| Issue |
A&A
Volume 387, Number 1, May III 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | L10 - L12 | |
| Section | Letters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020430 | |
| Published online | 15 May 2002 | |
Letter to the Editor
Probing the intracluster star-light with Chandra
1
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstraße, 85748 Garching, Germany
2
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden st., MS 3, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
3
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Corresponding author: A. Finoguenov, alexis@xray.mpe.mpg.de
Received:
5
October
2001
Accepted:
20
March
2002
We propose a method to test for the presence of intracluster star-light using X-ray binaries as a trace population. We discuss a particular application of this method to observations of the Virgo cluster.
Key words: stars: binaries: close / X-rays: stars / cosmology: observations
© ESO, 2002
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