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SAS-3 Bibliography

Publication list from ADS

• Publications 1-160
  

Useful SAS-3 references

• Instrumentation :
  Mission Overview: Mayer 1975, APL Tech Digest, 14, 14.
  Slat collimator: Buff et al 1977, ApJ, 212, 768.
  Tube collimator: Lewin et al 1976, MNRAS, 177,83P.
  Modulation Collimator: Schnopper et al 1976, ApJ, 210, L75.
  Low energy detector system: Hearn et al 1976, ApJ, 203, L21.
  

• Science highlights:
  • Discovery of an X-ray QSO: Ricker et al 1978, Nature, 271, 35.
  • Optical candidates for galactic X-ray sources :
    McClintock et al 1977, Nature, 270, 320.
    Bradt et al 1977, Nature, 269, 21.
  • Discovery of famous X-ray sources:
    Schnopper et al 1976, ApJ, 210, L75. (Algol)
    Hearn et al 1976, ApJ, 203, L21 (HZ 43) and ApJ, 210, L23. (AM Her)
    
  • Discovery of several X-ray bursters:
    Lewin et al 1976, Ap. J., 207, L95. (Rapid Burster) and MNRAS, 177, 83.
    
  • SAS 3 survey of the soft X-ray background (0.10-0.28keV): Marshall and Clark 1984, ApJ, 287, 633.