**Table 4:** Constraints on $\eta _{\rm HMXB}(\tau ).$
Name	Age, Myr	M_*⁽¹⁾	$N_{\rm HMXB}^{(2)}$	$\eta_{\rm HMXB}^{(3)}$
R136	$\approx$ 1-2	$2\times 10^4$	$\le$ 2	$\le$ $1\times 10^{-4}$
LMC 4	$\approx$ 10-12	$5\times 10^4$	5	$(1\pm 0.45)\times 10^{-4}$

(1) - Total mass of massive stars, $M\ge 8~M_{\odot}$ ; (2) - number of HMXBs detected by XMM; (3) - number of HMXBs per unit stellar mass; References for age and IMF: R136 - Massey & Hunter (1998) and Sirianni et al. (2000), LMC 4 - Braun et al. (1997).

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	1 Introduction
	2 Observations and data analysis
	3 Nature of X-ray sources in the field of LMC
	4 Identification of HMXB candidates
	5 HMXBs and CXB sources in the field of the LMC
	6 Propeller effect and HMXB XLF
	7 HMXBs and the age of underlying stellar population
	8 Summary
	References