The X-ray Halo of GX5-1

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dc.creatorSmith, Randall K
dc.creatorDame, T. M.
dc.creatorCostantini, Elisa
dc.creatorPredehl, Peter
dc.date2006-05-08
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dc.descriptionUsing Chandra observations we have measured the energy-resolved dust-scattered X-ray halo around the low-mass X-ray binary GX5-1, which shows signs of both singly- and multiply-scattered X-rays. We compared the observed X-ray halo at various energies to predictions from a range of dust models. These fits used both smoothly-distributed dust as well as dust in clumped clouds, with CO and 21 cm observations helping to determine the position of the clouds along the line of sight. We found that the BARE-GR-B model of Zubko, Dwek & Arendt (2004 generally led to the best results, although inadequacies in both the overall model and the data limit our conclusions. We also found that the composite dust models of Zubko, Dwek & Arendt (2004), especially the ``no carbon'' models, gave uniformly poor results. Although models using cloud positions and densities derived naively from CO and 21 cm data gave generally poor results, plausible adjustments to the distance of the largest cloud and the mass of a cloud in the expanding 3 kpc Arm lead to significantly improved fits. We suggest that combining X-ray halo, CO, and 21 cm observations will be a fruitful method to improve our understanding of both the gas and dust phases of the interstellar medium.
dc.description10 pages, accepted by ApJ
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605199
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605199
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.648:452-460,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/505650
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180869
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe X-ray Halo of GX5-1
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