The X-ray source populations of different stellar generations in the LMC

Details The X-ray source populations of different stellar generations in the LMC The X-ray source populations of different stellar generations in the LMC

Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009xmm..prop..196a&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06558303

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Galaxies, Galactic Surveys, Field1, Field3

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We propose XMM observations of 5 regions of the LMC with well constrained young stellar populations of ages ~10-50 Myr.These observations will probe the X-ray source populations in regions of varying stellar content, down to a luminosity of ~10^33 erg/s in the nearest star-forming galaxy. From the optical counterparts of the detected sources we will classify them as supergiants or Be/X-ray binaries (SG- or Be-XRBs, respectively), while based on X-ray spectra and timing analysis we will identify X-ray binary pulsars (XBPs). We will use these results to investigate the connection between stellar and XRB populations. The proposed observations will complement existing Chandra and XMM observations of the LMC as well as similar studies of other galaxies where these faint XRB populations cannot be observed.

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