Exploring the Nature of Weak Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre
  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. 
R. M. Bandyopadhyay, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, K. M. Blundell, F. E.   Bauer, Ph. Podsiadlowski, Q. D. Wang, S. Rappaport, E. Pfahl