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We present an analysis of the X-ray point source populations in 182 Chandra images of galaxy clusters at z>0.1 with exposure time >10 ksec, as well as 44 non-cluster fields. Analysis of the number and flux of these sources, using a detailed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-04-29 R. Gilmour , P. Best , O. Almaini

In this study, we search for Globular Clusters (GCs) in the inner halo of the Circinus galaxy using a combination of observational data. Our dataset includes observations from the VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea Extended Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-06 C. O. Obasi , M. Gomez , D. Minniti , L. D. Baravalle , M. V. Alonso , B. I. Okere

A recent paper (Burke, Collins & Mann 2000) presents the analysis of the K-band Hubble diagram of 76 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in X-ray clusters and shows that the properties of BCGs depend on the X-ray luminosity (Lx) of their host…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sarah Brough , Chris Collins , Doug Burke , Bob Mann , Paul Lynam

One hundred and six galaxy clusters have been studied in detail using X-ray data and important global physical properties have been determined. Correlations between these properties are studied with respect to the description of clusters as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas H. Reiprich , Hans Boehringer

Globular clusters produce many exotic stars due to a much higher frequency of dynamical interactions in their dense stellar environments. Some of these objects were observed together with several hundred thousands other stars in our MUSE…

Chandra is revolutionising our understanding of the X-ray emission from spiral galaxies. Before Chandra, detailed extragalactic studies were limited to Local Group galaxies. We are now able to obtain detailed inventories of sources in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrea H Prestwich

The number of diffuse radio halos in clusters of galaxies has grown in recent years, making it possible to derive statistical properties of these sources and of the hosting clusters. We show that diffuse sources are associated with X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Feretti , G. Brunetti , G. Giovannini , F. Govoni , G. Setti

A number of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are physically associated with extragalactic globular clusters (GCs). We undertake a systematic X-ray analysis of eight of the brightest of these sources. We fit the spectra of the GC ULXs to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-27 Kristen C. Dage , Stephen E. Zepf , Mark B. Peacock , Arash Bahramian , Omid Noroozi , Arunav Kundu , Thomas J. Maccarone

We present a study of the globular cluster (GC) systems of nearby elliptical and S0 galaxies at a variety of wavelengths from the X-ray to the infrared. Our analysis shows that roughly half of the low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), that are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Arunav Kundu , Thomas J. Maccarone , Stephen E. Zepf

VLT images in $BVI$ are used to identify the optical counterparts to bright CHANDRA X-ray points sources discovered by Kraft et al. (2001, ApJ, 560, 675) in NGC5128. Of a total of 111 X-ray point sources with L_X>2*10^{36} ergs/s present in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Dante Minniti , Marina Rejkuba , Jose G. Funes S. J. , Sanae Akiyama

Since their discovery, Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) have attracted attention due to their combination of extreme luminosities and extra-nuclear locations. However, they are a fairly rare phenomenon, and attempts to investigate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 D. J. Walton , J. C. Gladstone , T. P. Roberts , A. C. Fabian

We characterize the optical counterparts to the compact X-ray source population within the nearby spiral galaxy M81 using multi-band Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging data. By comparing the optical luminosities and colors measured for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-19 Qiana Hunt , Elena Gallo , Rupali Chandar , Angus Mok , Andrea Prestwich

Clusters of galaxies and the large scale filaments that connect neighboring clusters are expected to be sites of acceleration of charged particles and sources of non-thermal radiation from radio frequencies to gamma rays. Gamma rays are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pasquale Blasi , Stefano Gabici , Gianfranco Brunetti

The premise that Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) exist beyond the optical extent of nearby galaxies is investigated. A published catalog containing 41 ULX candidates located between 1 and ~3 times the standard D_{25} isophotal radius of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Douglas A. Swartz

Clusters of galaxies outline the network of the distribution of visible matter in the Universe, marking the highest-mass knots where filamentary structures join together. If we observe the sky in X rays, clusters of galaxies stand out as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Borgani , L. Guzzo

We confirm and extend our previous detection of a population of intergalactic globular clusters in Abell 1185, and report the first discovery of an intergalactic globular cluster in the nearby Virgo cluster of galaxies. The numbers, colors…

(Abridged) We present the LogN-LogS and spatial distributions of X-ray point sources in seven Galactic Bulge (GB) fields within 4 deg from the Galactic Center (GC). We compare the properties of 1159 X-ray point sources discovered in our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Jaesub Hong , Maureen van den Berg , Jonathan E. Grindlay , Silas Laycock

This paper reviews some recent work on the properties of the outer halos of galaxies. I particularly focus on recent and upcoming advances made with the study of globular clusters. Globular clusters can be observed out to ~100 kpc from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Stephen E. Zepf

Globular clusters are compact, gravitationally bound systems of up to a million stars. The GCs in the Milky Way contain some of the oldest stars known, and provide important clues to the early formation and continuing evolution of our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-22 Michael A. Beasley

Empirically, the total number (or total mass) of globular clusters bound in a single galactic system correlates with the viral mass of the system. The form of this relation and its intrinsic scatter are potentially valuable constraints on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-03 Minh Ngoc Le , Andrew P. Cooper