Glossary term: Astronomía de rayos X
Description: La astronomía de rayos X es un campo de estudio dedicado a recopilar y analizar toda la información procedente del cosmos en forma de radiación electromagnética de muy alta energía (más energética que la radiación ultravioleta, pero menos que la radiación gamma). Los rayos X tienen frecuencias comprendidas entre 30 petahercios y 30 exahercios, lo que corresponde a longitudes de onda entre 10 picómetros y 10 nanómetros. En la antigua unidad de longitud que aún se utiliza en muchas áreas de la astronomía, incluida la astronomía de rayos X, esto corresponde a entre 0.1 y 100 angstroms (Å). Dada la importancia de la naturaleza corpuscular de la luz en esa parte del espectro, los astrónomos de rayos X suelen utilizar las energías de los fotones en lugar de longitudes de onda para caracterizar lo que miden. En términos de electronvoltios (eV), la medida de energía habitual en la física de partículas, los rangos de frecuencia y longitud de onda anteriores corresponden a energías de fotones entre 100 eV y 100 keV. Dado que la atmósfera absorbe la mayor parte de los rayos X, la astronomía de rayos X se lleva a cabo normalmente mediante telescopios espaciales. Los rayos X de origen astronómico provienen de regiones extremadamente calientes. Entre ellas se incluyen los discos que rodean a objetos compactos, como los agujeros negros o las estrellas de neutrones, y la corona caliente de las estrellas.
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In Other Languages
- Árabe: علم الفلك بالأشعة السينية
- Alemán: Röntgenastronomie
- Inglés: X-ray Astronomy
- Francés: Astronomie des rayons X
- Hindi: एक्स-रे खगोल विज्ञान
- Italiano: Astronomia a raggi X
- Japonés: X線天文学 (external link)
- Portugués de Brasil: Astronomia de Raios X
- Chino simplificado: X 射线天文学
- Chino tradicional: X 射線天文學
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Remnant of SN 1006
Caption: This image shows the remnant of the supernova SN 1006. This was probably the result of a white dwarf that accreted so much material from a binary companion star that the white dwarf exploded (this is called a Type 1a supernova by astronomers). This explosion happened several thousand years ago, however it took time for the light from this event to reach Earth, only arriving in the year 1006. This bright explosion was noticed by observers across the Earth and its appearance was noted in the records of many different societies.
Here we see the effect that supernova has had on its surroundings in the galaxy. The force of the explosion has blown a huge bubble in the surrounding interstellar gas with a hot shockwave at its edge. The image appears to be a simple color picture but it actually represents light far beyond what our eye can see. The blue is X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the yellow and orange are data from optical telescopes and the red is detections in radio waves from the Very Large Array and the Green Bank Telescope. The bright blue of the outer shell shows the gas there is very hot and that the explosion produced energetic shock waves.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenai, Hughes et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell; Optical: Middlebury College/F.Winkler, NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO Schmidt & DSS
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