0.5-30 KEV Imaging of Starbursts with Chandra and Nustar
Abstract
We propose short 10-30 ks Chandra exposures of a sample of four starburst galaxies that will occur concurrently with priority A NuSTAR observations. With this 75 ks program, we will characterize binaries, ULX sources and accretion onto supermassive black holes. Such joint Chandra-NuSTAR observations were crucial to interpretation of the 0.5-30 keV emission from the nuclear region of NGC 253 in late 2012 (Lehmer et al. 2013). In this proposal, we seek to continue to leverage the combined power of the two facilities. The sample consists of the very nearby star-forming galaxies M82 and M83 at d=4 Mpc and the nearest two merging starburst galaxies, NGC 3310 and NGC 3256, which altogether will be observed by NuSTAR for 481 ks.
- Publication:
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Chandra Proposal
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013cxo..prop.3830H