Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apjs...78..391w&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 78, Feb. 1992, p. 391-401.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
95
Active Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Clusters, Magellanic Clouds, X Ray Sources, X Ray Stars, Astronomical Catalogs, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Spectral Emission, X Ray Spectra
Scientific paper
A comprehensive analysis of the Einstein data base on the SMC is presented. Twenty-four soures are classified as objects in the SMC, and 13 as Galactic stars, AGN, and clusters of galaxies. The detected discrete emitters account for less than half of the excess emission associated with the SMC. The extensive diffuse emission has an X-ray spectrum substantially softer than that of the discrete sources, which is consistent with the presence of X-ray-emitting coronal gas associated with the SMC. A detailed study of the discrete sources is presented. An X-ray source is found to vary in its X-ray luminosity by a factor larger than 10 over a period of about 1 yr and has a relatively hard X-ray spectrum which apparently changes with the X-ray luminosity. It is suggested that this source, associated with a B1-type star, is a new high-mass X-ray binary in the Small Cloud.
Wang Qingde
Wu Xiaoyi
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