Some constraints on the effects of age and metallicity on the low-mass X-ray binary formation rate

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 589, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Kundu, Arunav ^a   MacCarone, Thomas J ^b   Zepf, Stephen E ^a   Puzia, Thomas H ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: general; Galaxies: individual (NGC 3115, NGC 4365); Galaxies: star clusters; Globular clusters: general; X rays: binaries; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042788908     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376493     Document Type: Article

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