Direct Extragalactic Distance Determination Using X-Ray Scattering

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2004-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0407435v1

Astrophys.J. 617 (2004) 987-1003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to ApJ. 31 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/425609

We examine the feasibility of using dust-scattered X-rays for direct
determination of distances to nearby galaxies with bright background AGNs,
QSOs, or GRBs. We show how the Chandra X-Ray Observatory could be used to
determine the distance to M31 to an unprecedented absolute accuracy of 1%.

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