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Tables of Contents for Exploring the Universe
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
Introduction
vii
X-ray Astronomy: the First Decade
1
16
H. Gursky
X-ray Astronomy from Uhuru to Einstein
17
22
W. H. Tucker
H. Tananbaum
Historical Development of X-ray Optics for Astronomy
39
34
L. P. van Speybroeck
The Divergent Evolution of the X-Ray Telescope
73
22
P. Gorenstein
From Starfish to EXOSAT - My Various Interactions with Riccardo Giacconi
95
10
K. A. Pounds
X-ray Astronomical Spectroscopy
105
14
S. Holt
The X-ray Background and the ROSAT Deep Surveys
119
20
G. Hasinger
G. Zamorani
Musings about X-ray Luminosity Functions and Source Counts
139
8
M. Schmidt
The Brightest Extragalactic Radio Sources in the Sky as Observed at Radio, HST, and X-ray Wavelengths
147
16
M. S. Longair
Clusters of Galaxies in X-rays
163
22
A. Cavaliere
Hot Gas and Dark Matter in Galaxies and Clusters
185
22
W. Forman
C. Jones
Clusters of Galaxies: a Commentary
207
12
G. Chincarini
Evolution of the Abundance of X-ray Galaxy Clusters out to z ∼ 1
219
10
P. Rosati
Life and Times of the X-ray Gas in Elliptical Galaxies
229
14
A. Renzini
The Beginnings of Stellar X-ray Astronomy
243
8
R. Rosner
Stellar Coronal Structures
251
14
S. Serio
Understanding X-ray Stars: the Discovery of Binary X-ray Sources
265
16
E. J. Schreier
H. Tananbaum
X-ray Emission from Neutron Stars - Some Personal Reflections and Recent Developments
281
10
J. Trumper
X-ray Imaging of Crowded Fields and Grain Scattered Halos
291
4
G. W. Clark
J. W. Woo
Iron Kα-Line Emission from Neutral Interstellar Gas
295
16
R. Sunyaev
General Relativity with Quasi-Periodic Oscillations from Low Mass X-ray Binaries
311
16
L. Stella
Lessons from X-ray Astronomy Applied to HST
327
10
E. J. Schreier
R. Doxsey
HST Observations of Extragalactic Optical Jets
337
20
F. D. Macchetto
High Redshift Radio Galaxies: from HST to VLT - a Proto-Cluster at z = 2.2?
357
6
G. Miley
L. Pentericci
H. Rottgering
Probing the Cosmic ``Dark Age'' with the VLT
363
10
M. J. Rees
On the Critical Mass
373
R. Ruffini