@conference {23908,
	title = {A comprehensive study of the link between star-formation history and X-ray source populations in the SMC},
	volume = {256},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009/03/1},
	pages = {355 - 360},
	abstract = {Using Chandra, XMM-Newton and optical photometric catalogs we study the young X-ray binary (XRB) populations of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We find that the Be/X-ray binaries (Be-XRBs) are observed in regions with star-formation (SF) rate bursts ~30-70 Myr ago, which coincides with the age of maximum Be-star formation, while regions with strong but more recent SF (e.g., the Wing) are deficient in Be-XRBs. Using the 2dF spectrograph of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) we have obtained optical spectra of 20 High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs) in the SMC. All of these sources were proved to be Be-XRBs. Similar spectral-type distributions of Be-XRBs and Be field stars in the SMC have been found. On the other hand, the Be-XRBs in the Galaxy follow a different distribution than the isolated Be stars in the Galaxy, in agreement with previous studies.},
	keywords = {Be, galaxies: individual (SMC), Magellanic Clouds, stars: emission-line, stars: formation, X-rays: binaries},
	isbn = {1743-9221},
	url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009IAUS..256..355A},
	author = {Antoniou, Vallia and Zezas, Andreas and Hatzidimitriou, Despina}
}
