X-ray and optical observations of M55 and NGC 6366: Evidence for primordial binaries

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 921-933

  Bassa, C G ^a,b   Pooley, D ^c   Verbunt, F ^a   Homer, L ^d,f   Anderson, S F ^d   Lewin, W H G ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Abbey College Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: globular clusters: individual: NGC 6366 and M 55

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY; GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GALAXY: GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 6366 AND M 55; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; X-RAY IMAGING; X-RAY SOURCES;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 51949117531     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809350     Document Type: Article

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