Source Populations in Nearby Galaxies (TP 7)

Third Party Funds Group - Sub project


Acronym: TP 7

Start date : 01.01.2025

End date : 31.12.2027

Website: https://www.ero-step.de/research/p7-populations-of-accreting-compact-binaries/


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Overall project

FOR 2990: eROSITA View of Stellar Endpoints (eRO-STEP) (FOR 2990 eROSITA) July 1, 2021 - Feb. 29, 2028

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Scientific Abstract

Using the eROSITA all-sky surveys, we will study the X-ray source populations in dwarf galaxies in the Local Group and nearby normal (without emission from active galactic nuclei) galaxies, which are dominated by accreting compact objects. It will for the first time allow us to understand the populations of X-ray sources at the lowest luminosities in satellite galaxies of the Milky Way all the way to the brightest sources in further distant galaxies. This project was newly introduced for the second eRO-STEP funding period (2024-2027), and will benefit from the results on the properties and populations of accreting compact objects in P3 and P5.

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