The Magellanic Bridge: evidence for a population of X-ray binaries

Details The Magellanic Bridge: evidence for a population of X-ray binaries The Magellanic Bridge: evidence for a population of X-ray binaries

2009-12-15

arxiv.org/abs/0912.2951v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

6 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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INTEGRAL observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud region have resulted in the serendipitous detection of two transient hard X-ray sources in the Magellanic Bridge. In this paper we present the timing and spectral characteristics of these sources across the 2-100 keV energy range, which, in conjunction with their optical counterparts, demonstrate that they are high mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic Bridge. Together with one previously known high mass X-ray binary system, and three candidates, these sources represent an emerging population of X-ray binaries in the Bridge, probably initiated by tidally induced star formation as a result of the gravitational interaction between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.

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