The Galactic Bulge Survey: outline and X-ray observations

Details The Galactic Bulge Survey: outline and X-ray observations The Galactic Bulge Survey: outline and X-ray observations

2011-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/1103.1486v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Accepted for publication in ApJS, 12 pages, 7 figures, 4 Tables, Table 3 with the full source list is available at http://ww

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We introduce the Galactic Bulge Survey (GBS) and we provide the Chandra source list for the region that has been observed to date. Among the goals of the GBS are constraining the neutron star equation of state and the black hole mass distribution via the identification of eclipsing neutron star and black hole low-mass X-ray binaries. The latter goal will, in addition, be obtained by significantly enlarging the number of black hole systems for which a black hole mass can be derived. Further goals include constraining X-ray binary formation scenarios, in particular the common envelope phase and the occurrence of kicks, via source-type number counts and an investigation of the spatial distribution of X-ray binaries, respectively. The GBS targets two strips of 6x1 degrees (12 square degrees in total), one above (1

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