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Compact Binaries as Tracers of Star Formation Histories: the XMM Survey of M31

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

U. Kolb
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH, UK
J. Osborne
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH, UK
M. G. Watson
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH, UK

Abstract

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X-ray binaries (XBs) dominate the X-ray emission of normal galaxies. The new X-ray satellite XMM will study the XB population of M31 in detail. The resulting M31 sample will significantly advance our understanding of the evolutionary history of XBs, and ultimately allow us to probe the star formation history of stellar populations by X-ray observations.

Type
Part 5. Wider Implications and Future Prospects
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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