The discrete X-ray source population in M31

Details The discrete X-ray source population in M31 The discrete X-ray source population in M31

Nov 1991

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 382, Nov. 20, 1991, p. 82-99. Research supported by ASI.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Andromeda Galaxy, X Ray Sources, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Brightness Distribution, Galactic Bulge, Galactic Structure, Luminosity, Spatial Distribution

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Results of an analysis of the complete set of Einstein imaging observations of M31 are reported. One-hundred-eight individual X-ray sources are detected, with (0.2-4.0 keV) luminosities ranging from 5 x 10 exp 36 ergs/s to above 10 exp 38 ergs/s at the distance of M31. Fourteen of these sources are luminous enough to perform a spectral fit of the X-ray data. Fourteen sources are found to vary between Einstein observations, in addition to the two sources already reported by Collura, Reale, and Peres (1990). Contrary to earlier reports, no substantial difference is found between the luminosity distributions of X-ray sources in the bulge and in the disk. Contour maps of the X-ray emission in the central region is presented, and the radial distribution of the surface brightness is compared with the optical profiles. It is inferred that the disk is relatively underluminous in X-rays, relative to the stellar content. The spatial distribution of bulge sources is compared with that of optical novae and with emission-like images of the bulge. These comparisons constrain models of the formation of low-mass X-ray binaries.

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