The Transient Nature of Extragalactic Low-Mass X-ray Binaries

Details The Transient Nature of Extragalactic Low-Mass X-ray Binaries The Transient Nature of Extragalactic Low-Mass X-ray Binaries

Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...20717806i&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #178.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1453

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

The variability of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) in nearby galaxies has only now just begun as Chandra observes more galaxies for a second, third, and fourth epoch. Simulations predict that LMXBs should spend a large fraction of their lifetimes in quiescence, bursting to X-ray detectability at ˜10--20 Mpc for only a short fraction of their lifetimes. However, the duty cycles and burst durations are poorly constrained theoretically and observationally. We present work on the variability of extragalactic LMXBs on timescales of days, weeks, months, and years for a sample of early-type galaxies observed with Chandra more than once, in an attempt to constrain duty cycles and burst durations using the 500 detectable sources in the sample galaxies.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Transient Nature of Extragalactic Low-Mass X-ray Binaries does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Transient Nature of Extragalactic Low-Mass X-ray Binaries, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Transient Nature of Extragalactic Low-Mass X-ray Binaries will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1288270