The Search for Buried Treasure: Near-IR Counterparts to Faint X-ray Sources in the Nuclear Bulge of the Milky Way

Details The Search for Buried Treasure: Near-IR Counterparts to Faint X-ray Sources in the Nuclear Bulge of the Milky Way The Search for Buried Treasure: Near-IR Counterparts to Faint X-ray Sources in the Nuclear Bulge of the Milky Way

Jan 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21541316b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #413.16; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.252

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

We present results of a search for the counterparts to faint Galactic Center X-ray sources using near-IR data from ISAAC on the VLT. We show that the astrometric cross-correlation of our ISAAC imaging with the revised catalog of X-ray source positions from Muno et al. (2003) and Muno et al. (2006) results in a statistically significant excess in the number of candidate IR counterparts to the 130 X-ray sources encompassed within our IR imaging fields. We find a small over-abundance of more local (relatively unextinguished) bright, blue candidate counterparts to the X-ray sources as compared to the total IR field population. It is likely that this fraction of the population is dominated by local, massive X-ray active stars. We obtained K-band spectroscopy of candidate counterparts to 21 of the X-ray sources, but did not detect Brackett-gamma emission (a known accretion signature) in any of the spectra. We conclude with a brief discussion about the likely nation of this X-ray source population and a description of the next observational phase of the project. This work is based on observations made with the ESO VLT under imaging program 071.D-0377(A) and spectroscopic program 075.D-0361(A).

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Search for Buried Treasure: Near-IR Counterparts to Faint X-ray Sources in the Nuclear Bulge of the Milky Way does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Search for Buried Treasure: Near-IR Counterparts to Faint X-ray Sources in the Nuclear Bulge of the Milky Way, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Search for Buried Treasure: Near-IR Counterparts to Faint X-ray Sources in the Nuclear Bulge of the Milky Way will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-965958