Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1989. 27: 87-138 Copyright © 1989 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

THE X-RAY EMISSION OF SPIRAL GALAXIES

Sources of X Rays

X-Ray Observations of the Local Group

Detailed Observations of Bright Spiral Galaxies

Average Sample Properties and Correlations With Other Wavebands

STARBURST ACTIVITY AND LOW-ACTIVITY NUCLEI

Widespread Starburst Activity in Peculiar Galaxies

Starburst Nuclei

Low-Activity Nuclei

ELLIPTICAL AND SO GALAXIES

Discovery and Properties of the Hot Interstellar Medium

Physical Status of the Halos

Cooling Flows

The Mass of Early-Type Galaxies

Radio Sources and Gaseous Halos

GALAXIES AND THE X-RAY BACKGROUND

THE FUTURE

REFERENCES

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