@article {41762,
	title = {Identification of high-mass X-ray binaries selected from XMM-Newton observations of the LMC<SUP>*</SUP>},
	volume = {475},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018/04/1},
	pages = {3253 - 3261},
	publisher = {OUP},
	abstract = {The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) currently hosts around 23 high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) of which most are Be/X-ray binaries. The LMC XMM-Newton survey provided follow-up observations of previously known X-ray sources that were likely HMXBs, as well as identifying new HMXB candidates. In total, 19 candidate HMXBs were selected based on their X-ray hardness ratios. In this paper we present red and blue optical spectroscopy, obtained with Southern African Large Telescope and the South African Astronomical Observatory 1.9-m telescope, plus a timing analysis of the long-term optical light curves from OGLE to confirm the nature of these candidates. We find that nine of the candidates are new Be/X-ray binaries, substantially increasing the LMC Be/X-ray binary population. Furthermore, we present the optical properties of these new systems, both individually and as a group of all the BeXBs identified by the XMM-Newton survey of the LMC.},
	keywords = {Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Be, Magellanic Clouds, stars: emission-line, X-rays: binaries},
	isbn = {0035-8711},
	url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.475.3253V},
	author = {van Jaarsveld, N. and Buckley, D. A. H. and McBride, V. A. and Haberl, F. and Vasilopoulos, G. and Maitra, C. and Udalski, A. and Miszalski, B.}
}
