Transient low-mass X-ray binary populations in elliptical galaxies NGC3379 and NGC4278

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 702, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Fragos, T ^a   Kalogera, V ^a   Willems, B ^a   Belczynski, K ^b   Fabbiano, G ^c   Brassington, N J ^c   Kim, D W ^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   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 INAF IASF MILANO   (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: 77949515555     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/L143     Document Type: Article

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