The Magellanic Bridge: evidence for a population of X-ray binaries
McBride, V.A., Bird, A.J., Coe, M.J., Townsend, L.J., Corbet, R.H.D. and Haberl, F. (2010) The Magellanic Bridge: evidence for a population of X-ray binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 403, (2), 709-713. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16178.x).
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Description/Abstract
INTEGRAL observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud region have resulted in the serendipitous detection of two transient hard X-ray sources in the Magellanic Bridge. In this paper, we present the timing and spectral characteristics of these sources across the 2-100 keV energy range, which, in conjunction with their optical counterparts, demonstrate that they are high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) in the Magellanic Bridge. Together with one previously known HMXB system, and three candidates, these sources represent an emerging population of X-ray binaries in the Bridge, probably initiated by tidally induced star formation as a result of the gravitational interaction between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| ISSNs: | 0035-8711 (print) |
| Keywords: | binaries: general, magellanic clouds |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Physics and Astronomy > Astronomy and Space Science |
| Item ID: | 144759 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 May 2010 10:51 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 10:10 |
| Contributors: | McBride, V.A. (Author) Bird, A.J. (Author) Coe, M.J. (Author) Townsend, L.J. (Author) Corbet, R.H.D. (Author) Haberl, F. (Author) |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/144759 |
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