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X-ray Background Source Counts

X-Ray Background Source Counts is a metric that quantifies the number of discrete astrophysical sources contributing to the diffuse X-ray background radiation per unit area of the sky and per unit flux or sensitivity interval.

105

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7.7K

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455

Authors

193

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Variants

X-ray Background Log N-log S

Parents

Publications

105

The synthesis of the cosmic X-ray background in the Chandra and XMM-Newton era

R. Gilli, A. Comastri, G. Hasinger · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2006 · 923 citations · Full text

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The Resolved Fraction of the Cosmic X‐Ray Background

The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 360 citations · Full text

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The Chandra Deep Field–South: The 1 Million Second Exposure

P. Rosati, P. Tozzi, R. Giacconi et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 351 citations · Full text

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Reproducibility of Non-X-Ray Background for the X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard Suzaku

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan · 2008 · 336 citations · Full text

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The Fall of Active Galactic Nuclei and the Rise of Star-forming Galaxies: A Close Look at the Chandra Deep Field X-Ray Number Counts

F. E. Bauer, D. M. Alexander, W. N. Brandt et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 2004 · 294 citations · Full text

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1–5 of 105

Authors

455

  1. AC
    A. C. Fabian

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 273 citations

    8

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  2. RG
    R. Gilli

    University of Bologna, Italy

    7 publications · 1.8K citations

    7

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  3. TM
    T. Maccacaro

    Brera Astronomical Observatory, Italy

    5 publications · 263 citations

    5

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  4. AC
    A. Comastri

    Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna, Italy

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

    5

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  5. GP
    G. P. Garmire

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    5 publications · 751 citations

    5

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1–5 of 455

Institutions

193

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    3.1K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    731 citations

  4. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Institute of Astronomy

    Moscow, Russia

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    426 citations

  6. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    771 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 33 publications · 2.3K citations

    24

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    23 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

    8

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 3 publications · 742 citations

    3

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  5. Advances in Space Research

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

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