On the universal X-ray luminosity function of binary X-ray sources in galaxies

Abstract

The empirically determined universal power-law shape of X-ray luminosity function of high mass X-ray binaries in galaxies is explained by fundamental mass-luminosity and mass-radius relations for massive stars.

4 pages, plain LaTeX, no figures. Submitted to Astronomy Letters

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