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X-Ray Obervation of the Normal Spiral Galaxies NGC2903 and NGC628 with ASCA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

T. Mizuno ,
H. Ohbayashi ,
N. Iyomoto  and
K. Makishima
T. Mizuno
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo bunkyo-Ku, Tokyoo 113, Japan
H. Ohbayashi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo bunkyo-Ku, Tokyoo 113, Japan
N. Iyomoto
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo bunkyo-Ku, Tokyoo 113, Japan
K. Makishima
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo bunkyo-Ku, Tokyoo 113, Japan

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X-ray emission from spiral galaxies without activity is thought to consist of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), and the Einstein observations established the relation between X-ray (0.2-4 keV) and optical luminosities as log(LX/LB) ~ −4 (Fabbiano, 1992). This relation has been used when discussing the activity other than LMXBs (Iyomoto, 1996). However, spectral information of Einstein Observatory was rather poor above 3 keV, where LMXBs would emit significant energy flux. Therefore we performed ASCA observations of two normal spirals, NGC2903 and NGC628, in order to better calibrate the LX - LB relation.

Type
Session 1: Plasma and Fresh Nucleosynthesis Phenomena
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 188: The Hot Universe , 1998 , pp. 284 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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