Abstract
With the recent detection of X-ray emission from the Arches cluster, we examine the existing Chandra observations of the Galactic center region to determine X-ray properties of known stellar clusters and near-IR cluster candidates. We discuss the first detection of X-ray emission from the Quintuplet cluster, and find its emission characteristics very different from those of the Arches cluster. The X-ray and IR characteristics of these well-known clusters are used to discern if the candidate star clusters are indeed massive, Galactic center star clusters.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 271-277 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Astronomische Nachrichten |
| Volume | 324 |
| Issue number | SUPPL.1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2003 |
Keywords
- Galaxies: clusters: individual (Arches, Quintuplet)
- Galaxy: center
- Stars: Wolf-Rayet
- X-rays: galaxies: clusters
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science