<?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%">van Jaarsveld, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Buckley, D. A. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McBride, V. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haberl, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vasilopoulos, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maitra, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Udalski, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Miszalski, B.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Identification of high-mass X-ray binaries selected from XMM-Newton observations of the LMC&lt;SUP&gt;★&lt;/SUP&gt;</style></title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</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%">Be</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Magellanic Clouds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">stars: emission-line</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-rays: binaries</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018/04/1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.475.3253V</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OUP</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">475</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3253 - 3261</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0035-8711</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>