Identification of Hard X-ray Sources in Galactic Globular Clusters: Simbol-X Simulations

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Servillat, M. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Toulouse 3, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, CNRS, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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SIMBOL-X: FOCUSING ON THE HARD X-RAY UNIVERSE | 2009年 / 1126卷
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Galaxy: globular clusters; Stars: binaries: close; Cataclysmic variables; HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE; CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; WHITE-DWARFS; XMM-NEWTON; BINARIES; M22; NGC-2808; NOVAE; CORE;
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Globular clusters harbour an excess of X-ray sources compared to the number of X-ray sources in the Galactic plane. It has been proposed that many of these X-ray sources are cataclysmic variables that have an intermediate magnetic field, i.e. intermediate polars, which remains to be confirmed and understood. We present here several methods to identify intermediate polars in globular clusters from multiwavelength analysis. First, we report an XMM-Newton, Chandra and HST observations of the very dense Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808. By comparing UV and X-ray properties of the cataclysmic variable candidates, the fraction of intermediate polars in this cluster can be estimated. We also present the optical spectra of two cataclysmic variables in the globular cluster M 22. The Hell (4868 A) emission line in these spectra could be related to the presence of a magnetic field in these objects. Simulations of Simbol-X observations indicate that the angular resolution is sufficient to study X-ray sources in the core of close, less dense globular clusters, such as M 22. The sensitivity of Simbol-X in an extended energy band up to 80 keV will allow us to discriminate between hard X-ray sources (such as magnetic cataclysmic variables) and soft X-ray sources (such as chromospherically active binaries).
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