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Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aas...199.2508j&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 199th AAS Meeting, #25.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.1349
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With a Chandra ACIS-S3 observation, we detect 42 X-ray point sources in the elliptical galaxy NGC 720, including a possible central source. Investigation of the hardness ratios and combined spectra of these sources indicates that most of the sources are soft. However, there is also a population of hard, highly absorbed sources which are generally located at large distances from the center of the galaxy. The overall source distribution is consistent with the ellipticity and position angle of the galaxy, but the sources appear to form several arcs. The source luminosity function is well fit by a broken power-law with a high luminosity slope similar to other early-type galaxies observed with Chandra. However, we find a higher break luminosity of Lb = 11+/- 2 x 1038 ergs s-1 and a larger number of ultra-luminous sources. Sixteen of the sources in NGC 720 have luminosities above 1039 ergs s-1, similar to the number seen in the Antennae galaxies. This work was funded by NASA.
Buote David A.
Canizares Calude R.
Garmire Gordon P.
Jeltema Tesla E.
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