Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Context. High-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) might have contributed a non-negligible fraction of the energy feedback to the interstellar and intergalactic media at high redshift, becoming important sources for the heating and ionization history of the Universe. However, the importance of this contribution depends on the hypothesized increase in the number of HMXBs formed in low-metallicity galaxies and in their luminosities.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: V. M. Douna, L. J. Pellizza, I. F. Mirabel, S. E. Pedrosa
Institutions: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, CEA Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1576891576