Catalog of bright X-ray binaries in Galactic globular clusters

This table lists all identified X-ray binaries in globular clusters which show (or have shown) X-ray luminosity above \(10^{34}\) erg/s.

A version of this table has been published in Bahramian et al. 2014 (Table 5). Here I keep the table updated and add new sources based on new studies.

This catalog is created and maintained by Arash Bahramian. If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to contact me.

Source Properties:

Name GC Behavior Period (Min) Nature Accretor Notes References
4U 1820-30 NGC 6624 P 11.0 U NS X Stella et al. 1987
4U 0513-40 NGC 1851 P 17.0 U NS UV Zurek et al. 2009
X 1850-087 NGC 6712 P 20.6 U NS UV Homer et al. 1996
M15 X-2 M 15 P 22.6 U NS UV Dieball et al. 2005
MAXI J0911-655 NGC 2808 T 44.3 U NS XP Sanna et al. 2017
IGR J16597-3704 NGC 6256 T 46.0 U NS XP Sanna et al. 2017
NGC6440 X-2 NGC 6440 T 57.3 U NS XP Altamirano et al. 2010
XB 1832-330 NGC 6652 P 126.0 N NS O Engel et al. 2012
4U 1746-37 NGC 6441 P 309.6 N NS X Balucinska-Church et al. 2004
SAX J1748.9-2021 NGC 6440 T 522.0 N NS XP Altamirano et al. 2008
IGR J18245-2452 (M28i) M 28 T 660.0 N NS XP Papitto et al. 2013
GRS 1747-312 Terzan 6 T 741.6 N NS X int Zand et al. 2003
X 2127+119 (AC211) M 15 P 1026.0 N NS? UV Ilovaisky et al. 1993
IGR J17480-2446 (Terzan5 X-2) Terzan 5 T 1276.2 N NS XP Strohmayer et al. 2010; Papitto et al. 2011
1E 1339.8+2837 M 3 T ? N WD ? Edmonds et al. 2004; Stacey et al. 2011
Rapid Burster Liller 1 T ? N NS B Galloway et al. 2008
EXO 1745-248 (Terzan5 X-1) Terzan 5 T ? N NS B Galloway et al. 2008
Swift J174805.3-244637 (Terzan5 X-3) Terzan 5 T ? N NS B Bahramian et al. 2014
XB 1732-304 Terzan 1 T ? ? NS ? Guainazzi et al. 1999
4U 1722-30 Terzan 2 P ? U? NS B int Zand et al. 2007
IGR J17361-4441 NGC 6388 T ? ? NS? ? Bozzo et al. 2011
47 Tuc X9 47 Tuc V, F 28.2 U BH? X Bahramian et al. 2017
M15 X-3 M 15 T, F 240.0 ? NS? AC Heinke et al. 2009, Arnason et al. 2015
NGC 6652 B NGC 6652 V, F ? ? NS? ? Stacey et al. 2012