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Low-mass X-ray binaries, recycled pulsars, cataclysmic variables and magnetically active binaries are observed as X-ray sources in globular clusters. We discuss the classification of these systems, and find that some presumed active…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Frank Verbunt , Dave Pooley , Cees Bassa

We analyse a Chandra observation of the rich globular cluster NGC 362, finding 33 X-ray sources within 1' (1.2 half-mass radii) of the cluster center. Spectral analysis of the brightest source (X1) shows blackbody-like emission, indicating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-26 Gourav Kumawat , Craig O. Heinke , Haldan N. Cohn , Phyllis M. Lugger

We report the results of a joint \chandra-\hst study of the X-ray binary population in the massive, high-density globular cluster NGC 6388. NGC 6388 has one of the highest predicted X-ray binary production rate of any Galactic cluster. We…

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 present the results of a joint Swift-NuSTAR spectroscopy campaign on M31. We focus on the five brightest globular cluster X-ray sources in our fields. Two of these had previously been argued to be black hole candidates on the basis of…

We report results from Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 imaging of the field of the luminous, bursting X-ray source in the globular cluster NGC 6441. Although the X-ray position is known to a precision of a few arcseconds, this source is only…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Eric W. Deutsch , Scott F. Anderson , Bruce Margon , Ronald A. Downes

We observed the globular cluster NGC 6652 with Chandra for 47.5 ks, detecting six known X-ray sources, as well as five previously undetected X-ray sources. Source A (XB 1832-330) is a well-known bright low-mass X-ray binary (LXMB). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 W. S. Stacey , C. O. Heinke , H. N. Cohn , P. M. Lugger , A. Bahramian

We present 26 point-sources discovered with Chandra within 200" (~20kpc) of the center of the barred supergiant galaxy NGC 1365. The majority of these sources are high-mass X-ray binaries, containing a neutron star or a black hole accreting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Iskra V. Strateva , Stefanie Komossa

We report on the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope observation of two low core density globular clusters, NGC6144 and E3. By comparing the number of X-ray sources inside the half-mass radius to those outside, we found 6…

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

The features and make up of the population of X-ray sources in Galactic star clusters reflect the properties of the underlying stellar environment. Cluster age, mass, stellar encounter rate, binary frequency, metallicity, and maybe other…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-18 Maureen van den Berg

Two new bright X-ray sources in globular clusters, and many less luminous ones in globular clusters and in old open clusters, have been discovered with ROSAT. Accurate positions obtained with ROSAT help identification with optical objects,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank Verbunt

We observed the nearby, low-density globular cluster M71 (NGC 6838) with the Chandra X-ray Observatory to study its faint X-ray populations. Five X-ray sources were found inside the cluster core radius, including the known eclipsing binary…

We report preliminary results from an arcsecond-resolution X-ray survey of nearby galaxies using ACIS on board Chandra. The total sample consists of 41 low-luminosity AGNs, including Seyferts, LINERs, and LINER/H II transition objects. In…

We present evidence of the co-existence of either an AGN or an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX), together with a young super stellar cluster in the 3 central parsecs of NGC4303. The galaxy contains a low luminosity AGN and hosts a number of…

There have been several recent claims of black hole binaries in globular clusters. I show that these candidate systems could instead be ultracompact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) in which a neutron star accretes from a white dwarf. They would…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Andrew King

We present an analysis of the X-ray bright point source population in 43 massive clusters of galaxies observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We have constructed a catalog of 4210 rigorously selected X-ray point sources in these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Ehlert , S. W. Allen , W. N. Brandt , Y. Q. Xue , B. Luo , A. von der Linden , A. Mantz , R. G. Morris

With a Chandra ACIS-S3 observation, we detect 42 X-ray point sources in the elliptical galaxy NGC 720, including a possible central source. Most of these sources will be low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), and 12 are located within 2" of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Tesla E. Jeltema , Claude R. Canizares , David A. Buote , Gordon P. Garmire

We present the catalog of X-ray sources detected in a shallow Chandra survey of the inner 2 by 0.8 degrees of the Galaxy, and in two deeper observations of the Radio Arches and Sgr B2. The catalog contains 1352 objects that are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. P. Muno , F. E. Bauer , R. M. Bandyopadhyay , Q. D. Wang

Using a 12 ks archival Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S observation on the massive globular cluster (GC) M14, we detect a total of 7 faint X-ray sources within its half-light radius at a 0.5-7 keV depth of $2.5\times…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-08 Yue Zhao , Francesca D'Antona , Antonino P. Milone , Craig Heinke , Jiaqi Zhao , Phyllis Lugger , Haldan Cohn

We present a catalogue of 107 point-like X-ray sources derived from a systematic analysis of all the ROSAT PSPC observations of the galactic center region performed in 1992-1993. Besides SgrA*, the massive black hole at the galactic center,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. Sidoli , T. Belloni , S. Mereghetti