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ABSTRACT
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 2.AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- 2.1.In the Beginning...
- 2.2.The End of the First Age of
X-ray Astronomy?
- 3.X-RAY IMAGING BEGINS WITH EINSTEIN
- 3.1.Detailed Imaging and Spectra
- 3.2.The EMSS
- 4.THE X-RAY DARK AGES
- 4.1.ROSAT All-Sky Survey
- 4.2.ROSAT Pointed Observations
- 5.THE MIDDLE AGE OF X-RAY ASTRONOMY?
- 5.1.ASCA Observations
- 5.2.The Unfulfilled Potential of
ABRIXAS
- 5.3.Chandra and XMM-Newton
- 6.CAN "EDGE'S LAW" HOLD?
- 7.CONCLUSIONS
- 8.A CODA
- REFERENCES