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钱德拉调查的SMC“酒吧”:II . X射线源的光学对应物

The Chandra survey of the SMC "Bar": II. Optical counterparts of X-ray sources

Vallia Antoniou, Andreas Zezas, Despina Hatzidimitriou, Jonathan C. McDowell

摘要:

我们提出了最有可能的光学对应物的113 X射线源检测我们的钱德拉调查的中心区域的小麦哲伦云(SMC)的基础上OGLE-II和MCPS目录。我们估计,前景的污染和机会符合概率是最小的明亮的光学对应物(对应于OB型恒星,共35)。本文首次提出了13个大质量X射线双星(HMXB),其中4个是Be/X射线双星(Be-XRB),并确认了18个Be-XRB的分类。我们估计新的候选Be-XRB的年龄为1500万至8500万年,与Be星的年龄一致。我们还研究了“过剩”的Be-XRB的SMC领域所涵盖的钱德拉,与银河系相比。在光度低至约10^{34} erg/s时,我们发现SMC Be-XRB比银河系常见1.5倍,即使考虑到OB星形成速率的差异。这种残留过量可归因于SMC的金属含量较低。最后,我们发现,混合的Be-XRB与其他比他们的出生恒星的人口是不是一个问题,在我们的比较Be-XRB和恒星星族在SMC。相反,我们发现的SMC XRB人口的千秒差距尺度上的变化,有关OB星的形成率和他们的年龄,这导致不同的相对数量的恒星,因此XRB的变化的本地变化的迹象。

英文摘要:

We present the most likely optical counterparts of 113 X-ray sources detected in our Chandra survey of the central region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) based on the OGLE-II and MCPS catalogs. We estimate that the foreground contamination and chance coincidence probability are minimal for the bright optical counterparts (corresponding to OB type stars; 35 in total). We propose here for the first time 13 High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs), of which 4 are Be/X-ray binaries (Be-XRBs), and we confirm the previous classification of 18 Be-XRBs. We estimate that the new candidate Be-XRBs have an age of 15-85 Myr, consistent with the age of Be stars. We also examine the "overabundance" of Be-XRBs in the SMC fields covered by Chandra, in comparison with the Galaxy. In luminosities down to about 10^{34} erg/s, we find that SMC Be-XRBs are 1.5 times more common when compared to the Milky Way even after taking into account the difference in the formation rates of OB stars. This residual excess can be attributed to the lower metallicity of the SMC. Finally, we find that the mixing of Be-XRBs with other than their natal stellar population is not an issue in our comparisons of Be-XRBs and stellar populations in the SMC. Instead, we find indication for variation of the SMC XRB populations on kiloparsec scales, related to local variations of the formation rate of OB stars and slight variation of their age, which results in different relative numbers of Be stars and therefore XRBs.

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