Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997natur.388..751d&link_type=abstract
Nature, Volume 388, Issue 6644, pp. 751-753 (1997).
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Globular clusters, the most ancient stellar groups in our galaxy, are known to contain bright X-ray sources, faint X-ray sources and millisecond pulsars. The bright X-ray sources are neutron stars accreting matter from a companion star, and the millisecond pulsars are believed to be descendants of these sources. But the origin of the faint X-ray sources remains unclear. Here we report satellite-based X-ray observations of the globular cluster M28 which reveal two faint X-ray sources; an extended source slightly offset from the centre of the cluster, and a point source. The point source pulsates with the same period as a well-known, 3-millisecond pulsar in M28. The nature of the extended source is more puzzling, however, and its spatial and spectral properties permit a range of plausible models. We argue that this source is either a collection of low-luminosity accreting neutron-star binaries or a synchrotron nebula powered by a recent outburst of energy from an unknown source. Sensitive optical and X-ray observations should be able to distinguish between these two possibilities.
Danner Rolf
Kawai Nobuyuki
Kulkarni Sanjeev R.
Saito Yukio
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