TY - JOUR
T1 - Low luminosity X-ray sources and their optical counterparts in the globular cluster NGC 362: the Chandra/HST perspective
AU - Beck-Winchatz, B.
AU - Homer, L.
AU - Pooley, D.
AU - Bassa, C.G.
AU - Anderson, S.F.
AU - Lewin, W.H.G.
AU - Margon, B.
AU - Verbunt, F.W.M.
AU - Kong, A.K.H.
AU - Plotkin, R.M.
N1 - Poster session gehouden tijdens het congres
PY - 2009/1/4
Y1 - 2009/1/4
N2 - The combination of highly sensitive and precise X-ray imaging from Chandra and the superb spatial resolution of HST optical images have dramatically enhanced our empirical understanding of compact binaries (e.g., cataclysmic variables and low-mass X-ray binaries), their progeny, and other stellar X-ray source populations deep into the cores of globular clusters. Our Chandra X-ray images toward the globular cluster NGC 362 reveal nearly 100 X-ray sources, the bulk of which are likely associated with the cluster. Using CMD, color-color, and multiepoch imaging data from HST, we quantitatively consider the optical content of the NGC 362 Chandra X-ray error circles, especially to assess and identify the compact binary population in this crowded, possibly core-collapsed, globular cluster.
AB - The combination of highly sensitive and precise X-ray imaging from Chandra and the superb spatial resolution of HST optical images have dramatically enhanced our empirical understanding of compact binaries (e.g., cataclysmic variables and low-mass X-ray binaries), their progeny, and other stellar X-ray source populations deep into the cores of globular clusters. Our Chandra X-ray images toward the globular cluster NGC 362 reveal nearly 100 X-ray sources, the bulk of which are likely associated with the cluster. Using CMD, color-color, and multiepoch imaging data from HST, we quantitatively consider the optical content of the NGC 362 Chandra X-ray error circles, especially to assess and identify the compact binary population in this crowded, possibly core-collapsed, globular cluster.
M3 - Article
SN - 0002-7537
VL - 41
SP - 212
JO - Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
ER -