L. Stawarz

X-ray point sources towards the giant radio lobes of Centaurus A

Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest radio galaxy (d = 3.8 Mpc), so individual X-ray point sources can be resolved against its giant radio lobes. We test whether a compact X-ray source population over the lobes exceeds the expected field population, once the selection function, foreground stars and the cosmic X-ray ba...