English
Related papers

Related papers: Chandra Exposes the Core Collapsed Globular Cluste…

200 papers

Large populations of cataclysmic variables (CVs) in globular clusters have long been predicted, but the number of absolutely certain cluster CVs known in globulars is still less than 10. HST and Chandra observers have recently found dozens…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael M. Shara , Sasha Hinkley , David R. Zurek

Our 5 ks Chandra ACIS-S observation of the globular cluster NGC 6652 detected 7 X-ray sources, 3 of which are previously unidentified. This cluster hosts a well-known bright low-mass X-ray binary, source A (or XB 1832-330). Source B shows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 G. Coomber , C. O. Heinke , H. N. Cohn , P. M. Lugger , J. E. Grindlay

Time series BVI photometry is presented for 16 short-period variables located in the central region of the globular cluster NGC 6397. The sample includes 9 newly detected variables. The light curve of cataclysmic variable CV6 shows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Janusz Kaluzny , Ian B. Thompson

We present the CMD from deep HST imaging in the globular cluster NGC 6397. The ACS was used for 126 orbits to image a single field in two colors (F814W, F606W) 5 arcmin SE of the cluster center. The field observed overlaps that of archival…

We have previously identified 10 M31 black hole candidates (BHCs) in M31, from their X-ray properties alone. They exhibit "hard state" emission spectra that are seen at luminosities < ~10% Eddington in X-ray binaries (XBs) containing a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 R. Barnard , M. R. Garcia , S. S. Murray

We report Chandra observations of the complete sample of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) with precise radio positions in the globular clusters 47Tuc (NGC104) and NGC6397. The 47Tuc MSPs are predominantly soft sources suggestive of thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Grindlay , F. Camilo , C. O. Heinke , P. D. Edmonds , H. Cohn , P. Lugger

We present the first X-ray study of NGC6791, one of the oldest open clusters known (8 Gyr). Our Chandra observation is aimed at uncovering the population of close interacting binaries down to Lx ~ 1e30 erg/s (0.3-7 keV). We detect 86…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Maureen van den Berg , Frank Verbunt , Gianpiero Tagliaferri , Tomaso Belloni , Luigi R. Bedin , Imants Platais

We report on a deep XMM-Newton EPIC observation of the globular cluster Omega Cen performed on August 13th, 2001. We have detected 11 and 27 faint X-ray sources in the core and half mass radii, searching down to a luminosity of 1.3 x…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bruce Gendre , Didier Barret , Natalie A. Webb

Presented here are the highlights from the deep Chandra observation of the elliptical galaxy NGC 3379. From the multi-epoch observation of this galaxy, 132 discrete X-ray sources have been detected within the region overlapped by all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-24 N. J. Brassington

We present a study of X-ray source populations in M87, the cD galaxy of the Virgo cluster, using 12 archival {\it Chandra} observations with a total exposure of $\sim$680 ks spanning about a decade. A total of 346 point-like sources are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 Luan Luan , Christine Jones , William R. Forman , Ákos Bogdán , Felipe Andrade-Santos , Andy D. Goulding , Ryan C. Hickox , Meicun Hou , Zhiyuan Li

We report here the results of the first Chandra X-Ray Observatory observations of the globular cluster M28 (NGC 6626). 46 X-ray sources are detected, of which 12 lie within one core radius of the center. We show that the apparently extended…

We present the results of a multi-wavelength (FUV to I-band) survey of the stellar populations of the globular cluster NGC 6752, using STIS, ACS and WFC3 on board the Hubble Space Telescope. We have confirmed that two previously identified…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 G. S. Thomson , C. Knigge , A. Dieball , T. J. Maccarone , A. Dolphin , D. Zurek , K. S. Long , M. Shara , A. Sarajedini

We present a new time-series VI CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6397, from which we obtained and analysed the light curves of 35 variables carefully identified in the cluster field. We assessed the membership of the variables…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 J. A. Ahumada , A. Arellano Ferro , I. Bustos Fierro , C. Lázaro , M. A. Yepez , K. P. Schroeder , J. Calderón

We detect 353 X-ray point sources, mostly low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), in four Chandra observations of Centaurus A (NGC 5128), the nearest giant early-type galaxy, and correlate this point source population with the largest available…

Searches for planetary transits carried out in open and globular clusters have yielded to date only a handful of weak, unconfirmed candidates. These results have been interpreted either as being insignificant, or as evidence that the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 V. Nascimbeni , L. R. Bedin , G. Piotto , F. De Marchi , R. M. Rich

We present results of a sensitive 76 ksec Chandra observation of the young stellar cluster in NGC 2024 (d = 415 pc) in the Orion B giant molecular cloud. Previous infrared observations have shown that this remarkable cluster contains…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Skinner , M. Gagne , E. Belzer

We report time-series photometry for 16 variable stars located in the central part of the globular cluster NGC 6752. The sample includes 13 newly identified objects. The precision of our differential photometry ranges from 1 mmag at V=14.0…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Janusz Kaluzny , Ian B. Thompson

The globular cluster M15 was observed on three occasions with the High Resolution Camera on board Chandra in 2001 in order to investigate the X-ray source population in the cluster centre. After subtraction of the two bright central…

We present the results of a commissioning campaign to observe Galactic globular clusters for the search of microlensing events. The central 10' X 10' region of the globular cluster NGC 5024 was monitored using the 2-m Himalayan Chandra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Safonova , C. S. Stalin

We analyse 55 ks of Chandra X-ray observations of the Galactic globular cluster M13. Using the latest radio timing positions of six known millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in M13 from Wang et al. (2020), we detect confident X-ray counterparts to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 Jiaqi Zhao , Yue Zhao , Craig O. Heinke