NGC 1399球状星团中低质量X射线双星的光度函数
The Luminosity Function of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries in the Globular Cluster System of NGC 1399
摘要：
通过对618个未探测到的X射线星系进行叠加实验，研究了cD星系NGC 1399的球状星团系统中低质量X射线双星的X射线光度函数的暗端。为了验证微弱LMXB的存在并限制GC的微弱端斜率，LMXB XLF低于$0.5-8$ keV频带中的$8\times10^{37}$ erg s $^{-1}$的个体检测阈值。我们获得了整个GC样品以及红色和蓝色GC亚群的显著X射线检测，对应于所有红色和蓝色GC分别为$(3.6\pm1.0)\times10^{36}\ erg\ s^{-1}$、$(6.9\pm2.1)\times10^{36}\ erg\ s^{-1}$和$(1.7\pm0.9)\times10^{36}\ erg\ s^{-1}$的每个GC $<L_{X}>_{GC}$的平均光度。如果红色和蓝色GC中的LMXB具有相同的平均固有光度，则我们推导出托管LMXB的GC的红色/蓝色比率$\simeq 3$（$2.5\pm1.0$或$4.1\pm2.5$取决于所调查的区域）;或者，假设观察到的较亮源的分数，我们分别测量每个红色和蓝色GC-LMXB的$L_{X}=(4.3\pm1.3)\times10^{37}\ erg\ s^{-1}$和$L_{X}=(3.4\pm1.7)\times10^{37}\ erg\ s^{-1}$的平均X射线光度。在假设XLF遵循幂律分布，我们发现，一个低光度的突破是需要在$L_{X}\leq 8\times10^{37}$ erg的$^{-1}$在整个，以及在颜色选择（红色和蓝色）的子样本。鉴于测量的亮端斜率高于X射线完整性限值，该结果在$>3σ$水平下具有显著性。我们对所有/红/蓝GC-LMXB的暗端斜率的最佳估计是$β_{L}=-1.39/-1.38/-1.36$。我们还发现证据表明，光度函数变得陡峭的光度$L_X\gtrsim 3\times 10^{39}$尔格的$^{-1}$，在旧椭圆星系中观察到的。
英文摘要：
We present a study of the faint-end of the X-ray Luminosity Function of Low Mass X-ray binaries in the Globular Cluster system of the cD galaxy NGC 1399 by performing a stacking experiment on 618 X-ray undetected GCs, in order to verify the presence of faint LMXBs and to constrain the faint-end slope of the GC-LMXBs XLF below the individual detection threshold of $8\times10^{37}$ erg s$^{-1}$ in the $0.5-8$ keV band. We obtain a significant X-ray detection for the whole GC sample, as well as for the red and blue GC subpopulations, corresponding to an average luminosity per GC $<L_{X}>_{GC}$ of $(3.6\pm1.0)\times10^{36}\ erg\ s^{-1}$, $(6.9\pm2.1)\times10^{36}\ erg\ s^{-1}$ and $(1.7\pm0.9)\times10^{36}\ erg\ s^{-1}$, respectively for all, red and blue GCs. If LMXBs in red and blue GCs have the same average intrinsic luminosity, we derive a red/blu ratio $\simeq 3$ of GCs hosting LMXBs ($2.5\pm1.0$ or $4.1\pm2.5$ depending on the surveyed region); alternatively, assuming the fractions observed for brighter sources, we measure an average X-ray luminosity of $L_{X}=(4.3\pm1.3)\times10^{37}\ erg\ s^{-1}$ and $L_{X}=(3.4\pm1.7)\times10^{37}\ erg\ s^{-1}$ per red and blue GC-LMXBs respectively. In the assumption that the XLF follows a power-law distribution, we find that a low-luminosity break is required at $L_{X}\leq 8\times10^{37}$ erg s$^{-1}$ both in the whole, as well as in the color-selected (red and blue) subsamples. Given the bright-end slopes measured above the X-ray completeness limit, this result is significant at $>3σ$ level. Our best estimates for the faint end slope are $β_{L}=-1.39/-1.38/-1.36$ for all/red/blue GC-LMXBs. We also find evidence that the luminosity function becomes steeper at luminosities $L_X\gtrsim 3\times 10^{39}$ erg s$^{-1}$, as observed in old ellipticals.
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