Identification of A Population of X-ray-emitting Massive Stars in the Galactic Plane

We present X-ray, infrared, optical, and radio observations of four previously unidentified Galactic plane X-ray sources: AX J163252-4746, AX J184738-0156, AX J144701-5919, and AX J144547-5931. Detection of each source with the Chandra X-ray Observatory has provided sub-arcsecond localizations, whic...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Gemma E. (Author), Gaensler, B. M. (Author), Kaplan, David L. (Author), Posselt, Bettina (Author), Slane, Patrick O. (Author), Murray, Stephen S. (Author), Mauerhan, Jon C. (Author), Benjamin, Robert A. (Author), Brogan, Crystal L. (Author), Chakrabarty, Deepto (Contributor), Drake, Jeremy J. (Author), Drew, Janet E. (Author), Grindlay, Jonathan E. (Author), Hong, Jaesub (Author), Lazio, T. Joseph W. (Author), Lee, Julia C. (Author), Steeghs, Danny T. H. (Author), van Kerkwijk, Marten H. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2012-04-13T15:59:44Z.
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