The Chandra and Hubble observatories are the first to allow detailed studies of the populations of X-ray sources in globular clusters. X-ray emitting objects in globular clusters include low-mass X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables, millisecond pulsars, and chromospherically active binaries. I will discuss optical identification efforts, the identification and nature of quiescent low-mass X-ray binaries, and the distribution of X-ray sources among clusters with different properties. I may also discuss the results of our deep Chandra campaign on 47 Tuc, which constrain the number of millisecond pulsars in that cluster.
Tuesday, February 22nd
Seminar is to be held at 4:00 PM in the conference room
on the second floor of Dearborn Observatory
Refreshments will be served at 3:30
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