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The X-ray luminosity function of low mass X-ray binaries in early-type galaxies, their metal-rich, and metal-poor globular clusters

We present the X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) in the globular clusters (GCs) and fields of seven early-types galaxies. These galaxies are selected to have both deep Chandra observations, which allow their…

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