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Using new Chandra X-ray observations and existing XMM-Newton X-ray and Hubble far ultraviolet observations, we aim to detect and identify the faint X-ray sources belonging to the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808 in order to understand…

Galactic globular clusters harbour binary systems that are detected as faint X-ray sources. These close binaries are thought to play an important role in the stability of the clusters by liberating energy and delaying the inevitable core…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Servillat , N. A. Webb , D. Barret

We present results of a search for optical counterparts of X-ray sources in and toward the globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. The ACS data consist of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Adrienne M. Cool , Daryl Haggard , Tersi Arias , Michelle Brochmann , Jason Dorfman , April Gafford , Vivian White , Jay Anderson

We summarize results of a search for X-ray-emitting binary stars in the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) using Chandra and HST. ACIS-I imaging reveals 180 X-ray sources, of which we estimate that 45-70 are associated with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Daryl Haggard , Adrienne M. Cool , Tersi Arias , Michelle B. Brochmann , Jay Anderson , Melvyn B. Davies

As part of our campaign to determine the nature of the various source populations of the low-luminosity globular cluster X-ray sources, we have obtained a Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S3 image of the globular cluster NGC 6440. We detect…

We report on the Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S3 imaging observation of the Galactic globular cluster M4 (NGC 6121). We detect 12 X-ray sources inside the core and 19 more within the cluster half-mass radius. The limiting luminosity of…

We present 22 new (+3 confirmed) cataclysmic variables (CVs) in the non core-collapsed globular cluster 47 Tucanae (47 Tuc). The total number of CVs in the cluster is now 43, the largest sample in any globular cluster so far. For the…

We present results of a search for objects with H-alpha excess, such as cataclysmic variables (CVs) and chromospherically active binaries (ABs), as counterparts to X-ray sources detected with Chandra satellite observatory in six Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-10-08 Pawel Pietrukowicz

Using a 16.2 hr radio observation by the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and archival Chandra data, we found $>5\sigma$ radio counterparts to 4 known and 3 new X-ray sources within the half-light radius ($r_\mathrm{h}$) of the…

Using archival Hubble Space Telescope observations, we report the discovery of four variable low-mass white dwarfs ($0.18 \, M_\odot \leq M \leq 0.5 \,M_\odot$) in the globular cluster NGC 6397. One source exhibits a periodic optical…

Using archival spectral-imaging data with a total exposure of $\sim144$ ks obtained by {\it Chandra}, 43 X-ray sources are detected within the half-light radius of globular cluster M62 (NGC6266). Based on the X-ray colour-luminosity diagram…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-01 Kwangmin Oh , C. Y. Hui , K. L. Li , A. K. H. Kong

Recently, \citet{vitral2021does} detected a central concentration of dark objects in the core-collapsed globular cluster NGC 6397, which could be interpreted as a subcluster of stellar-mass black holes. However, it is well established…

We present a deep Chandra X-ray Observatory study of the peculiar binary radio millisecond pulsar PSR J1740--5340 and candidate millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in the globular cluster NGC 6397. The X-rays from PSR J1740--5340 appear to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Slavko Bogdanov , Maureen van den Berg , Craig O. Heinke , Haldan N. Cohn , Phyllis M. Lugger , Jonathan E. Grindlay

We combine new and archival Chandra observations of the globular cluster NGC 6752 to create a deeper X-ray source list, and study the faint radio millisecond pulsars (MSPs) of this cluster. We detect four of the five MSPs in NGC 6752, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 L. M. Forestell , C. O. Heinke , H. N. Cohn , P. M. Lugger , G. R. Sivakoff , S. Bogdanov , A. M. Cool , J. Anderson

We report on the {\it Chandra} observations of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1399, concentrating on the X-ray sources identified with globular clusters (GCs). A large fraction of the 2-10 keV X-ray emission in the $8' \times 8'$ {\it Chandra}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 Lorella Angelini , Michael Loewenstein , Richard F. Mushotzky

This paper presents the analysis of candidate quiescent low mass xray binarie (qLMXBs) observed during a short Chandra/ACIS observation of the globular cluster (GC) NGC 6304. Two out of the three candidate qLMXBs of this cluster, XMMU…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-07-22 S. Guillot , R. E. Rutledge , E. F. Brown , G. G. Pavlov , V. E. Zavlin

Numerical and observational evidence suggests that massive white dwarfs dominate the innermost regions of core-collapsed globular clusters by both number and total mass. Using NGC 6397 as a test case, we constrain the features of white…

We identify 233 X-ray sources, of which 95 are new, in a 222 ks exposure of Omega Centauri with the Chandra X-ray Observatory's ACIS-I detector. The limiting unabsorbed flux in the core is $f_x$ (0.5$-$6.0 keV) $\simeq$ 3 $\times$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-14 Simon Henleywillis , Adrienne M. Cool , Daryl Haggard , Craig Heinke , Paul Callanan , Yue Zhao

We present the properties of the discrete X-ray sources detected in our monitoring program of the globular cluster (GC) rich elliptical galaxy, NGC 4278, observed with Chandra ACIS-S in six separate pointings, resulting in a co-added…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. J. Brassington , G. Fabbiano , D. -W. Kim , A. Zezas , S. Zepf , A. Kundu , L. Angelini , R. L. Davies , J. Gallagher , V. Kalogera , T. Fragos , A. R. King , S. Pellegrini , G. Trinchieri

We have carried out a Chandra observation of the globular cluster M54. We detected 7 sources located within the half-mass radius of M54, at a flux limit of 1.5x10^-15 erg/s/cm in the 0.3-8 keV energy band. The spatial distribution and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gavin Ramsay , Kinwah Wu