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An Empirical Framework Characterizing the Metallicity and Star-Formation History Dependence of X-ray Binary Population Formation and Emission in Galaxies
Bret D. Lehmer, Erik B. Monson, Rafael T. Eufrasio, Amirnezam Amiri, Keith Doore, Antara Basu-Zych, Kristen Garofali, Lidia Oskinova, Jeff J. Andrews, Vallia Antoniou, Robel Geda, Jenny E. Greene, Konstantinos Kovlakas, Margaret Lazzarini, Chris T. Richardson
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We present a new empirical framework modeling the metallicity and star-formation history (SFH) dependence of X-ray luminous (L > 10³⁶ ergs s⁻¹) point-source population luminosity functions (XLFs) in normal galaxies. We expect the X-ray point-source populations are dominated by X-ray binaries (XRBs), with contributions from supernova remnants near the low luminosity end of our observations. Our framework is calibrated using the collective statistical power of 3,731 X-ray detected point-sources within 88 Chandra-observed galaxies at D < 40 Mpc that span broad ranges of metallicity (Z ≈ 0.03-2 Z_⊙), SFH, and morphology (dwarf irregulars, late-types, and early-types). Our best-fitting models indicate that the XLF normalization per unit stellar mass declines by ≈2-3 dex from 10 Myr to 10 Gyr, with a slower age decline for low-metallicity populations. The shape of the XLF for luminous X-ray sources (L < 10³⁸ ergs s⁻¹) significantly steepens with increasing age and metallicity, while the lower-luminosity XLF appears to flatten with increasing age. Integration of our models provide predictions for X-ray scaling relations that agree very well with past results presented in the literature, including, e.g., the L_X-SFR-Z relation for high-mass XRBs (HMXBs) in young stellar populations as well as the L_X/M_⋆ ratio observed in early-type galaxies that harbor old populations of low-mass XRBs (LMXBs). The model framework and data sets presented in this paper further provide unique benchmarks that can be used for calibrating binary population synthesis models.
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