The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters

Globular clusters host a variety of lower-luminosity (LX < 1035 erg s−1) X-ray sources, including accreting neutron stars (NSs) and black holes (BHs), millisecond pulsars (MSPs), cataclysmic variables, and chromospherically active binaries. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive catalog of mor...

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Main Authors: Bahramian, Arash, Strader, J., Miller-Jones, James, Chomiuk, L., Heinke, C.O., Maccarone, T.J., Pooley, D., Shishkovsky, L., Tudor, V., Zhao, Y., Li, K.L., Sivakoff, G.R., Tremou, E., Buchner, J.
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101082
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90034
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author Bahramian, Arash
Strader, J.
Miller-Jones, James
Chomiuk, L.
Heinke, C.O.
Maccarone, T.J.
Pooley, D.
Shishkovsky, L.
Tudor, V.
Zhao, Y.
Li, K.L.
Sivakoff, G.R.
Tremou, E.
Buchner, J.
author_facet Bahramian, Arash
Strader, J.
Miller-Jones, James
Chomiuk, L.
Heinke, C.O.
Maccarone, T.J.
Pooley, D.
Shishkovsky, L.
Tudor, V.
Zhao, Y.
Li, K.L.
Sivakoff, G.R.
Tremou, E.
Buchner, J.
author_sort Bahramian, Arash
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Globular clusters host a variety of lower-luminosity (LX < 1035 erg s−1) X-ray sources, including accreting neutron stars (NSs) and black holes (BHs), millisecond pulsars (MSPs), cataclysmic variables, and chromospherically active binaries. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive catalog of more than 1100 X-ray sources in 38 Galactic globular clusters (GCs) observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory's Chandra/ACIS detector. The targets are selected to complement the MAVERIC survey's deep radio continuum maps of Galactic GCs. We perform photometry and spectral analysis for each source, determine a best-fit model, and assess the possibility of it being a foreground or background source based on its spectral properties and location in the cluster. We also provide basic assessments of variability. We discuss the distribution of X-ray binaries in GCs and their X-ray luminosity function, and we carefully analyze systems with LX > 1033 erg s−1. Among these moderately bright systems, we discover a new source in NGC 6539 that may be a candidate accreting stellar-mass BH or a transitional MSP. We show that quiescent NS low-mass X-ray binaries in GCs may spend ∼2% of their lifetimes as transitional MSPs in their active (LX > 1033 erg s−1) state. Finally, we identify a substantial underabundance of bright (LX > 1033 erg s−1) intermediate polars in GCs compared to the Galactic field, in contrast with the literature of the past two decades.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-900342023-02-07T03:35:58Z The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters Bahramian, Arash Strader, J. Miller-Jones, James Chomiuk, L. Heinke, C.O. Maccarone, T.J. Pooley, D. Shishkovsky, L. Tudor, V. Zhao, Y. Li, K.L. Sivakoff, G.R. Tremou, E. Buchner, J. Science & Technology Physical Sciences Astronomy & Astrophysics Globular star clusters Low-mass x-ray binary stars Neutron stars Astrophysical black holes Stellar accretion disks Celestial objects catalogs TRANSIENT NEUTRON-STAR LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS BLACK-HOLE CANDIDATE CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES 47 TUCANAE MILLISECOND PULSAR BINARY-SYSTEMS RADIO PULSARS INTERMEDIATE POLARS DYNAMICAL FORMATION Globular clusters host a variety of lower-luminosity (LX < 1035 erg s−1) X-ray sources, including accreting neutron stars (NSs) and black holes (BHs), millisecond pulsars (MSPs), cataclysmic variables, and chromospherically active binaries. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive catalog of more than 1100 X-ray sources in 38 Galactic globular clusters (GCs) observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory's Chandra/ACIS detector. The targets are selected to complement the MAVERIC survey's deep radio continuum maps of Galactic GCs. We perform photometry and spectral analysis for each source, determine a best-fit model, and assess the possibility of it being a foreground or background source based on its spectral properties and location in the cluster. We also provide basic assessments of variability. We discuss the distribution of X-ray binaries in GCs and their X-ray luminosity function, and we carefully analyze systems with LX > 1033 erg s−1. Among these moderately bright systems, we discover a new source in NGC 6539 that may be a candidate accreting stellar-mass BH or a transitional MSP. We show that quiescent NS low-mass X-ray binaries in GCs may spend ∼2% of their lifetimes as transitional MSPs in their active (LX > 1033 erg s−1) state. Finally, we identify a substantial underabundance of bright (LX > 1033 erg s−1) intermediate polars in GCs compared to the Galactic field, in contrast with the literature of the past two decades. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90034 10.3847/1538-4357/aba51d English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101082 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ IOP PUBLISHING LTD fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Globular star clusters
Low-mass x-ray binary stars
Neutron stars
Astrophysical black holes
Stellar accretion disks
Celestial objects catalogs
TRANSIENT NEUTRON-STAR
LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS
BLACK-HOLE CANDIDATE
CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES
47 TUCANAE
MILLISECOND PULSAR
BINARY-SYSTEMS
RADIO PULSARS
INTERMEDIATE POLARS
DYNAMICAL FORMATION
Bahramian, Arash
Strader, J.
Miller-Jones, James
Chomiuk, L.
Heinke, C.O.
Maccarone, T.J.
Pooley, D.
Shishkovsky, L.
Tudor, V.
Zhao, Y.
Li, K.L.
Sivakoff, G.R.
Tremou, E.
Buchner, J.
The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters
title The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters
title_full The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters
title_fullStr The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters
title_full_unstemmed The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters
title_short The MAVERIC survey: Chandra/ACIS catalog of faint X-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters
title_sort maveric survey: chandra/acis catalog of faint x-ray sources in 38 galactic globular clusters
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Globular star clusters
Low-mass x-ray binary stars
Neutron stars
Astrophysical black holes
Stellar accretion disks
Celestial objects catalogs
TRANSIENT NEUTRON-STAR
LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS
BLACK-HOLE CANDIDATE
CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES
47 TUCANAE
MILLISECOND PULSAR
BINARY-SYSTEMS
RADIO PULSARS
INTERMEDIATE POLARS
DYNAMICAL FORMATION
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101082
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90034