Bandyopadhyay, RMMiller-Jones, JCABlundell, KMBauer, FEPodsiadlowski, PhWang, QDRappaport, SPfahl, E2024-04-262024-04-262005-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/2642<p>This is the pre-published version harvested from ArXiv. The published version is located at <a href="http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APCPCS000797000001000410000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no">http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APCPCS000797000001000410000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no</a></p>We present results from the first near-IR imaging of the weak X-ray sources discovered in the Chandra/ACIS-I survey (Wang et al. 2002) towards the Galactic Centre (GC). These ~800 discrete sources, which contribute significantly to the GC X-ray emission, represent an important and previously unknown population within the Galaxy. From our VLT observations we will identify likely IR counterparts to a sample of the hardest sources, which are most likely X-ray binaries. With these data we can place constraints on the nature of the discrete weak X-ray source population of the GC. ©2005 American Institute of PhysicsAstrophysics and Astronomyarticle