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We present new Chandra observations that complete a sample of seventeen (17) luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) with D < 60 Mpc and low Galactic column densities of N_H < 5 X 10^20 cm^-2. The LIRGs in our sample have total infrared…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 B. D. Lehmer , D. M. Alexander , F. E. Bauer , W. N. Brandt , A. D. Goulding , L. P. Jenkins , A. Ptak , T. P. Roberts

We use VANDELS spectroscopic data overlapping with the $\simeq$7 Ms Chandra Deep Field South survey to extend studies of high-mass X-ray binary systems (XRBs) in 301 normal star-forming galaxies in the redshift range $3 < z < 5.5$. Our…

Based on CHANDRA observations of nearby starburst galaxies and RXTE/ASM, ASCA and MIR-KVANT/TTM studies of high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) populations in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds, we propose that the number and/or the collective…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. -J. Grimm , M. Gilfanov , R. Sunyaev

We have compared the combined X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of LMXBs detected in Chandra observations of young, post-merger elliptical galaxies, with that of typical old elliptical galaxies. We find that the XLF of the 'young' sample does…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Dong-Woo Kim , Giuseppina Fabbiano

Population synthesis models predict that high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) populations produced in low metallicity environments should be more X-ray luminous, a trend supported by studies of nearby galaxies. This trend may be responsible for…

Continuing our exploration of the collective properties of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) in the stellar fields of normal galaxies, we compute in this paper the expected X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of LMXBs, starting from the results…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-08 Harshal Bhadkamkar , Pranab Ghosh

In this letter, we present a new determination of the local (z<0.09) X-ray luminosity function (XLF) using a large, statistical sample of 294 Abell clusters and the ROSAT All-Sky-Survey. Given our large sample size, we have reduced errors…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michael J. Ledlow , Chris Loken , Jack O. Burns , Frazer N. Owen , Wolfgang Voges

Based on recent X-ray observations of the Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds and nearby starburst galaxies we study population of high mass X-ray binaries, their connection with ultra-luminous X-ray sources and relation to the star formation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Gilfanov , H. -J. Grimm , R. Sunyaev

The X-ray luminosity functions of galaxies have become a useful tool for population studies of X-ray binaries in them. The availability of long term light-curves of X-ray binaries with the All Sky X-ray Monitors opens up the possibility of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-06 Nazma Islam , Biswajit Paul

(abridged) We present a statistical study of the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) populations of three nearby, old elliptical galaxies: NGC 3379, NGC 4278, and NGC 4697. With a cumulative ~1 Ms Chandra ACIS observing time, we detect 90-170…

We derive the X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of the X-ray source population detected in the Chandra observation of NGC4038/39 (the Antennae). We explicitly include photon counting and spectral parameter uncertainties in our calculations.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 A. Zezas , G. Fabbiano

We present a comprehensive X-ray point source catalog of NGC 404 obtained as part of the Chandra Local Volume Survey. A new, 97 ks Chandra ACIS-S observation of NGC 404 was combined with archival observations for a total exposure of ~123…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Binder , B. F. Williams , M. Eracleous , T. J. Gaetz , A. K. H. Kong , E. D. Skillman , D. R. Weisz

We have studied high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) populations within two low-metallicity, starburst galaxies, Haro 11 and VV 114. These galaxies serve as analogs to high-redshift (z>2) Lyman break galaxies, and within the larger sample of Lyman…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-09 Antara R. Basu-Zych , Bret Lehmer , Tassos Fragos , Ann Hornschemeier , Mihoko Yukita , Andreas Zezas , Andy Ptak

X-ray point sources in galaxies are dominated by X-ray binaries (XRBs) that are variables or transients and whether their variability would alter the X-ray luminosity functions (XLF) is still in debate. Here we report on NGC 7331 as an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-17 Ruolan Jin , Albert K. H. Kong

We present direct constraints on how the formation of low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) populations in galactic fields depends on stellar age. In this pilot study, we utilize Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data to detect and…

We study the X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) in the nearby early-type galaxy Centaurus A, concentrating primarily on two aspects of binary populations: the XLF behavior at the low luminosity limit and…

As part of the New-ANGELS program, we systematically investigate the X-ray luminosity functions (XLFs) of 4506 X-ray sources projected within a radius of 2.5 deg centering on M31. We construct XLFs for different regions in the disk and halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-11 Rui Huang , Jiang-Tao Li , Wei Cui , Zhijie Qu , Joel N. Bregman , Xiang-Dong Li , Gabriele Ponti , Q. Daniel Wang

The ever-expanding observational sample of X-ray binaries (XRBs) makes them excellent laboratories for constraining binary evolution theory. Such constraints can be obtained by studying the effects of various physical assumptions on…

The Chandra Deep Field-South and North surveys (CDFs) provide unique windows into the cosmic history of X-ray emission from normal (non-active) galaxies. Scaling relations of normal galaxy X-ray luminosity (L_X) with star formation rate…

Based on the archival data from the Chandra observations of nearby galaxies, we study different sub populations of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) - dynamically formed systems in globular clusters (GCs) and in the nucleus of M31 and…