Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of Low Mass X-ray Binaries

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2008-04-09

arxiv.org/abs/0804.1574v1

AIP Conf.Proc.1010:210-214,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, updated and expanded version of article to appear in Proceedings of "A Population Explosion: The Nature and Evolution

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2945044

We present preliminary results from our archival Spitzer Space Telescope program aimed at characterizing the mid-IR properties of compact objects, both isolated and in binary systems, i.e. white dwarfs, X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables, and magnetars. Most of these sources are too faint at mid-IR wavelengths to be observable from the ground, so this study provides the very first comprehensive look at the mid-IR emission of these objects. Here we present our results for the low mass X-ray binaries. We considered all of the systems listed in the most recent catalog of Liu et al. (2007) that have known optical counterparts. The particular goals of our projects encompass: to establish the mid-IR spectral energy distribution, to search for the signatures of jets, circumbinary disks, low mass or planetary companions and debris disks, and to study the local environment of these sources.

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