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M55和NGC 6366的X射线和光学观测:原始双星的证据

X-ray and optical observations of M55 and NGC 6366: evidence for primordial binaries

C. G. Bassa, D. Pooley, F. Verbunt, L. Homer, S. F. Anderson, W. H. G. Lewin

摘要:

我们介绍钱德拉X射线天文台ACIS-S3 X射线成像观测和VLT/FORS 2和哈勃空间望远镜对两个低密度银河系球状星团NGC 6366和M55的光学观测。我们在M55的半质量半径范围内探测到16个亮度在Lx= 4 E30 erg/s以上的X射线源,其中8或9个可能是背景源,在NGC 6366的半质量半径范围内探测到5个,其中4个可能是背景源。在两个星系团中的几个X射线源的光学对应物被确定,从这些我们得出结论,M55中的3个X射线源和NGC 6366中的2或3个X射线源可能与星系团有关。结合这些结果与其他集群,我们找到了最适合的预测数量的X射线源在一个球状星团Nc=1.2伽玛+1.1 Mh,其中伽玛是碰撞数和Mh是(一半)的集群质量,都归一化为球状星团M4的值。一些暂时被归类为磁活动双星的源在X射线中比太阳附近这类双星的上限Lx~0.001Lbol更亮。与XMM和ROSAT观测结果的比较使我们得出结论,最明亮的X射线源在M55,矮新星,成为在光学爆发的X射线变暗,按照其他矮新星。NGC 6366中最亮的X射线源是一个被稍微偏移的扩展源包围的点源。在我们的光学观测中没有星系和H α发射,这与星系团和行星状星云的说法不符,我们认为来源可能是一颗古老的新星。

英文摘要:

We present Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S3 X-ray imaging observations and VLT/FORS2 and Hubble Space Telescope optical observations of two low-density Galactic globular clusters; NGC 6366 and M55. We detect 16 X-ray sources with 0.5-6.0 keV luminosities above Lx=4E30 erg/s within the half-mass radius of M55, of which 8 or 9 are expected to be background sources, and 5 within the half-mass radius of NGC 6366, of which 4 are expected to be background sources. Optical counterparts are identified for several X-ray sources in both clusters and from these we conclude that 3 of the X-ray sources in M55 and 2 or 3 of the X-ray sources in NGC 6366 are probably related to the cluster. Combining these results with those for other clusters, we find the best fit for a predicted number of X-ray sources in a globular cluster Nc=1.2 Gamma+1.1 Mh, where Gamma is the collision number and Mh is (half of) the cluster mass, both normalized to the values for the globular cluster M4. Some sources tentatively classified as magnetically active binaries are more luminous in X-rays than the upper limit of Lx~0.001Lbol of such binaries in the solar neighbourhood. Comparison with XMM and ROSAT observations lead us to conclude that the brightest X-ray source in M55, a dwarf nova, becomes fainter in X-rays during the optical outburst, in accordance with other dwarf novae. The brightest X-ray source in NGC 6366 is a point source surrounded by a slightly offset extended source. The absence of galaxies and Halpha emission in our optical observations argues against a cluster of galaxies and against a planetary nebula, and we suggest that the source may be an old nova.

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