X-ray Astronomy at SLAC

Abstract

The USA (Unconventional Stellar Aspect) experiment was launched in February of 1999 and operated for approximately 18 months. Group K at SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) participated in this experiment along with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). I discuss the USA experiment and the data accumulated along with some of the results obtained from the observations of such objects as the extragalactic BL Lac object 1ES1959+65, the Black Hole Candidate (BHC) XTE J1118+480, and the eccentric X-ray binary system Circinus X-1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA464582

Entities

People

  • P. M. Saz Parkinson

Organizations

  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Astronomy
  • Black Holes
  • Information Operations
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Military Research
  • X Ray Astronomy
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.