Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-05-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 6 figures, invited talk at COSPAR Colloquium on "Spectra and Timing of Compact X-ray Binaries", Mumbai, India (Jan.
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.asr.2006.04.027
We review new Chandra and HST observations of the core collapsed cluster NGC 6397 as a guide to understanding the compact binary (CB) populations in core collapse globulars. New cataclysmic variables (CVs) and main sequence chromospherically active binaries (ABs) have been identified, enabling a larger sample for comparison of the Lx, Fx/Fv and X-ray vs. optical color distributions. Comparison of the numbers of CBs with Lx >10^31 erg/s in 4 core collapse vs. 12 King model clusters reveals that the specific frequency Sx (number of CBs per unit cluster mass) is enhanced in core collapse clusters, even when normalized for their stellar encounter rate. Although core collapse is halted by the dynamical heating due to stellar (and binary) interaction with CBs in the core, we conclude that production of the hardest CBs -- especially CVs -- is enhanced during core collapse. NGC 6397 has its most luminous CVs nearest the cluster center, with two newly discovered very low luminosity (old, quiescent) CVs far from the core. The active binaries as well as neutron star systems (MSP and qLMXB) surround the central core. The overall CB population appears to be asymmetric about the cluster center, as in several other core collapse clusters observed with Chandra, suggesting still poorly-understood scattering processes.
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