Exploring the Nature of Weak Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre

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2005-01-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0501327v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

In Proc. of ``Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution, and Outcomes'', eds. L. A. Antonelli et al., AIP, Cefalu, Sicily, 20

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2130261

We present results from the first near-IR imaging of the weak X-ray sources discovered in the Chandra/ACIS-I survey (Wang et al. 2002) towards the Galactic Centre (GC). These ~800 discrete sources, which contribute significantly to the GC X-ray emission, represent an important and previously unknown population within the Galaxy. From our VLT observations we will identify likely IR counterparts to a sample of the hardest sources, which are most likely X-ray binaries. With these data we can place constraints on the nature of the discrete weak X-ray source population of the GC.

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