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2025ApJ...990..218K - Astrophys. J., 990, 218 (2025/September-2)

A Comprehensive Analysis of X-Ray Sources in Terzan 5 Using Chandra Observations.

KUMAWAT G., HEINKE C.O., ZHAO J., BAHRAMIAN A., COHN H.N. and LUGGER P.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyze photometry, spectra, and variability of over 100 faint X-ray sources in the globular cluster Terzan 5, using 737 ks of Chandra data. X-ray colors and spectral fitting allow for clear separation of foreground sources (with less extinction than the cluster), quiescent low-mass X-ray binaries (qLMXBs), and sources with harder spectra. We identify 22 candidate qLMXBs, over twice that found in any other cluster. This is consistent with Terzan 5's stellar interaction rate, the highest among Galactic globular clusters. We do not see qLMXBs dominated by thermal emission below LX ∼ 1032 erg s–1, though qLMXBs with stronger nonthermal emission could be missed. We find that more than 50% of the qLMXB sources have a neutron star thermal component contributing over 80% of the total luminosity. We report an unusual spectral feature around 1.75 keV in the combined spectrum of Ter 5 X-3. The concentration of the qLMXBs within the cluster is consistent with that of a population of mass 1.46 ± 0.14 M⊙. We identify secure X-ray counterparts to millisecond pulsars Terzan 5 ar and Terzan 5 at, using positional coincidence and orbital X-ray light curves matching those expected for spider pulsars.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Globular star clusters - Low-mass x-ray binary stars - X-ray sources - Neutron stars - Millisecond pulsars - X-ray astronomy

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