Endpoints of stellar evolution - X-ray surveys of the Local Group

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Dec 1984

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 96, Dec. 1984, p. 913-931. Research supported by the Da

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galactic Clusters, Local Group (Astronomy), Stellar Evolution, X Ray Sources, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Binary Stars, Constraints, Galactic Evolution, Magellanic Clouds, Milky Way Galaxy, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Binaries

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The galaxies of the Local Group offer a variety of settings in which to study galactic source populations unhampered by local interstellar-absorption and distance ambiguities. A review of the subject of Local Group X-ray astronomy from the first discovery of a source in the Large Magellanic Cloud 15 years ago to the most recent analysis of the Einstein Observatory data (in which over 200 X-ray sources were detected in Local Group members) is presented. Following a detailed presentation of the latest results, two examples of the constraints these data impose on stellar and galactic evolution are discussed: study of the distribution of properties for the 30 detected supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and a comparison of the populations of classical X-ray binaries in M31, M33, the Magellanic Clouds, and the Galaxy. A prospectus for future research, including a discussion of the contributions which could be made by the next generation of X-ray observatories, is provided.

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