2008/09/15 by Andrew J. Gosling, Gosling, Andrew J., Sean A. Farrell +8
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0809.2500
4 pages, 2 figures. Poster to appear in proceedings of IAU Symposium 256, The Magellanic System: Stars, Gas, and Galaxies. Keele Univeristy, UK
arxiv created 2008/09/15 · openalex publication_date 2008/09/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Using archival X-ray data from the second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue, we present comparative analysis of the overall population of X-ray sources in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. We see a difference between the characteristics of the brighter sources in the two populations in the X-ray band. Utilising flux measurements in different energy bands we are able to sort the X-ray sources based on similarities to other previously identified and classified objects. In this manner we are able to identify the probable nature of some of the unknown objects, identifying a number of possible X-ray binaries and Super Soft Sources.