An Extensive Census of HST Counterparts to Chandra X-ray Sources in the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae. I. Astrometry and Photometry

Details An Extensive Census of HST Counterparts to Chandra X-ray Sources in the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae. I. Astrometry and Photometry An Extensive Census of HST Counterparts to Chandra X-ray Sources in the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae. I. Astrometry and Photometry

2003-07-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307187v1

Astrophys.J.596:1177-1196,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal. 25 pages, 12 figures, 3 tables, abridged abstract. Some figures at reduced

Scientific paper

10.1086/378193

We report the largest number of optical identifications of X-ray sources yet obtained in a single globular cluster. Using deep Chandra/ACIS-I imaging and extensive HST studies with WFPC2, we have detected optical counterparts to at least 22 cataclysmic variables (CVs) and 29 chromospherically active binaries (BY Dras and RS CVns) in 47 Tuc. These identifications are all based on tight astrometric matches between X-ray sources and objects with unusual (non main sequence) optical colors and/or optical variability. In the U vs U-V color magnitude diagram (CMD), the CVs all show evidence for blue colors compared to the main sequence, but most of them fall close to the main sequence in the V vs V-I CMD, showing that the secondary stars dominate the optical light. The X-ray detected active binaries have magnitude offsets above the main sequence that are indistinguishable from those of the much larger sample of optical variables (eclipsing and contact binaries and BY Dras) detected in the WFPC2 studies of Albrow et al. (2001). We also present the results of a new, deeper search for optical companions to MSPs. One possible optical companion to an MSP (47 Tuc T) was found, adding to the two optical companions already known. Finally, we study several blue stars with periodic variability from Albrow et al. (2001) that show little or no evidence for X-ray emission. The optical colors of these objects differ from those of 47 Tuc (and field) CVs.

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