Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004.
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| author | Gonzalez, Edgar Raul, 1977- |
| author2 | Walter H.G. Lewin. |
| author_facet | Walter H.G. Lewin. Gonzalez, Edgar Raul, 1977- |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/327402019-04-10T10:30:33Z Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877 Gonzalez, Edgar Raul, 1977- Walter H.G. Lewin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-72). We present the results of five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877. A total of 27 X-ray sources are detected, including SN 1998S. We find 15 sources to be variable during the 646-day period covered by the observations. We use two methods to determine source color and find no apparent correlation between color and brightness in our population sample. We provide flux and luminosity estimates for every source and construct cumulative X-ray luminosity functions (XLFs) for each observation. We find a higher density of luminous ([approximately] 10³⁷ erg s⁻¹) sources in NGC 3877 than we see in two other galaxies. We tentatively identify some sources as X-ray binaries. by Edgar Raul Gonzalez. S.B. 2006-05-15T20:26:39Z 2006-05-15T20:26:39Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32740 56730033 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 72 p. 2948649 bytes 2951367 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Gonzalez, Edgar Raul, 1977- Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877 |
| title | Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877 |
| title_full | Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877 |
| title_fullStr | Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877 |
| title_short | Results from five Chandra observations of the normal galaxy NGC 3877 |
| title_sort | results from five chandra observations of the normal galaxy ngc 3877 |
| topic | Physics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32740 |
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