Quiescent Low Mass X-Ray Binaries and Cataclysmic Variables in the Globular Cluster NGC 6304

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Sep 2009

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Chandra proposal ID #11400651

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The radii of neutron stars are now routinely measured in transient low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) in globular clusters. Only a hand full of such systems are firmly identified, and more are needed to produce a usefully large population for constraining the dense matter equation of state. We propose here an observation of three X-ray sources in NGC 6304, recently spectrally classified as quiescent LMXBs. The primary goal of this proposal is to confirm the qLMXB nature of these sources by obtaining CCD-spectra to produce H-atmosphere radius measurements accurate to ~20-25 %. Confirming the classification of these sources may challenge the theory of binary formation in globular clusters. The secondary goal is a deep survey of the CV population in NGC 6304

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