2 papers
astro-ph2003
Luminosity functions of X-ray binaries and the dynamical history of their host galaxies
K. Wu, A. F. Tennant, D. A. Swartz +2
The X-ray sources observed in nearby galaxies show brightness distributions (log(N(>S))--log(S) curves) which can be described as single or broken power laws. Single power-law dist…
astro-ph2003
A Study of Ultra-Luminous X-ray Sources from the Chandra Archive of Galaxies
Douglas A. Swartz, Kajal K. Ghosh, Allyn F. Tennant
The more than 80 nearby galaxies imaged with the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer have been analyzed in a search for Ultra-Luminous X-ray (ULX) sources. The sample of gala…