A new view of the galactic plane with EXOSAT |
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| Authors: | M J L Turner R S Warwick M G Watson R Willingale |
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| Institution: | (1) X-ray Astronomy Group, Physics Department, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH Leicester, UK |
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| Abstract: | A new X-ray image of the galactic plane has been produced using the 45 arcmin square field of view of the Medium Energy Instrument on EXOSAT. This image shows a total of 64 sources including 18 new ones which include the first observation of persistent emission from the globular cluster bursters Terzan 1 and Terzan 5. The most important discovery from this image is a 2° wide ridge of diffuse emission symmetrical about the plane and extending from the galactic centre to 1 =±40°. The spectrum of this emission appears to be hard (  1.2) with no significant absorption. |
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