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The diffuse Fe XXV (6.7 keV) line emission observed in the Galactic ridge is widely accepted to be produced by a superposition of a large number of unresolved X-ray point sources. In the very central degrees of our Galaxy, however, the…

For the past decades a rare subclass of cataclysmic variables (CV), with magnetized white dwarfs (WD) as accretors has been studied and called intermediate polars (IP). They have been discussed as the main contributor to the diffuse X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-25 F. Hofmann , G. Ponti , F. Haberl , M. Clavel

The Nuclear Stellar Disk (NSD), together with the Nuclear Stellar Cluster and the supermassive black hole Sgr A*, forms the central region of the Milky Way. Galactic X-ray background emission is known to be associated with the old stellar…

We study a Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S observation of the Galactic globular clusterM12. With a 26 ks exposure time, we detect 6 X-ray sources inside the half-mass radius (2.16 arcminutes) of which two are inside the core radius (0.72…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Ting-Ni Lu , Albert K. H. Kong , Cees Bassa , Frank Verbunt , Walter H. G. Lewin , Scott F. Anderson , David Pooley

We present an investigation of the quiescent and transient X-ray binaries (XRBs) of the Galactic Center (GC). We extended our Chandra analysis of the non-thermal X-ray sources, located in the central parsec, from Hailey et al. (2018), using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 Kaya Mori , Charles J. Hailey , Theo Y. E. Schutt , Shifra Mandel , Keri Heuer , Jonathan E. Grindlay , Jaesub Hong , Gabriele Ponti , John A. Tomsick

We study the unresolved X-ray emission in three Local Group dwarf elliptical galaxies (NGC 147, NGC 185 and NGC 205) using XMM-Newton observations, which most likely originates from a collection of weak X-ray sources, mainly cataclysmic…

Using the Chandra ACIS-I instruments, we have carried out the deepest X-ray observation on a typical Galactic plane region at l 28.5 deg, where no discrete X-ray sources have been known previously. We have detected, as well as strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 K. Ebisawa , A. Bamba , H. Kaneda , Y. Maeda , A. Paizis , G. Sato , S. Yamauchi

Among hard X-ray Galactic sources detected in the Swift and INTEGRAL surveys, those discovered as accreting white dwarf binaries have suprisingly boosted in number in the recent years. The majority are identified as magnetic Cataclysmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-24 D. de Martino , F. Bernardini , K. Mukai , M. Falanga , N. Masetti

Across the Galactic disk lies a diverse population of X-ray sources, with the fainter end remaining poorly understood due to past survey sensitivity limits. We aim to classify and characterize faint X-ray sources detected in the eROSITA…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 Tong Bao , Gabriele Ponti , Frank Haberl , Samaresh Mondal , Mark R. Morris , Kaya Mori , Shifra Mandel , Xiao-jie Xu

We present an extension to our XMM-Newton X-ray source catalogue of M 31, containing 39 newly found sources. In order to classify and identify more of the sources we search for X-ray time variability in XMM-Newton archival data of the M 31…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Stiele , W. Pietsch , F. Haberl , M. Freyberg

We carry out classification of 4330 X-ray sources in the 2XMMi-DR3 catalog. They are selected under the requirement of being a point source with multiple XMM-Newton observations and at least one detection with the signal-to-noise ratio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Dacheng Lin , Natalie A. Webb , Didier Barret

Galactic X-ray sources are diverse, ranging from active M dwarfs to compact object binaries, and everything in between. The X-ray landscape of today is rich, with point source catalogs such as those from XMM-Newton, Chandra, and Swift, each…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-19 Antonio C. Rodriguez

We investigate the X-ray emission from the Galactic Centre (GC) region, focusing on the 6.4 keV fluorescent line of neutral or weakly ionised iron, which is commonly attributed to X-ray reflection from dense molecular clouds. Our goal is to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-16 K. Anastasopoulou , I. Khabibullin , E. Churazov , G. Ponti , M. C. Sormani , R. A. Sunyaev , C. Maitra , S. Piscitelli

We investigate the serendipitous X-ray source population revealed in XMM-Newton observations targeted in the Galactic Plane within the region 315<l<45 and |b|<2.5 deg. Our study focuses on a sample of 2204 X-ray sources at intermediate to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 R. S. Warwick , D. Perez-Ramirez , K. Byckling

We use the Very Long Baseline Array to conduct high precision astrometry of a sample of 33 compact, flat spectrum, variable radio sources in the direction of the Galactic plane (Becker et al. 2010). Although Becker et al. (2010) ruled out a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-12 P. Atri , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , A. Bahramian , R. M. Plotkin , T. J. Maccarone , B. Marcote , C. O. Heinke , G. R. Sivakoff , A. Ginsburg , L. Chomiuk

We have discovered a persistent, but highly variable X-ray source in the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253. The source varies at the level of a factor of about 5 in count rate on timescales of a few hours. Two long observations of the source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Thomas J. Maccarone , Bret D. Lehmer , J. C. Leyder , Vallia Antoniou , Ann Hornschemeier , Andrew Ptak , Daniel Wik , Andreas Zezas

We present long term optical variability studies of bright X-ray sources in four nearby elliptical galaxies with {\it Chandra} Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer array (ACIS-S) and {\it Hubble Space Telescope (HST)} Advanced Camera for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 V. Jithesh , R. Misra , P. Shalima , K. Jeena , C. D. Ravikumar , B. R. S. Babu

We report the results of a deep spatial, spectral, and timing analysis of ROSAT HRI and PSPC observations of the edge-on starburst galaxy NGC 253. In this first paper, point-like X-ray sources detected within the galaxy and in the field are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Vogler , W. Pietsch

The XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) revealed 3053 X-ray sources with the majority expected to be active galactic nuclei (AGN) behind the SMC. However, the high stellar density in this field often does not allow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 R. Sturm , D. Drašković , M. D. Filipović , F. Haberl , J. Collier , E. J. Crawford , M. Ehle , A. De Horta , W. Pietsch , N. F. H. Tothill , G. Wong

We perform a comprehensive search for high-velocity X-ray sources with large X-ray/optical flux ratios ($F_\mathrm{X}/F_\mathrm{G}$), identifying candidates for interacting black hole or neutron star binaries potentially accelerated by…