HMXB-dominant galaxy sample and properties Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Lehmer B.D.
  2. Eufrasio R.T.
  3. Basu-Zych A.
  4. Doore K.
  5. Fragos T.
  6. Garofali K.,Kovlakas K.
  7. Williams B.F.
  8. Zezas A.
  9. Santana-Silva L.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

In this work, we present detailed constraints on the metallicity dependence of the high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) X-ray luminosity function (XLF). We analyze ~5Ms of Chandra data for 55 actively star-forming galaxies at D<=30Mpc, with gas-phase metallicities spanning 12+log(O/H)~7-9.2. Within the galactic footprints, our sample contains a total of 1311 X-ray point sources, of which ~49% are expected to be HMXBs, with the remaining sources likely to be low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs; ~22%) and unrelated background sources (~29%). We construct a model that successfully characterizes the average HMXB XLF over the full metallicity range. We demonstrate that the SFR- normalized HMXB XLF shows clear trends with metallicity, showing steadily increasing numbers of luminous and ultraluminous X-ray sources (logL(erg/s)=38-40.5) with declining metallicity. However, we find that the low-luminosity (logL(erg/s)=36-38) HMXB XLF appears to show a nearly constant SFR scaling and slope with metallicity. Our model provides a revised scaling relation of integrated LX/SFR versus 12+log(O/H), and a new characterization of its SFR-dependent stochastic scatter. The general trend of this relation is broadly consistent with past studies based on integrated galaxy emission; however, our model suggests that this relation is driven primarily by the high-luminosity end of the HMXB XLF. Our results have implications for binary population synthesis models, the nature of super-Eddington accreting objects (e.g., ultraluminous X-ray sources), recent efforts to identify active galactic nucleus candidates in dwarf galaxies, and the X-ray radiation fields in the early universe during the epoch of cosmic heating at z>=10.

Keywords
  1. x-ray-binary-stars
  2. galaxies
  3. x-ray-sources
  4. star-forming-regions
  5. metallicity
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJ...907...17L
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.19070017

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History

2022-06-14T07:40:22Z
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2022-06-14T07:40:22Z
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