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(Abridged) We present the results of M31 globular cluster (GC) X-ray source survey, based on the data of XMM-Newton and Chandra observations covering ~6100 sq.arcmin of M31. We detected 43 X-ray sources coincident with globular cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Sergey Trudolyubov , William Priedhorsky

As part of the Chandra GTO program we are monitoring and surveying M31 using the HRC and ACIS cameras. These observations have resolved the nuclear X-ray source into five separate sources, one of which is very soft and may (or may not!) be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. R. Garcia , S. S. Murray , F. A. Primini , W. R. Forman , C. Jones , J. E. McClintock

Optical novae have recently been identified as the major class of supersoft X-ray sources in M31 based on ROSAT and early XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. This paper reports on a search for X-ray counterparts of optical novae in M31…

All 543 pointed observations of the ROSAT High Resolution Imager (HRI) with exposure times higher than 50 sec in a field of 10 deg x 10 deg covering the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) were analyzed. A catalogue was produced containing 397…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Manami Sasaki , Frank Haberl , Wolfgang Pietsch

Using the $\gamma$-ray data obtained with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard {\it the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi)} for $\sim$14 years, we examine the high energy emission emanating from the center of the Andromeda Galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , Dong Zheng , Jie Li

In an XMM-Newton raster observation of the bright local group spiral galaxy M33 we study the population of X-ray sources (X-ray binaries, supernova remnants, super-shells) down to a 0.5-10 keV luminosity of 10^35 erg s^-1 -- more than a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 W. Pietsch , M. Ehle , F. Haberl , Z. Misanovic , G. Trinchieri

We present the results of a study based on an XMM-Newton Performance Verification observation of the central 30 arcmin of the nearby spiral galaxy M31. In the 34-ks European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) exposure, we detect 116 sources down…

We have obtained a deep 8-field XMM-Newton mosaic of M33 covering the galaxy out to the D$_{25}$ isophote and beyond to a limiting 0.2--4.5 keV unabsorbed flux of 5$\times$10$^{-16}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ (L${>}$4$\times$10$^{34}$ erg…

The deep homogeneous survey of the large Local-Group spiral galaxy M 31 is a milestone project for X-ray astronomy, as it allows a detailed X-ray inventory of an archetypal low-star-formation-rate galaxy like our own. We present first…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Stiele , W. Pietsch , F. Haberl

A recent survey of the Local Group spiral galaxy M 31 with XMM-Newton yielded a large number of X-ray sources. This is the second in a series of papers with the aim of identifying the optical counterparts of these X-ray sources. We have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Paolo Bonfini , Despina Hatzidimitriou , Wolfgang Pietsch , P. Reig

We present the first spectral study of the X-ray emitting stellar sources in M31 in the energy band from 0.1 to 10 keV. We find that the globular cluster sources have spectral characteristics consistent with those of the Milky Way object,…

ROSAT spectra of 11 supersoft X-ray sources (RX J0439.8-6809, RX J0513.9-6951, RX J0527.8-6954, CAL 87, CAL 83, 1E 0035.4-7230, RX J0048.4-7332, 1E 0056.8-7154, RX J0019.8 +2156, RX J0925.7-4758, AG Draconis) are approximated with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Ibragimov , V. Suleimanov , A. Vikhlinin , N. Sakhibullin

We present a 10-year X-ray light curve and the spectra of a peculiar X-ray transient in the spiral galaxy M81. The source was below the detection limit of ROSAT PSPC before 1993, but it brightened substantially in 1993, with luminosities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kajal Ghosh , Douglas Swartz , Allyn Tennant , Kinwah Wu

We introduce the New-ANGELS program, an XMM-Newton survey of $\sim7.2\rm~deg^2$ area around M 31, which aims to study the X-ray populations in M 31 disk and the X-ray emitting hot gas in the inner halo of M 31 up to 30 kpc. In this first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-21 Rui Huang , Jiang-Tao Li , Wei Cui , Joel N. Bregman , Xiang-Dong Li , Gabriele Ponti , Zhijie Qu , Q. Daniel Wang , Yi Zhang

The X-ray colors and X-ray-to-optical luminosity ratios (L_X/L_B) of 61 early- type galaxies observed with the ROSAT PSPC are determined. The colors indicate that the X-ray spectral properties of galaxies vary as a function of L_X/L_B. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jimmy A. Irwin , Craig L. Sarazin

We present the global X-ray properties of the point source population in the grand-design spiral galaxy M101, as seen with XMM-Newton. 108 X-ray sources are detected within the D25 ellipse of M101, of which ~24 are estimated to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. P. Jenkins , T. P. Roberts , R. S. Warwick , R. E. Kilgard , M. J. Ward

We present optical candidates for 75 X-ray sources in a $\sim 1$ deg$^2$ overlapping region with the medium deep ROSAT survey. These candidates are selected using the multi-color CCD imaging observations made for the T329 field of the…

Using ROSAT PSPC data, we have performed several tests aimed at understanding the origin of the soft X-ray spectral component detected from the bulge of M31. We find that a significant soft component in the spectrum of the bulge is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Konstantin N. Borozdin , William C. Priedhorsky

We present the results of XMM-Newton survey of the northern part of the disk of M31. The results of a spectral and timing analysis of the thirty seven brightest sources are presented. Combining the results of X-ray analysis with available…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Trudolyubov , O. Kotov , W. Priedhorsky , F. Cordova , K. Mason

(Abridged) We present the results of the systematic survey of X-ray sources in the central region of M31 using the data from XMM-Newton observations performed in the years 2000-2004. The spectral properties and variability of 123 bright…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergey Trudolyubov , William Priedhorsky , France Cordova