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Article Contents
- TITLE PAGE
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 2.THE SPECTRUM OF THE XRB
- 3.THE ISOTROPY OF THE X-RAY BACKGROUND
- 4.THE CONTRIBUTION OF KNOWN CLASSES
OF DISCRETE SOURCES
- 4.1.Surveys at Energies Above 3 keV
- 4.2.Surveys at Energies Less Than
3 keV
- 4.3.Constraints from the Isotropy
of the X-Ray Background
- 4.4.Conclusion
- 5.MODELS FOR THE RESIDUAL BACKGROUND
- 5.1.A Diffuse Origin?
- 5.2.A New Class of Sources
- 6.THE LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE
X-RAY BACKGROUND
- 7.SUMMARY AND FUTURE WORK
- REFERENCES