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Low-energy X-ray Spectra of Sco X–1 and Four Sagittarius Sources

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Studies of long-wavelength spectra of X-ray sources provide information about their distances and about the interstellar medium.

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  1. S. NARANAN: On leave from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India. Presently at American Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  2. G. SPADA: On leave from the Laboratorio di Astrofisica, Frascati, Italy, at the time of this work.

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RAPPAPORT, S., BRADT, H., NARANAN, S. et al. Low-energy X-ray Spectra of Sco X–1 and Four Sagittarius Sources. Nature 221, 428–432 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221428a0

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