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The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) is a remarkable and unique scientific endeavor. It will be a space-based earth orbiting X-ray observatory, designed to address fundamental questions in astronomy and astrophysics. It is remarkable in that it represents enormous advances in observational capability. It is unique in that it will be the best means of obtaining high resolution, spectrally resolved X-ray images of astronomical objects for the rest of this century and beyond.
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Weisskopf, M.C., 1988, Astronomy and Astrophysics with the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, Space Science Reviews, 47, pp. 47–93
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Weisskopf, M.C. (1990). The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility. In: Kondo, Y. (eds) Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 166. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3454-5_11
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