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X Rays: Another Form of Light
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This Chandra X-ray Observatory website gives a brief history on the discovery of X-rays and how they are produced.  There is also information on other forms of light.  This website includes illustrations and information on X- ray production, inverse Compton scattering, atomic emission, and synchrotron radiation.  There are also links to learn more about the differences between x-ray astronomy and medical x-rays, and to a word search for x-rays and light.
https://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_astro/xrays.html
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Spectroscopy, X-ray sources
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Metadata instance created November 25, 2003 by Patricia Monahan
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X Rays: Another Form of Light. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: https://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_astro/xrays.html
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