• DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17276.x
Corpus ID: 73616056

Deriving an X-ray luminosity function of dwarf novae based on parallax measurements

@article{Byckling2010DerivingAX,
  title={Deriving an X-ray luminosity function of dwarf novae based on parallax measurements},
  author={K. Byckling and K. Mukai and J. Thorstensen and J. Osborne},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2010},
  volume={408},
  pages={2298-2311}
}

K. Byckling, K. Mukai, +1 author J. Osborne

Published 2010

Physics

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

We have derived an X-ray luminosity function using parallax-based distance measurements of a set of 12 dwarf novae, consisting of Suzaku, XMM–Newton and ASCA observations. The shape of the X-ray luminosity function obtained is the most accurate to date, and the luminosities of our sample are concentrated between ∼1030 and 1031 erg s−1, lower than previous measurements of X-ray luminosity functions of dwarf novae. Based on the integrated X-ray luminosity function, the sample becomes more… CONTINUE READING

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