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A Survey of Massive Star Clusters in the X-ray Emission from Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2006

E. M. Schlegel
E. M. Schlegel
Affiliation:
High Energy Astrophysics Division, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge MA, USA email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The massive star clusters identified by S. Larsen are compared to the available Chandra observations of face-on spiral galaxies. In each galaxy, a few percent of the Larsen-identified clusters match X-ray-emitting point sources. An additional few match knots of emission in the diffuse emission. The cluster properties are examined to ascertain whether massive star clusters are X-ray sources.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies , August 2005 , pp. 199
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2006 International Astronomical Union