TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the nature of weak Chandra sources near the galactic centre
AU - Bandyopadhyay, R. M.
AU - Blundell, K. M.
AU - Podsiadlowski, Ph
AU - Miller-Jones, J. C.A.
AU - Wang, Q. D.
AU - Brandt, W. N.
AU - Rappaport, S.
AU - Pfahl, E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - We present early results from the first near-IR imaging of the weak X-ray sources discovered in the recent Chandra/ACIS-I survey towards the Galactic Centre (GC) (Wang et al. 2002). These ̃800 discrete sources, which contribute significantly to the GC X-ray emission, represent an important and previously unknown population within the Galaxy. From our VLT observations we will identify likely IR counterparts to a sample of the hardest sources, which are most likely X-ray binaries. With these data we can place constraints on the nature of the discrete weak X-ray source population of the GC. Once the data analysis is complete we will discuss our results in the context of binary population synthesis models.
AB - We present early results from the first near-IR imaging of the weak X-ray sources discovered in the recent Chandra/ACIS-I survey towards the Galactic Centre (GC) (Wang et al. 2002). These ̃800 discrete sources, which contribute significantly to the GC X-ray emission, represent an important and previously unknown population within the Galaxy. From our VLT observations we will identify likely IR counterparts to a sample of the hardest sources, which are most likely X-ray binaries. With these data we can place constraints on the nature of the discrete weak X-ray source population of the GC. Once the data analysis is complete we will discuss our results in the context of binary population synthesis models.
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U2 - 10.1017/s0252921100153060
DO - 10.1017/s0252921100153060
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:70649100241
VL - 20
SP - 261
EP - 262
JO - Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias
JF - Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias
SN - 1405-2059
T2 - IAU Colloquium 194 - Compact Binaries in the Galaxy and Beyond
Y2 - 17 November 2003 through 22 November 2003
ER -