X-ray Binaries in Terzan 5

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May 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...206.4305h&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #43.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.497

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Terzan 5 is a rich globular cluster located near the Galactic Center, containing a transient LMXB and a large number of millisecond pulsars. Two Chandra observations have identified the transient LMXB in outburst and quiescence. Here we present results from the other low-luminosity X-ray sources in Terzan 5. Terzan 5 has the largest number of X-ray sources with LX>1032 ergs/s (36) of any cluster yet studied with Chandra. Relatively soft X-ray spectra from eleven of these suggest that they may be low-mass X-ray binaries containing neutron stars in quiescence.
This work is supported by the Lindheimer Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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