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2000A&A...360..559C - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 360559-561 (2000/8-2)

An EUVE observation of the globular cluster NGC 1851: The second EUV detection of a low mass X-ray binary?

CALLANAN P.J., DRAKE J.J., FRUSCIONE A. and CHRISTIAN D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have detected EUV emission from the globular cluster NGC 1851, using the Deep Survey Photometer aboard the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE). The minimum EUV luminosity implied by our detection is ∼1035-1036ergs/s, for a distance and reddening appropriate to NGC 1851. This is only the second detection of a globular cluster at EUV energies. If this flux is due to the cluster LMXB X0512-401, then the observed EUV luminosity is likely to be comparable to the 2-10keV X-ray luminosity of the LMXB. With the detection of EUV emission from M 15, these observations suggest that the EUV flux of LMXBs in general may represent a sizable fraction of their total bolometric luminosity. However, additional observations are needed to conclusively show that these cluster LMXBs (X0512-401 and AC211) indeed dominate the cluster EUV emission. Finally, we compare our NGC 1851 measurement with the EUVE detection of the X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 during outburst, and show that these objects appear to have comparable EUV luminosities.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: binaries: close - Galaxy: globular clusters: individual: NGC 1851 - stars: individual: X0512-401 - stars: individual: XTE J1118+480

Simbad objects: 5

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