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Based on archival {\it Chandra} data, we have carried out an X-ray survey of 69, or nearly half the known population of, Milky Way globular clusters (GCs), focusing on weak X-ray sources, mainly cataclysmic variables (CVs) and coronally…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Zhongqun Cheng , Zhiyuan Li , Xiaojie Xu , Xiangdong Li

We present a comprehensive census of X-ray millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in 29 Galactic globular clusters (GCs), including 68 MSPs with confirmed X-ray luminosities and 107 MSPs with X-ray upper limits. We compile previous X-ray studies of GC…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Jiaqi Zhao , Craig O. Heinke

We use Chandra deep observations of the Galactic Center (GC) region to improve the constraints on the unresolved fraction of the Galactic X-ray background (also known as the Galactic ridge X-ray emission). We emphasize the importance of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Revnivtsev , A. Vikhlinin , S. Sazonov

In our ongoing multi-wavelength study of cluster AGN, we find ~75% of the spectroscopically identified cluster X-ray point sources (XPS) with L(0.3-8.0keV)>10^{42} erg s^{-1} and cluster radio galaxies with P(1.4 GHz) > 3x10^{23} W Hz^{-1}…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Quyen N. Hart , John T. Stocke , Eric J. Hallman

We present a deep ($\sim 330~\mathrm{ks}$) {\it Chandra} survey of the Galactic globular cluster M30 (NGC 7099). Combining the new Cycle 18 with the previous Cycle 3 observations we report a total of 10 new X-ray point sources within the…

We have obtained high resolution (<1") deep x-ray images of the globular cluster 47Tucanae (NGC 104) with the Chandra X-ray Observatory to study the population of compact binaries in the high stellar density core. A 70 kilosec exposure of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 Jonathan E. Grindlay , Craig Heinke , Peter D. Edmonds , Stephen S. Murray

We use archival Chandra X-ray Observatory data to investigate X-ray emission from early-type galaxies in the rich z=0.06 cluster Abell 3128. By combining the X-ray count-rates from an input list of optically-selected galaxies, we obtain a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Russell J. Smith

Millisecond pulsars have been discussed as a possible source of the gamma-ray excess observed from the region surrounding the Galactic Center. With this in mind, we use the observed population of bright low-mass X-ray binaries to estimate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-01 Ilias Cholis , Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

We examined 134 Chandra observations of the population of X-ray sources associated with globular clusters (GCs) in the central region of M31. These are expected to be X-ray binary systems (XBs), consisting of a neutron star or black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 R. Barnard , M. Garcia , S. S. Murray

We have searched the entire ROSAT archive for useful observations to study X-ray emission from Galactic planetary nebulae (PNs). The search yields a sample of 63 PNs, which we call the ROSAT PN sample. About 20-25% of this sample show X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Martin A. Guerrero , You-Hua Chu , Robert A. Gruendl

We have observed two low concentration Galactic globular clusters with the X-ray observatory XMM-Newton. We detect 47 faint X-ray sources in the direction of M 55 and 62 in the field of view of NGC 3201. Using the statistical Log N-Log S…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. A. Webb , P. J. Wheatley , D. Barret

We present the diffuse X-ray emission identified in Chandra observations of the young, massive Galactic star cluster Westerlund 1. After removing point-like X-ray sources down to a completeness limit of 2e31 erg/s, we identify 3e34 erg/s…

A deep 75 ks {\it Chandra} ACIS--I data of NGC 2024 was analyzed, aiming at a search for diffuse X-ray emission in this one of the most nearby (415 pc) massive star-forming regions. After removing point sources, an extended emission was…

We have conducted Chandra observations of ~2560 square arcmin (~131 kpc^2) of of M31, and find that the most luminous X-ray sources in our fields are in globular clusters (GCs). Of the 28 GC X-ray sources in our fields, 17 are newly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 R. Di Stefano , A. K. H. Kong , M. R. Garcia , P. Barmby , J. Greiner , S. S. Murray , F. A. Primini

The core of the metal poor Galactic Globular Cluster M92 (NGC 6341) has been observed with WFPC2 on the Hubble Space Telescope through visual, blue and mid-UV filters in a program devoted to study the evolved stellar population in a…

In this article, we revisit the gamma-ray emission observed from millisecond pulsars and globular clusters. Based on 5.6 years of data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, we report gamma-ray spectra for 61 millisecond pulsars, finding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-22 Ilias Cholis , Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

Late type non-starburst galaxies have been shown to contain X-ray emitting objects, some being ultraluminous X-ray sources. We report on XMM-Newton observations of 11 nearby, late-type galaxies previously observed with the Hubble Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 K. Chatterjee , P. Kaaret , M. Brorby , J. J. E. Kajava , F. Grise , S. Farrell , J. Poutanen

We have spatially and spectrally resolved the sources of X-ray emission from the X-ray faint S0 galaxy NGC 1553 using an observation from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The majority (70%) of the emission in the 0.3 - 10.0 keV band is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. L. Blanton , C. L. Sarazin , J. A. Irwin

Gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies affects the cosmic X-ray background (XRB) by altering the observed density and flux distribution of background X-ray sources. At faint detection flux thresholds, the resolved X-ray sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Alexandre Refregier , Abraham Loeb

We present the results of XMM-Newton survey of the northern part of the disk of M31. The results of a spectral and timing analysis of the thirty seven brightest sources are presented. Combining the results of X-ray analysis with available…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Trudolyubov , O. Kotov , W. Priedhorsky , F. Cordova , K. Mason