<?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%">Bonfini, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hatzidimitriou, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pietsch, W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reig, P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spectroscopy of the bright optical counterparts of X-ray sources in the direction of M 31</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%">galaxies: individual: M 31</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-rays: galaxies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-Rays: Stars</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009/11/1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009A&amp;A...507..705B</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">507</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">705 - 711</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: A recent survey of the Local Group spiral galaxy M 31 with XMM-Newton yielded a large number of X-ray sources. &lt;BR /&gt;Aims: This is the second in a series of papers with the aim of identifying the optical counterparts of these X-ray sources. &lt;BR /&gt;Methods: We have obtained optical spectra for 21 bright optical counterparts of 20 X-ray sources in the direction of M 31, using the 1.3-m Skinakas telescope in Crete, Greece. &lt;BR /&gt;Results: For 17 of the 20 X-ray sources, we have identified the optical counterpart as a normal late type star (of type F or later) in the foreground (i.e. in the Milky Way). For two more sources, there were two possible optical counterparts, in each case, while two more objects have X-ray properties that are not compatible with the spectral characteristics of late type non-flaring stars.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>