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An X-ray survey of Wolf-Rayet stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Martín A. Guerrero Roncel  and
You-Hua Chu
Martín A. Guerrero Roncel
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1002 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
You-Hua Chu
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1002 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Abstract

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We have used archival Chandra-acis observations to search for X-ray emission from WR stars in the Magellanic Clouds (MCs), where the low interstellar absorption and known distances make it easy to compare X-ray luminosities with spectral types and binary status of WR stars. We have detected X-ray emission from ~20 WR stars in the MCs with X-ray luminosities of 6.6×1032-1.4×1035 ergs s–1. The analysis of the X-ray spectra of the brightest sources indicates that the X-ray emitting gas has temperatures ≥ 1.0×107 K, as expected in colliding winds. We will compare these results with the binary status of the WR stars to determine the amounts of the X-ray emission produced in the colliding winds for WR stars in binary systems and to assess the X-ray emission from single WR stars.

Type
Part 4. Feedback from Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003 , pp. 718 - 719
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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