Centaurus Cluster:  A cluster of galaxies about 170 million light years from Earth, located in the constellation Centaurus.
Credit: 
NASA/IoA/J.Sanders & A.Fabian
X-ray Astronomy School 
May 12-16, 2003
Wallops Island, VA

Lectures

1E0657-56:  An extremely hot galaxy cluster about 4 billion light years from Earth
Credit: NASA/SAO/CXC/M.Markevitch et al.

2003 X-ray Astronomy School Announcement
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General
Introduction to X-ray astronomy (PPT, HTML, PDF)Keith Arnaud
The future of X-ray astronomy(PPT, HTML, PDF) Keith Arnaud
Detectors
X-ray Optics (PDF) Dan Schwartz
Basic detector processes (PDF) Dan Schwartz
CCDs (PPT, HTML, PDF)George Chartas
Source Physics
Atomic Physics (PPT, HTML, PDF) Randall Smith
Continuum processes(PPT, HTML, PDF) Ilana Harrus
Collisional Plasmas(PPT, HTML, PDF) Randall Smith
Photoionized Plasmas(PPT, HTML, PDF) Randall Smith
Data Analysis Techniques
Statistics I (PDF)Peter Freeman
Statistics II (PDF)Peter Freeman
Low resolution spectra(PPT, HTML, PDF) Keith Arnaud
Imaging Analysis (PPT, HTML) Aneta Siemiginowska
Source detection I (PPT, HTML, PDF) Peter Freeman
Source detection II (PDF) Vinay Kashyap
High resolution spectra (PPT, HTML, PDF) Randall Smith
Timing (PPT, HTML, PDF)Zaven Arzoumanian
Scientific Topics
ISM (PPT, HTML, PDF) Randall Smith
SNR (PPT, HTML, PDF) Ilana Harrus
Clusters (PPT, HTML, PDF) Keith Arnaud
Gravitational lenses (PPT, HTML, PDF)George Chartas
AGN (PPT, HTML, PDF) Aneta Siemiginowska

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Any questions regarding the school should be directed to
xrayschool@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov


Meeting organized jointly  by:
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Universities Space 
Research Association
NASA Goddard Space 
Flight Center
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, Operated by SAO for NASA

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