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Chandra X-Ray Observation of the Globular Cluster GLIMPSE-C01

Astrophysics 2007-08-27 v1

Abstract

We have observed the recently discovered rich star cluster GLIMPSE-C01 for 46 ks with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Seventeen X-ray sources with luminosities greater than 0.6e31 ergs/s were discovered, one of which is likely a quiescent low-mass X-ray binary. The spatial distribution of these X-ray sources with respect to the NIR and IR images of the cluster, combined with the luminosity and spectral hardness distributions of the sources, provide strong evidence that GLIMPSE-C01 is a rich Galactic globular cluster.

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@article{arxiv.0708.3365,
  title  = {Chandra X-Ray Observation of the Globular Cluster GLIMPSE-C01},
  author = {D. Pooley and S. Rappaport and A. Levine and E. Pfahl and J. Schwab},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3365},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, submitted to ApJ Letters

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