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We observed the Monoceros R2 molecular cloud with the ACIS-I array onboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. From the central 3.2' x 3.2' region, we detect 154 sources above the detection limit of ~5x10^-16 ergs s^-1 cm^-2 with a 100…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 M. Kohno , K. Koyama , K. Hamaguchi

The exquisite angular resolution available with Chandra should allow precision measurements of faint diffuse emission surrounding bright sources, such as the X-ray scattering halos created by interstellar dust. However, the ACIS CCDs suffer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Randall K. Smith

We present a 50 ks observation of the gamma-ray binary LSI+61303 carried out with the ACIS-I array aboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This is the highest resolution X-ray observation of the source conducted so far. Possible evidence of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. M. Paredes , M. Ribo , V. Bosch-Ramon , J. R. West , Y. M. Butt , D. F. Torres , J. Marti

We studied the X-ray dust scattering halos around 17 bright X-ray point sources using {\it Chandra} data. We use an iterative method to resolve the halos at small scattering angles from the zeroth order data in CC-mode or the first order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jingen Xiang , Shuang Nan Zhang , Yangsen Yao

We present an 82 ksec Chandra ACIS-I observation of a large-scale hierarchical complex, which consists of various clusters/groups of galaxies and low-surface brightness X-ray emission at z = 0.247. This high-resolution {\sl Chandra}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Q. Daniel Wang , Frazer Owen , Michael Ledlow

A 90 ks Chandra HETG observation of the young stellar cluster NGC 6193 in the southern Ara OB1 association detected 43 X-ray sources in a 2' x 2' core region centered on the young O stars HD 150135 (O6.5V) and HD 150136 (O3+O6V). The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. L. Skinner , S. A. Zhekov , F. Palla , C. L. D. R Barbosa

We present a detailed case study of the diffuse X-ray and H-alpha emission in the halo of NGC 253, a nearby edge-on starburst galaxy driving a galactic superwind. The arcsecond spatial resolution of the Chandra ACIS instrument allows us to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. K. Strickland , T. M. Heckman , K. A. Weaver , C. G. Hoopes , M. Dahlem

HD~105 is a nearby, pre-main sequence G0 star hosting a moderately bright debris disc ($L_{\rm dust}/L_{\star} \sim 2.6\times10^{-4}$). HD~105 and its surroundings might therefore be considered an analogue of the young Solar System. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 J. P. Marshall , J. Milli , É. Choquet , C. del Burgo , G. M. Kennedy , L. Matrà , S. Ertel , A. Boccaletti

NGC604 is the largest HII-region in M33, second only within the Local Group to 30 Dor, and is important as a laboratory for understanding how massive young stellar clusters interact with the surrounding interstellar medium. Here, we present…

With excellent angular resolution, good energy resolution and broad energy band, the Chandra ACIS is the best instrument for studying the X-ray halos around some galactic X-ray point sources caused by the dust scattering of X-rays in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. Yao , S. Nan Zhang , X. L. Zhang , Y. X. Feng

Using Chandra we have obtained imaging X-ray spectroscopy of the 10 to 16 Myr old F-star binary HD 113766. We individually resolve the binary components for the first time in the X-ray and find a total 0.3 to 2.0 keV luminosity of 2.2e29…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 C. M. Lisse , D. J. Christian , S. J. Wolk , H. M. Günther , C. H. Chen , C. A. Grady

We study the edge-on galaxy NGC 5775, utilizing a 58.2 ks {\sl Chandra} ACIS-S observation together with complementary {\sl HST} ACS, {\sl Spitzer} IRAC and other multi-wavelength data sets. This edge-on galaxy, with its disk-wide active…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. T. Li , Z. Y. Li , Q. D. Wang , J. A. Irwin , J. Rossa

The young stellar cluster illuminating the W40 H II region, one of the nearest massive star forming regions, has been observed with the ACIS detector on board the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Due to its high obscuration, this is a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Michael A. Kuhn , Konstantin V. Getman , Eric D. Feigelson , Bo Reipurth , Steven A. Rodney , Gordon P. Garmire

The distribution of OB stars along with that of H$\alpha$, $^{12}$CO, dust infrared emission, and neutral hydrogen is carried out in order to provide a more complete picture of interactions of the young massive stars and the observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 N. Kaltcheva , V. Golev , K. Moran

We present spatially resolved Alma Band-9 observations of the [CII] 158 $\mu$m fine structure line from an optically selected quasar, SDSS J100038.01+020822.4 (J1000), at z=1.8275. By utilizing [OI] 63 $\mu$m line observations from…

We describe results from our initial study of the diffuse X-ray emission structures in NGC 5128 (Cen A) using the Chandra X-ray Observatory observations. The high-angular resolution Chandra images reveal multi-scale X-ray struct ures with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Karovska , G. Fabbiano , F. Nicastro , M. Elvis , R. P. Kraft , S. S. Murray

We present analysis of both the resolved X-ray emission line profiles and the broadband X-ray spectrum of the O2 If* star HD 93129A, measured with the Chandra HETGS. This star is among the earliest and most massive stars in the Galaxy, and…

We present a detailed study of the circumstellar envelope of the post-asymptotic giant branch ``21 micron object'' HD 56126. We build a detailed dust radiative transfer model of the circumstellar envelope in order to derive the dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Hony , A. G. G. M. Tielens , L. B. F. M. Waters , A. de Koter

Gas detection around main sequence stars is becoming more common with around 20 systems showing the presence of CO. However, more detections are needed, especially around later spectral type stars to better understand the origin of this gas…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 Quentin Kral , Luca Matra , Grant Kennedy , Sebastian Marino , Mark Wyatt

We present the first Chandra/ACIS imaging study of the circumnuclear region of the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC 1365. The X-ray emission is resolved into point-like sources and complex, extended emission. The X-ray morphology of the extended…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 Junfeng Wang , G. Fabbiano , M. Elvis , G. Risaliti , J. M. Mazzarella , J. H. Howell , S. Lord
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