X-ray source populations in the Magellanic Clouds
| dc.creator | Haberl, F. | |
| dc.creator | Pietsch, W. | |
| dc.date | 2007-12-17 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:49:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:49:41Z | |
| dc.description | 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 remnants, high and low mass X-ray binaries and super-soft X-ray sources could be studied in detail. Today, the major X-ray observatories XMM-Newton and Chandra with their advanced angular and spectral resolution and extended energy coverage are ideally suited for detailed population studies of the X-ray sources in these galaxies and to draw conclusions on our own Galaxy. We summarize our knowledge about the X-ray source populations in the MCs from past missions and present first results from systematic studies of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) using the growing number of archival XMM-Newton observations. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 3 figures, Fig. 2 in low resolution, to be published in the proceedings of the ESAC workshop "X-rays from Nearby Galaxies" | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2720 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2720 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/144388 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | X-ray source populations in the Magellanic Clouds | |
| dc.type | text |