X-ray sources and their optical counterparts in the globular cluster M 22

Details X-ray sources and their optical counterparts in the globular cluster M 22 X-ray sources and their optical counterparts in the globular cluster M 22

2004-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405571v1

Astron.Astrophys. 424 (2004) 133-143

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20040399

Using XMM-Newton EPIC imaging data, we have detected 50 low-luminosity X-ray sources in the field of view of M 22, where 5 +/- 3 of these sources are likely to be related to the cluster. Using differential optical photometry, we have identified probable counterparts to those sources belonging to the cluster. Using X-ray spectroscopic and timing studies, supported by the optical colours, we propose that the most central X-ray sources in the cluster are cataclysmic variables, millisecond pulsars, active binaries and a blue straggler. We also identify a cluster of galaxies behind this globular cluster.

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