The Magellanic Bridge: evidence for a population of X-ray binaries
The Magellanic Bridge: evidence for a population of X-ray binaries
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.
binaries: general, magellanic clouds
709-713
McBride, V.A.
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Bird, A.J.
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Coe, M.J.
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Townsend, L.J.
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Corbet, R.H.D.
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Haberl, F.
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2010
McBride, V.A.
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Coe, M.J.
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Townsend, L.J.
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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), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16178.x).
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.
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Published date: 2010
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binaries: general, magellanic clouds
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University of Southampton
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/143557
ISSN: 1365-2966
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F. Haberl
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