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2004MNRAS.348L..28K - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 348, L28-L32 (2004/February-3)

Displacement of X-ray sources from star clusters in starburst galaxies.

KAARET P., ALONSO-HERRERO A., GALLAGHER III J.S., FABBIANO G., ZEZAS A. and RIEKE M.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We examine the spatial offsets between X-ray point sources and star clusters in three starburst galaxies. We find that the X-ray sources are preferentially located near the star clusters. Because the star clusters are very good tracers of the star formation activity in the galaxies, this indicates that the X-ray sources are young objects associated with current star formation. We find significant displacements of the X-ray sources from the clusters. These displacements are likely due to motion of the X-ray sources and indicates that they are X-ray binaries. We find that brighter X-ray sources preferentially occur closer to clusters. The absence of very bright sources at large displacements from clusters may help constrain models of the sources.

Abstract Copyright: 2004 RAS

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: individual: M82 - galaxies: individual: NGC 1569 - galaxies: individual: NGC 5253 - galaxies: starburst - galaxies: stellar content - X-rays: galaxies

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