Bibcode
Zhao, P.; Grindlay, J. E.; Edmonds, P.; Garcia, M. R.; McClintock, J. E.; Bailyn, C.; Cool, A.; Cohn, H.; Lugger, P.; Hoard, D.; Wachter, S.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, HEAD Meeting #5, #26.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1224
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2000
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Description
The Chandra Multiwavelength Plane (ChaMPlane) Survey is a project to
identify a large sample of serendipitous X-ray sources in the galactic
plane, including cataclysmic variables, quiescent low mass X-ray
binaries (qLMXBs: in both black hole and neutron star systems), Be X-ray
binaries and stellar coronal sources (see Grindlay et al 2000, BAAS,
196, 37.07 for general description). ChaMPlane has been chosen by NOAO
as a Survey Program (awarded 31 nights over the next 5 years on the KPNO
and CTIO 4m telescopes) for deep imaging. CVs and qLMXBs are identified
by their ubiquitous Hα excess as ``blue'' objects in the R vs.
(Hα - R) diagram. A pilot survey was successfully conducted at the
CTIO 4m in March, 2000 with the newly installed MOSAIC-II CCD detector.
Nine Chandra cycle-1 galactic fields were observed. Photometry down to
24th mag in the galactic plane was performed in the V, R, I and Hα
bands. We will present our data analysis method and results from 3
overlapping Chandra fields towards the Galactic center. The MOSAIC
images (36'x36' FOV) are first CCD reduced; then astrometry is performed
(using the new IRAF/MSCRED package) on each image enabling different but
overlapping pointings to be stacked in groups by exposure times. DAOPHOT
psf-photometry is performed on the stacked images. The Hα emission
stars found within the Chandra field(s) (e.g., ACIS-I: 17'x17' FOV) are
finally compared with the ~arcsec Chandra source positions and fluxes
for initial classification of objects in the EW(Hα ) vs. Fx/Fv
plane. Followup multi-object spectroscopy will be conducted on most
candidates, with an initial run scheduled on WIYN in January 2001 for
the northern fields. We anticipate that analysis of even the cycle-1
fields will provide significant new constraints on the number density of
accretion-powered X-ray sources in the Galaxy.