{
  "id": "1712.04261",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2017-12-12T12:23:59.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-12-12T12:23:59.000Z",
  "title": "Identification of High Mass X-ray Binaries selected from XMM-Newton observations of the LMC",
  "authors": [
    "N. van Jaarsveld",
    "D. A. H. Buckley",
    "V. A. McBride",
    "F. Haberl",
    "G. Vasilopoulos",
    "C. Maitra",
    "A. Udalski",
    "B. Miszalski"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) currently hosts around 20 high mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) of which most are Be/X-ray binaries. The LMC XMM-Newton survey provided follow-up observations of previously known X-ray sources that were likely HMXBs, as well as identifying new HMXB candidates. In total 19 candidate HMXBs were selected based on their X-ray hardness ratios. In this paper we present red and blue optical spectroscopy, obtained with SALT and the SAAO 1.9-m telescope, plus a timing analysis of the long term optical light curves from OGLE to confirm the nature of these candidates. We find that 9 of the candidates are new Be/X-ray Binaries, substantially increasing the LMC Be/X-ray binary population. Furthermore, we present the optical properties of these new systems, both individually and as a group of all the BeXBs identified by the XMM-Newton survey of the LMC.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2017-12-12T12:23:59.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "high mass x-ray binaries",
      "xmm-newton observations",
      "lmc be/x-ray binary population",
      "xmm-newton survey",
      "identification"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}