Inferring the Star-Formation History from X-Ray Observations of Clusters

2004 ◽  
pp. 295-298
Author(s):  
Alexis Finoguenov
2004 ◽  
Vol 607 (2) ◽  
pp. 721-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Norman ◽  
Andrew Ptak ◽  
Ann Hornschemeier ◽  
Guenther Hasinger ◽  
Jacqueline Bergeron ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 559 (2) ◽  
pp. L97-L100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranab Ghosh ◽  
Nicholas E. White

1999 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 496-502
Author(s):  
U. Kolb ◽  
J. Osborne ◽  
M. G. Watson

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (4) ◽  
pp. 5967-5984 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Kouroumpatzakis ◽  
A Zezas ◽  
P Sell ◽  
K Kovlakas ◽  
P Bonfini ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT X-ray luminosity (LX) originating from high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) is tightly correlated with the host galaxy’s star formation rate (SFR). We explore this connection at sub-galactic scales spanning ∼7 dex in SFR and ∼8 dex in specific SFR (sSFR). There is good agreement with established relations down to SFR ≃ 10−3 M$_{\odot }\, \rm {yr^{-1}}$, below which an excess of X-ray luminosity emerges. This excess likely arises from low-mass X-ray binaries. The intrinsic scatter of the LX–SFR relation is constant, not correlated with SFR. Different star formation indicators scale with LX in different ways, and we attribute the differences to the effect of star formation history. The SFR derived from H α shows the tightest correlation with X-ray luminosity because H α emission probes stellar populations with ages similar to HMXB formation time-scales, but the H α-based SFR is reliable only for $\rm sSFR{\gt }10^{-12}$ M$_{\odot }\, \rm {yr^{-1}}$/M⊙.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S338) ◽  
pp. 72-79
Author(s):  
James Annis

AbstractOn August 17, 2017 LIGO/Virgo detected a binary neutron star via gravitational waves. We observed 70 sq-degrees in the LIGO/Virgo spatial localization with the DECam on the 4m Blanco telescope covering 80% of the final map. Our group independently discovered an optical counterpart in NGC 4993. We searched our entire imaged region: the object in NGC 4993 was the only viable candidate. Our observations of NGC4993 show complicated morphology but simple star formation history. Our x-ray and radio observations indicate an off-axis jet as afterglow. Our high-cadence optical and infrared spectra show a source that must be described by at least two components, one of which is dominated by the r-process nucleosynthesis elements characteristic of a kilonova. Our modeling of the light curve demonstrates such a model in which 0.05 M⊙ of material is ejected from the system. Finally, we discuss the first standard siren measurement of H0.


2008 ◽  
Vol 681 (2) ◽  
pp. 1163-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Lehmer ◽  
W. N. Brandt ◽  
D. M. Alexander ◽  
E. F. Bell ◽  
A. E. Hornschemeier ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Roberto Soria

X-ray studies of nearby spiral galaxies with star formation allow us to investigate temperature and spatial distribution of the hot diffuse plasma, and to carry out individual and statistical studies of different classes of discrete sources (low- and high-mass X-ray binaries, Supernova remnants, supersoft and ultra-luminous sources). In particular, we briefly review the different models proposed to explain the ultra-luminous sources. We can then use the X-ray properties of a galaxy to probe its star formation history. We choose the starburst spiral M83 to illustrate some of these issues.


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