<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McDowell, J. C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zezas, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Taylor, P. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hatzidimitriou, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalogera, V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fabbiano, G.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Chandra survey of the SMC Bar: First Results</style></title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts</style></short-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003/12/1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AAS...20311523M</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">203</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">115.23</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We summarize the early results from a Chandra X-ray Observatory survey of the central region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, dominated by a recent burst of star formation. We detect 122 sources in five ACIS fields, reaching a 0.1-10 keV luminosity (corrected for Milky Way absorption ) of 4.3× 10&lt;SUP&gt;33&lt;/SUP&gt; erg/s, an order of magnitude deeper than previous surveys. Our survey includes 20 candidate transient sources and measures extent in 5 supernova remnants. The data indicate fewer very faint sources than would be expected from the background. We compare our results with ROSAT and ASCA observations of the region; many of the ASCA sources are found to suffer from confusion. We are beginning a program of optical identifications for the newly discovered sources. The companion poster by Taylor et al. describes our X-ray spectral and timing analysis on the bright sources. &lt;P /&gt;We acknowledge support from the Chandra X-ray Center (NASA contract NAS8-39073).</style></abstract></record></records></xml>