Resolving X-ray Emission in the Galactic ``Starburst'' NGC 3603 with Chandra

Details Resolving X-ray Emission in the Galactic ``Starburst'' NGC 3603 with Chandra Resolving X-ray Emission in the Galactic ``Starburst'' NGC 3603 with Chandra

Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aas...197.3815c&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 197th AAS Meeting, #38.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1456

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We present the first Chandra/ACIS-I X-ray images of the supergiant Galactic HII/starforming region NGC 3603. We resolve the emission into (conservatively) ~ 100 stellar objects, and compare our high resolution Chandra X-ray images of the core cluster to high-resolution optical images obtained by HST. The detected sources apparently include most of the massive O stars, some WR stars (which may show evidence of emission produced in wind-wind collisions), and some surprisingly bright emission from relatively late type stars and PMS stars. We present preliminary source identifications from comparison with optical images and present a preliminary Lx}/L{bol relation for the massive X-ray sources.

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