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Results of the deep survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), performed with the INTEGRAL observatory, are presented. The long exposure (~7 Ms) allowed us to detect twenty one sources in this sky region: ten belonging to the LMC itself (7…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 S. A. Grebenev , A. A. Lutovinov , S. S. Tsygankov , I. A. Mereminskiy

(abridged) We analysed eight XMM-Newton observations toward the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), performed between October 2006 and June 2007, to investigate high mass X-ray binary systems. We found new X-ray binary pulsars with periods of 202…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Haberl , P. Eger , W. Pietsch

We present the most likely optical counterparts of 113 X-ray sources detected in our Chandra survey of the central region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) based on the OGLE-II and MCPS catalogs. We estimate that the foreground…

The SMC represents an exciting opportunity to observe the direct results of tidal interactions on star birth. One of the best indicators of recent star birth activity is the presence of signicant numbers of High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs)…

During an X-ray survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud, carried out with the XMM-Newton satellite, we detected significant soft X-ray emission from the central star of the high-excitation planetary nebula SMP SMC 22. Its very soft spectrum is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Mereghetti , N. Krachmalnicoff , N. La Palombara , A. Tiengo , T. Rauch , F. Haberl , M. D. Filipovic , R. Sturm

XMM-Newton archival data for the Small Magellanic Cloud have been examined for the presence of previously undetected X-ray pulsars. One such pulsar, with a period of 202 s, is detected. Its position is consistent with an early B star in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. A. Majid , R. C. Lamb , D. J. Macomb

First results from a deep XMM-Newton observation of a field in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) near the northern rim of the supergiant shell LMC 4 are presented. Spectral and temporal analyses of a sample of selected X-ray sources yielded…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Haberl , K. Dennerl , W. Pietsch

We report the discovery of a very young high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) system associated with the supernova remnant (SNR) MCSNRJ0513-6724 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using XMM-Newton X-ray observations. The HMXB is located at the…

We made 22 observations on the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and covered full regions by the end of the ASCA mission. We detected 106 discrete sources with a criterion of S/N > 5 and performed systematic analyses on all of the sources. We…

We investigated four luminous supersoft X-ray sources (SSS) in the Magellanic Clouds suspected to have optical counterparts of Be spectral type. If the origin of the X-rays is in a very hot atmosphere heated by hydrogen burning in accreted…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 V. Cracco , M. Orio , S. Ciroi , J. S. Gallagher , R. Kotulla , E. Romero-Colmenero

One of the goals of the XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud is the study of the Be/X-ray binary population. During one of our first survey observations a bright new transient - XMMUJ004814.0-732204 - was discovered. We present…

It has long been known that a large population of Be/X-ray Binaries (BeXRBs) exists in the Milky Way's neighboring dwarf galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), due to a recent period of intense star formation. Since 2016, efforts have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-02 Thomas M. Gaudin , Jamie A. Kennea , Malcolm J. Coe , Phil A. Evans

The Magellanic Clouds, the closest star-forming galaxies to the Milky Way, offer an excellent environment to study high-mass X-ray binaries. While the Small Magellanic Cloud has been thoroughly investigated with over 120 systems identified,…

We report on the first X-ray images of the Phoenix dwarf galaxy, taken with \emph{XMM-Newton} in July 2009. This local group dwarf galaxy shares similarities with the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) including a burst of star formation $\sim$50…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 E. S. Bartlett , M. J. Coe , F. Haberl , V. A. McBride , R. H. D. Corbet

In the present work we investigate the link between high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) and star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), our nearest star-forming galaxy. Using optical photometric data, we identify the most likely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-12 Vallia Antoniou , Andreas Zezas

Early X-ray surveys of the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) were performed with the imaging instruments of the Einstein, ASCA and ROSAT satellites revealing discrete X-ray sources and large-scale diffuse emission. Large samples of supernova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-18 F. Haberl , W. Pietsch

Using recent compilations of detailed X-ray observations and spectral models of exceptional quality, we record the electron cyclotron resonance absorption (ECRA) features that have been detected in 45 pulsating high-mass X-ray binaries…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 Dimitris M. Christodoulou , Silas G. T. Laycock , Demosthenes Kazanas

We report on the X-ray and optical properties of two high-mass X-ray binary systems located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Based on the obtained optical spectra, we classify the massive companion as a supergiant star in both systems.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-12 G. Vasilopoulos , C. Maitra , F. Haberl , D. Hatzidimitriou , M. Petropoulou

We study population of compact X-ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud using the archival data of XMM-Newton observatory. The total area of the survey is approximately 3.8 square degrees with the limiting sensitivity of about 10^{-14}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Shtykovskiy , M. Gilfanov

In the course of the XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a region to the east of the emission nebula N19 was observed in November 2009. To search for new candidates for high mass X-ray binaries the EPIC PN and MOS data of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 M. J. Coe , F. Haberl , R. Sturm , W. Pietsch , L. J. Townsend , E. S. Bartlett , M. Filipovic , A. Udalski , R. H. D. Corbet , A. Tiengo , M. Ehle , J. L. Payne , D. Burton