A study of the population of LMXBs in the bulge of M 31

2006/10/31 by R. Voss, Rasmus Voss, M. Gilfanov +1 · 4 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Bulge #Computer science #Contrast (vision) #Demography #Optics #Physics #Population #Sociology #Transient (computer programming) #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066614

15 pages, accepted for publication in A&A revised version includes a comparison of the LF of LMXBs in globular clusters in M31 and in the Galaxy

arxiv created 2007/03/21 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We explore the population of X-ray point sources in the bulge of M 31 to contrast properties of various subpopulations, such as persistent and transient sources and primordial LMXBs and dynamically formed ones.

Citations

• A Synoptic X‐Ray Study of M31 with theChandraHigh Resolution Camera
• Why are X-Ray Sources in the M31 Bulge So Close to Planetary Nebulae?
• H I in the Galaxy
• The Resolved Fraction of the Cosmic X‐Ray Background
• The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
• 2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M 31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue

Cited by

• NuSTAR view of the central region of M31
• Millisecond pulsar interpretation of the Galactic center gamma-ray excess
• Low-mass X-ray binary populations in galaxy outskirts: Globular clusters and supernova kicks
• Low-mass X-ray binaries in the bulge of the Milky Way