THE MEGASECOND CHANDRA X-RAY VISIONARY PROJECT OBSERVATION OF NGC 3115. II. PROPERTIES OF POINT SOURCES

THE MEGASECOND CHANDRA X-RAY VISIONARY PROJECT OBSERVATION OF NGC 3115. II. PROPERTIES OF POINT SOURCES

We carried out an in-depth study of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) detected in the nearby lenticular galaxy NGC 3115 using the Megasecond Chandra X-ray Visionary Project observation (total exposure time 1.1 Ms). In total we found 136 candidate LMXBs in the field and 49 in globular clusters (GCs) ab...

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Main Authors: Lin, Dacheng (Author), Irwin, Jimmy A. (Author), Wong, Ka-Wah (Author), Jennings, Zachary G. (Author), Homan, Jeroen (Contributor), Romanowsky, Aaron J. (Author), Strader, Jay (Author), Sivakoff, Gregory R. (Author), Brodie, Jean P. (Author), Remillard, Ronald A (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Remillard, Ronald Alan (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-09-03T12:16:05Z.
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