Multiwavelength Study of Chandra X-Ray Sources in the Antennae

We use WIRC, IR images of the Antennae (NGC 4038/4039) together with the extensive catalogue of 120 X-ray point sources (Zezas et al. 2006) to search for counterpart candidates. Using our proven frame-tie technique, we find 38 X-ray sources with IR counterparts, almost doubling the number of IR coun...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2010-08
Hauptverfasser: Clark, D M, Eikenberry, S S, Brandl, B R, Wilson, J C, Carson, J C, Henderson, C P, Hayward, T L, Barry, D J, Ptak, A F, Colbert, E J M
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Zusammenfassung:We use WIRC, IR images of the Antennae (NGC 4038/4039) together with the extensive catalogue of 120 X-ray point sources (Zezas et al. 2006) to search for counterpart candidates. Using our proven frame-tie technique, we find 38 X-ray sources with IR counterparts, almost doubling the number of IR counterparts to X-ray sources first identified in Clark et al. (2007). In our photometric analysis, we consider the 35 IR counterparts that are confirmed star clusters. We show that the clusters with X-ray sources tend to be brighter, K_s ~16 mag, with (J-K_s) = 1.1 mag. We then use archival HST images of the Antennae to search for optical counterparts to the X-ray point sources. We employ our previous IR-to-X-ray frame-tie as an intermediary to establish a precise optical-to-X-ray frame-tie with
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1008.1064