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Spectroscopy of Stellar X-ray Sources in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J. B. Hutchings
J. B. Hutchings*
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4M6

Abstract

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In the Magellanic Clouds, about 75 candidate stellar X-ray sources have been detected. Most of these positions have now been investigated and optical identifications made for ~ 50%. The majority of sources are foreground dwarf stars or background active galaxies. Detailed investigations exist for 3 SMC sources and 6 LMC sources. It is possible to make a preliminary comparison with the population of galactic X-ray sources. The Magellanic Cloud X-ray binaries have a number of unique or remarkable properties and the most important ones are presented and discussed. These include the most rapid pulsars (SMC X-1, 0538–66), the possible precessing disk in LMC X-4, and the black hole candidates LMC X-3, LMC X-1. The properties of these objects relate to the evolution of stars in the Magellanic Clouds and how it differs from the Galaxy.

Type
Supernova Remnants, Radio Continuum, X-ray Sources
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 108: Structure and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds , 1984 , pp. 305 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984 

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