The ChaMPlane survey is being conducted at the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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Science Goals
The primary goal of ChaMPlane is to identify Cataclysmic Variables
(CVs) and quiescent Low Mass X-ray Binaries (qLMXBs: which includes
both black hole and neutron star systems), in order to constrain and
ultimately measure their number and space density luminosity
functions. Secondary objectives are to determine the Be X-ray binary
(BeHMXB) content and stellar coronal source distributions in the
Galaxy.
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