Chandra observation of the globular cluster NGC 6440 and the nature of cluster X-ray luminosity functions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 573, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 184-196

  Pooley, David ^a   Lewin, Walter H G ^a   Vereunt, Frank ^b   Homer, Lee ^c   Margon, Bruce ^d   Gaensler, Bryan M ^e   Kaspi, Victoria M ^a,f   Miller, Jon M ^a   Fox, Derek W ^g   Van Der Klis, Michiel ^h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 6440); Novae cataclysmic variables; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012415093     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340498     Document Type: Article

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