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The core-dominated radio-loud quasar PKS 0637-752 (z = 0.654) was the first celestial object observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, offering the early surprise of the detection of a remarkable X-ray jet. Several observations with a…

We present our first results from 130 ks of X-ray observations obtained with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We reach a flux of 2 X 10^(-16) erg s^(-1) cm^(-2) in the 0.5-2 keV soft band and 2 X…

We present Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray data of NGC5253, a local starbursting dwarf elliptical galaxy, in the early stages of a starburst episode. Contributions to the X-ray emission come from discrete point sources and extended diffuse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lesley K. Summers , Ian R. Stevens , David K. Strickland , Timothy M. Heckman

We report the ASCA and Chandra discovery of a diffuse X-ray source in the Galactic center region. The X-ray spectrum is fitted with a non-equilibrium ionization (NEI) plasma model of about 6-keV temperature. The model requires higher than…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Atsushi Senda , Hiroshi Murakami , Katsuji Koyama

We present in catalog form the optical identifications for objects from the first phase of the Wide Angle ROSAT Pointed Survey (WARPS). WARPS is a serendipitous survey of relatively deep, pointed ROSAT observations for clusters of galaxies.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. S. Perlman , D. J. Horner , L. R. Jones , C. A. Scharf , H. Ebeling , G. Wegner , M. Malkan

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

The soft X-ray background shows a general enhancement toward the inner region of the Galaxy. But whether this enhancement is a local feature (e.g., a superbubble within a distance of <= 200 pc) and/or a phenomenon related to energetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-26 Yangsen Yao , Q. Daniel Wang

We report on 0.3-10 keV observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of eight hard X-ray sources discovered within 8 degrees of the Galactic plane by the INTEGRAL satellite. The short (5 ks) Chandra observations of the IGR source fields…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-13 John A. Tomsick , Roman Krivonos , Qinan Wang , Arash Bodaghee , Sylvain Chaty , Farid Rahoui , Jerome Rodriguez , Francesca M. Fornasini

If a substantial fraction of the observed gamma-ray bursts originates within an extended Galactic halo then their spatial distribution should deviate slightly from spherical symmetry in a very particular way which involves features both in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eyal Maoz

The Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 was observed for a week by Chandra using both the HETGS and LETGS spectrometers. In this paper we study the time variability of the continuum radiation. During our observation, the source showed a gradual…

We report the detailed analysis of the X-ray properties of the discrete sources detected in a long (72 ks) \chandra ACIS-S observation of the Antennae galaxies. We detect 49 sources, down to a detection limit of ~ 10^{38} erg\s; 18 sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Zezas , G. Fabbiano , A. H. Rots , S. S. Murray

The light from a source at a distance d will arrive at detectors separated by 100 AU at times that differ by as much as 120 (d/100 Mpc)^{-1} nanoseconds because of the curvature of the wavefront. At gigahertz frequencies, the arrival time…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 Kyle Boone , Matthew McQuinn

We investigate a method to assess the validity of gravitational-wave detector calibration through the use of gamma-ray bursts as standard sirens. Such signals, as measured via gravitational-wave observations, provide an estimated luminosity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 M. Pitkin , C. Messenger , L. Wright

We use VLBA+VLA observations to measure the sizes of the scatter-broadened images of 6 of the most heavily scattered known pulsars: 3 within the Galactic Centre (GC) and 3 elsewhere in the inner Galactic plane. By combining the measured…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-30 J. Dexter , A. Deller , G. C. Bower , P. Demorest , M. Kramer , B. W. Stappers , A. G. Lyne , M. Kerr , L. G. Spitler , D. Psaltis , M. Johnson , R. Narayan

Archival Chandra observations are used to study the X-ray emission associated with star formation in the central region of the nearby SAB(s)cd galaxy NGC 2403. The distribution of X-ray emission is compared to the morphology visible at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Mihoko Yukita , Douglas A. Swartz , Allyn F. Tennant , Roberto Soria

We assess the practicality of computing the distance to stellar streams in our Galaxy, using the method of Galactic parallax suggested by Eyre & Binney (2009). We find that the uncertainty in Galactic parallax is dependent upon the specific…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Andy Eyre

We present the optical, near-infrared, submillimeter, and radio follow-up catalog of the X-ray selected sources from the 1 Ms Chandra observation of the Hubble Deep Field North region. We have B, V, R, I, and z' magnitudes for the 370 X-ray…

We study the spectral and temporal properties of three Type I X-ray bursts observed from Cyg X-2 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. Despite the short time durations (~ 5 sec) these bursts show radial expansion of order of several neutron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Lev Titarchuk , Nickolai Shaposhnikov

We report on Chandra observations of 18 hard X-ray (>20 keV) sources discovered with the INTEGRAL satellite near the Galactic plane. For 14 of the INTEGRAL sources, we have uncovered one or two potential Chandra counterparts per source.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 John A. Tomsick , Arash Bodaghee , Sylvain Chaty , Jerome Rodriguez , Farid Rahoui , Jules Halpern , Emrah Kalemci , Mehtap Ozbey Arabaci

We present an X-ray study of the massive edge-on Sa galaxy, Sombrero (M~104; NGC 4594), based on XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. A list of 62 XMM-Newton and 175 Chandra discrete X-ray sources is provided. At energies above 2 keV, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhiyuan Li , Q. Daniel Wang , Salman Hameed