescence technique as a viable ground-based tool for studies of cosmic X-rays. After a discussion of the characteristics, merits and limitations of the technique, we describe some preliminary experiments which have been carried out, both separately and also jointly, with our respective installations. These are sited at Mount Hopkins (the SAO field station at 2300 m altitude near Amado, Arizona) and at Sparsholt Firs (approx. 300 m altitude, on the Berkshire Downs, near Harwell).

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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. 41 - 49
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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