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The Ages of High-Mass X-ray Binaries in M33

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2017

Kristen Garofali  and
Benjamin F. Williams
Kristen Garofali
Affiliation:
University of Washington Astronomy Department, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 email: [email protected], [email protected]
Benjamin F. Williams
Affiliation:
University of Washington Astronomy Department, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 email: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

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We present initial results on a survey of high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) in the nearby, star-forming spiral galaxy M33. The HMXB population in M33 is identified and characterized using a combination of deep Chandra X-ray imaging and archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations. We determine ages for the HMXBs to ~5 Myr precision from fits to the color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of the surrounding stars and the resultant star formation histories (SFHs). The HMXBs in our M33 sample have measured ages, as well as candidate optical counterparts identified from HST photometry.

Keywords

X-rays: binariesstars: evolutionsurveys
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S329: The Lives and Death-Throes of Massive Stars , November 2016 , pp. 399
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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