x-ray spectrum

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x-ray spectrum

[′eks ‚rā ‚spek·trəm]

(spectroscopy)

A display or graph of the intensity of x-rays, produced when electrons strike a solid object, as a function of wavelengths or some related parameter; it consists of a continuous bremsstrahlung spectrum on which are superimposed groups of sharp lines characteristic of the elements in the target.

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(2011) Discovery of a cyclotron resonance feature in the X-ray spectrum of GX 304-1 with RXTE and Suzaku during outbursts detected by MAXI in 2010.

X-ray studies of neutron stars and their magnetic fields

The width of the X-ray spectrum indicates that the galaxy's central black hole is whirling around at 90 percent of its maximum possible rate of rotation.

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After recording an x-ray spectrum at a fixed beam location, the x-ray microanalysis procedure consists of two distinct stages:

X-ray microanalysis in the variable pressure (environmental) scanning electron microscope

If that supernova left behind a neutron star, the observed X-ray spectrum should indicate a temperature of about 2 million kelvins, Helfand says.

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With a total effective XIS exposure of more than two weeks, the X-ray spectrum reveals several faint emission features from highly ionized chromium, manganese and nickel in addition to a bright emission line from iron.

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Enter Chandra's X-ray spectrum of V471 Tauri, a pre-cataclysmic binary that shines at about magnitude 9.5 in the western fringe of the Hyades.

New evidence for common-envelope binaries

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Sample preparation for electron probe microanalysis--pushing the limits

Bechtold and Siemiginowska found the jet by accident while using Chandra to study the X-ray spectrum of the quasar, known as PKS 1127-145.

X-ray universe: quasar's jet goes the distance

Finally, the X-ray spectrum of the source, that is, its signature in energy, is similar to what astronomers expect to see for a pulsar.