Bibcode
Williams, B. F.; Garcia, M. R.; Primini, F. A.; Murray, S. S.; Kaaret, P. E.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, 201st AAS Meeting, #85.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.1244
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2002
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Description
We have compiled a database of Chandra-HRC snapshot images covering most
of the M31 disk. The database consists of 5 HRC fields. All fields were
observed at 16 different epochs covering a baseline of nearly 2 years.
The merged image has a mean total exposure time of 17 ks. These data
were analyzed to measure the mean fluxes of ~130 sources, most of which
are located near the center of the galaxy. We have constructed long-term
lightcurves for these sources to measure variability. The lightcurves
reveal that M31 sources exhibit a wide range of variability, including
several transients, recurrent transients and sources with irregular
variation. Finally, we report the results of a search for counterparts
at longer wavelengths. Support for this work was provided by NASA
through grant number GO-9087 from the Space Telescope Science Institute
and through grant number GO2-3103X from the Chandra X-ray Center.