Models for low-mass X-ray binaries in the elliptical galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 4278: Comparison with observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 683, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 346-356

  Fragos, T ^a   Kalogera, V ^a   Belczynski, K ^b   Fabbiano, G ^c   Kim, D W ^c   Brassington, N J ^c   Angelini, L ^d   Davies, R L ^e   Gallagher, J S ^f   King, A R ^g   Pellegrini, S ^h   Trinchieri, G ⁱ   Zepf, S E ^j   Kundu, A ^j   Zezas, A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ Observatorio Astronomico di Brera   (Italy)

^j MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Binaries: close; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Stars: evolution; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449085641     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588456     Document Type: Article

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