The dust scattering component of X-ray extinction: Effects on continuum fitting and high-resolution absorption edge structure

1 code implementation • 2 Feb 2016 • L. Corrales, J. Garcia, J. Wilms, F. Baganoff

Small angle scattering by dust grains causes a significant contribution to the total interstellar extinction for any X-ray instrument with sub-arcminute resolution (Chandra, Swift, XMM-Newton).

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena