COMPARING GC AND FIELD LMXBs IN ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES WITH DEEP CHANDRA AND HUBBLE DATA

COMPARING GC AND FIELD LMXBs IN ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES WITH DEEP CHANDRA AND HUBBLE DATA

We present a statistical study of the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) populations of three nearby, old elliptical galaxies: NGC 3379, NGC 4278, and NGC 4697. With a cumulative 1 Ms Chandra ACIS observing time, we detect 90-170 LMXBs within the D25 ellipse of each galaxy. Cross-correlating Chandra X-ray...

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Main Authors: Kim, D, Fabbiano, G, Brassington, N, Fragos, T, Kalogera, V, Zezas, A, Jordan, A, Sivakoff, G, Kundu, A, Zepf, SE, Angelini, L, Davies, R, Gallagher, J, Juett, A, King, A, Pellegrini, S, Sarazin, C, Trinchieri, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2009

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