A Chandra Survey of Nearby Spiral Galaxies

Bibcode
2002AAS...201.1416K
Kilgard, R. E.; Krauss, M. I.; Prestwich, A. H.; Kaaret, P.; Garcia, M.; Zezas, A.; Ward, M. J.; Roberts, T.
Bibliographical reference

American Astronomical Society, 201st AAS Meeting, #14.16; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.1121

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12
2002
Number of authors
8
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
1
Refereed citations
1
Description
We present results from a Chandra survey of 11 nearby, face-on spiral galaxies. 24 observations totaling 900 ks of new and archival Chandra data reveal more than 1000 X-ray point sources associated with the galaxies, diffuse emission, and hundreds of serendipitous sources. We discuss source populations and luminosity functions and show that the slope of the X-ray luminosity function is correlated with the star formation rate in the galaxies. We also discuss ultraluminous X-ray sources in comparison with sources within the Milky Way. Finally, we discuss ongoing work on source classification based upon X-ray colors and spectra, position within the host galaxies, and multi-wavelength counterparts. This work is partially supported by NASA contract NAS8-39073 (CXC) and grant GO1-2092A.
Type
Non-refereed

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