| Issue |
A&A
Volume 381, Number 2, JanuaryII 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 481 - 486 | |
| Section | Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011501 | |
| Published online | 15 January 2002 | |
First XMM-Newton observations of the globular cluster M 22
Centre d'Étude Spatiale des Rayonnements, 9 avenue du Colonel Roche, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 04, France
Corresponding author: N. A. Webb, Natalie.Webb@cesr.fr
Received:
6
June
2001
Accepted:
25
October
2001
We have examined preliminary data of the globular cluster, M 22, from the EPIC MOS detectors on board XMM-Newton. We have detected 27 X-ray sources within the centre of the field of view, 24 of which are new detections. Three sources were found within the core of the cluster. From spectral analysis of the X-ray sources, it is possible that the object at the centre of the core is a quiescent X-ray transient and those lying further out are maybe cataclysmic variables.
Key words: stars: luminosity function, mass function / galaxy: globular clusters: individual: M 22 / X-rays: general / stars: binaries: general
© ESO, 2002
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