Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 3 figures; to appear in ASP conference proceedings of "Frank N. Bash Symposium 2007: New Horizons in Astronomy", edit
Scientific paper
The Chandra Multiwavelength Plane (ChaMPlane) Survey is a comprehensive effort to constrain the population of accretion-powered and coronal low-luminosity X-ray sources (L_X < 10^33 erg s^-1) in the Galaxy. ChaMPlane incorporates X-ray, optical, and infrared observations of fields in the Galactic Plane imaged with Chandra in the past six years. We present the results of a population study of the brightest X-ray sources in ChaMPlane. We use X-ray spectral fitting, X-ray lightcurve analysis, and optical photometry of candidate counterparts to determine the properties of 21 sources. Our sample includes a previously unreported quiescent low-mass X-ray binary or cataclysmic variable (R = 20.9) and ten stellar sources (12.5 < R < 15), including one flare star (R = 17.3). We find that quantile analysis, a new technique developed for constraining the X-ray spectral properties of low-count sources, is largely consistent with spectral fitting.
Grindlay Jonathan
Hong Jaesub
Laycock Silas
Penner Kyle
van den Berg Maureen
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