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Laycock, Silas; Camero, A.; Wilson-Hodge, C.; Williams, B.; Garcia, M.; Prestwich, A.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #230.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
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Description
We report on our year-long (2009-'10) campaign with the Chandra X-ray
observatory, to capture the transient X-ray binary (XRB) population in
the nearby starburst galaxy IC10 in Cassiopeia. Together with archival
data, the study includes 225 ksec of Chandra exposure for a limiting
luminosity depth of logLX>35 sensitive to high-mass XRBs containing
neutron stars, black holes, and to X-ray novae. Our study aims to
characterize the XRB population in the youngest available starburst,
which should be dominated by the most massive stars and their newly
formed relics. Of 100 X-ray sources; 20% are strong variables, and 40%
are associated with massive stars. Contemporaneous optical spectroscopy
from Gemini observatory is providing spectral types and hence the
masses, ages and composition of these extragalactic XRBs.