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早型星系中的可变低质量X射线双星

Variable Low-Mass X-ray Binaries in Early-Type Galaxies

Gregory R. Sivakoff, Andrés Jordán, Adrienne M. Juett, Craig L. Sarazin, Jimmy A. Irwin

摘要:

随着钱德拉X射线天文台任务的成熟,越来越多的邻近星系被多次观测,在从几秒到几年的时间尺度上对河外X射线双星的变化进行采样。本文介绍了几个早型星系中发光低质量X射线双星的研究结果。我们发现,早期型星系的瞬时LMXB光度函数在观测之间没有显着变化;相对较低比例的源在<~ 5年的时间尺度上变化很大。我们讨论的影响,一个相对较少的瞬态LMXB被发现在早期类型的星系。

英文摘要:

As the Chandra X-ray Observatory mission matures, increasing numbers of nearby galaxies are being observed multiple times, sampling the variability of extragalactic X-ray binaries on timescales extending from seconds to years. We present results on luminous low-mass X-ray binaries from several early-type galaxies. We show that instantaneous LMXB luminosity functions of early-type galaxies do not significantly change between observations; a relatively low fraction of sources are strongly variable on <~ 5 yr timescales. We discuss the implications that a relatively small number of transient LMXBs are being discovered in early-type galaxies.

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