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The Counterparts of the Luminous, Bursting X-ray Sources in Globular Clusters-LTSA98Under the fifth year of the LTSA, we have extended our HST and Chandra work to a number of additional globular clusters. The remarkable sensitivity and positional accuracy of the Chandra observations are enabling us to maximally exploit HST for UV/optical identifications for X-ray binaries in the cores of multiple globular clusters. The dozens of lower-luminosity X-ray sources in each globular cluster deeply examined thus far have moved us firmly into the era of studies which encompass populations of close; the large range of cluster properties we are studying have, for the first tine, established a firm empirical confirmation of the (long-suspected theoretically) high importance that close binaries play in the dynamical stability and evolution of globular clusters. The LTSA support has been a cornerstone of our success over the past 5 years in studies of globular cluster X-ray sources and their counterparts.
Document ID
20040000702
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Contractor or Grantee Report
Authors
Anderson, Scott F.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Astronomy
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NRA-98-03-LTSA-045
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-7932
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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