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Chandra ACIS-I data of the molecular cloud and HII region complex NGC 6334 were analyzed. The hard X-ray clumps detected with ASCA (Sekimoto et al. 2000) were resolved into 792 point sources. After removing the point sources, an extended…

We observed the Galactic black hole Cygnus X-1 with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer for 30 kiloseconds on 4 January, 2001. The source was in an intermediate state, with a flux that was approximately twice that…

We report Chandra observations of a double X-ray source in the z=0.1569 galaxy SDSS J171544.05+600835.7. The galaxy was initially identified as a dual AGN candidate based on the double-peaked [O III] emission lines, with a line-of-sight…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-19 Julia M. Comerford , David Pooley , Brian F. Gerke , Greg M. Madejski

We report X-ray observations of the field containing the ultraluminous IRAS galaxy Mrk~273 Using the ACIS-S3 instrument on board Chandra. The high resolution X-ray image, for the first time, reveals a compact hard X-ray nucleus in Mrk~273.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 X. Y. Xia , S. J. Xue , S. Mao , Th. Boller , Z. G. Deng , H. Wu

We present the results of a Chandra ACIS-I survey of a high latitude region at 13h +38 which was earlier observed with ROSAT (McHardy et al. 1998) and which has recently been observed by XMM-Newton for 200ksec. XMM-Newton will provide good…

We present the first results of our optical spectroscopy program aimed to provide redshifts and identifications for the X-ray sources in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. A total of 339 sources were targeted using the IMACS…

In active galactic nuclei (AGN)-galaxy co-evolution models, AGN winds and outflows are often invoked to explain why super-massive black holes and galaxies stop growing efficiently at a certain phase of their lives. They are commonly…

We present the X-ray catalog and basic results from our Chandra Large Area Synoptic X-ray Survey (CLASXS) of the Lockman Hole-Northwest field. Our 9 ACIS-I fields cover a contiguous solid angle of ~0.4 sq. deg. and reach fluxes of 5E-16 cgs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. Yang , R. F. Mushotzky , A. T. Steffen , A. J. Barger , L. L. Cowie

We report the discovery of a new ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in the nearby galaxy NGC 4244 from Chandra archival data. The source, 1WGAJ1216.9+3743, is one of the least luminous and softest ULXs discovered so far. Its X-ray spectrum is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. Cagnoni , R. Turolla , A. Treves , J. -S. Huang , D. W. Kim , M. Elvis , A. Celotti

We report the discovery of a Compton-thick Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) at z=4.76 in the 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field South. This object was selected as a V-band dropout in HST/ACS images and previously recognized as an AGN from optical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 R. Gilli , J. Su , C. Norman , C. Vignali , A. Comastri , P. Tozzi , P. Rosati , M. Stiavelli , W. N. Brandt , Y. Q. Xue , B. Luo , M. Castellano , A. Fontana , F. Fiore , V. Mainieri , A. Ptak

We present results of a study of 12 dust-reddened quasars with 0.4 < z < 2.65 and reddenings in the range 0.15 < E(B-V) < 1.7. We obtained ACIS-S X-ray spectra of these quasars, estimated the column densities towards them, and hence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tanya Urrutia , Mark Lacy , Michael D. Gregg , Robert H. Becker

We use UKIRT and ASCA observations to determine the nature of a high redshift (z=2.35) narrow-line AGN, previously discovered by Almaini et al. (1995). The UKIRT observations show a broad Halpha line while no Hbeta line is detected. This…

We present the first results from 60ks of observations of Arp 220 using the ACIS-S instrument on Chandra. We report the detection of several sources near the galaxy's nucleus, including a point source with a hard spectrum that is coincident…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. L. Clements , J. C. McDowell , S. Shaked , A. C. Baker , K. Borne , L. Colina , S. Lamb , C. Mundell

We have spatially and spectrally resolved the sources of X-ray emission from the X-ray faint S0 galaxy NGC 1553 using an observation from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The majority (70%) of the emission in the 0.3 - 10.0 keV band is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. L. Blanton , C. L. Sarazin , J. A. Irwin

We investigate the spatial clustering of X-ray selected sources in the two deepest X-ray fields to date, namely the 2Msec Chandra Deep Field North (CDFN) and the 1Msec Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). The projected correlation function…

We present the results of a Chandra 30 ks observation of the low mass X-ray binary and atoll source 4U 1705-44. Here we concentrate on the study of discrete features in the energy spectrum at energies below 3 keV, as well as on the iron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Di Salvo , R. Iaria , M. Mendez , L. Burderi , G. Lavagetto , N. R. Robba , L. Stella , M. van der Klis

The origin of the X-ray background, in particular at hard (2-10 keV) energies, has been a debated issue for more than 30 years. The Chandra deep fields provide the deepest look at the X-ray sky and are the best dataset to study the X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Campana , A. Moretti , D. Lazzati , G. Tagliaferri

We present a 45 ks Chandra observation of the quasar ULAS J1342+0928 at z=7.54. We detect 14.0^{+4.8}_{-3.7} counts from the quasar in the observed-frame energy range 0.5-7.0 keV (6-sigma detection), representing the most distant…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-10 E. Bañados , T. Connor , D. Stern , J. Mulchaey , X. Fan , R. Decarli , E. P. Farina , C. Mazzucchelli , B. P. Venemans , F. Walter , F. Wang , J. Yang

We present results from a 47 ks observation of the Andromeda galaxy, M31, using the High-Resolution Camera of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. We detect 142 point sources spanning three orders of magnitude in luminosity, from $L_X = 2\times…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Philip Kaaret

Understanding the nature of Extremely Red Objects [EROs; (I-K)>=4] is one of the most challenging issues in observational cosmology. Here we report on the X-ray constraints provided by the 2 Ms Chandra Deep Field-North Survey (CDF-N). X-ray…