<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hofmann, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pietsch, W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Henze, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haberl, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sturm, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Della Valle, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hartmann, D. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hatzidimitriou, D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-ray source variability study of the M 31 central field using Chandra HRC-I</style></title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Astronomy and Astrophysics</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">catalogs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">galaxies: individual: M 31</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">galaxies: stellar content</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-rays: binaries</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-rays: galaxies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013/07/1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013A&amp;A...555A..65H</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">555</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A65</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0004-6361</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Context. The central field of the Andromeda galaxy (M 31) was monitored from 2006 to 2012 using the Chandra HRC-I detector (about 0.1-10 keV energy range) with the main aim of detecting X-rays from optical novae. We present a systematic analysis of all X-ray sources found in the 41 nova monitoring observations, along with 23 M 31 central field HRC-I observations available from the Chandra data archive starting in December 1999. &lt;BR /&gt; Aims: Based on these observations, we studied the X-ray long-term variability of the source population and especially of X-ray binaries in M 31. &lt;BR /&gt; Methods: We created a catalogue of sources detected in the 64 available observations that adds up to a total exposure time of about 1 Ms. To study the variability, we developed a processing pipeline to derive long-term Chandra HRC-I light curves for each source over the 13 years of observations. We also searched for extended X-ray sources in the merged images. &lt;BR /&gt; Results: We present a point-source catalogue containing 318 X-ray sources with detailed long-term variability information, 28 of which are published for the first time. The spatial and temporal resolution of the catalogue allows us to classify 115 X-ray binary candidates showing high X-ray variability or even outbursts, as well as 14 globular cluster X-ray binary candidates showing no significant variability. The analysis may suggest that outburst sources are less frequent in globular clusters than in the field of M 31. We detected seven supernova remnants, one of which is a new candidate, and also resolved the first X-rays from a known radio supernova remnant. In addition to 33 known optical nova/X-ray source correlations, we discovered one previously unknown super-soft X-ray outburst and several new nova candidates. &lt;BR /&gt; Conclusions: The catalogue contains a large sample of detailed long-term X-ray light curves in the M 31 central field, which helps in understanding the X-ray population of our neighbouring spiral galaxy M 31. &lt;P /&gt;Tables 1 and 2 are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to &lt;A href=&quot;http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr&quot;&gt;http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr&lt;/A&gt; (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via &lt;A href=&quot;http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/555/A65&quot;&gt;http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/555/A65&lt;/A&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>