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NGC 1365的X射线点源布居:两个高度可变的超铝X射线源之谜

The X-Ray Point-Source Population of NGC 1365: The Puzzle of Two Highly-Variable Ultraluminous X-ray Sources

Iskra V. Strateva, Stefanie Komossa

摘要:

我们展示了钱德拉在棒星系NGC 1365中心200”(~ 20 kpc)范围内发现的26个点源。这些源大多数是高质量的X射线双星,包含一个中子星或一个黑洞从一个发光的伴星以亚爱丁顿速率吸积。使用重复钱德拉和XMM牛顿以及光学观测,我们详细讨论了两个高度可变的超亮X射线源(ULX)的性质:NGC 1365 X1,自ROSAT时代以来已知的最明亮的ULX之一,这是X射线可变的30倍,和NGC 1365 X2,一个新发现的瞬态ULX,可变的一个因素>90。它们的最大X射线亮度(3-5 x 10^40 erg/s,用钱德拉测量)和多波长特性表明存在更多的奇异物体和吸积模式:吸积到中等质量黑洞(IMBH)上,以及光束/超爱丁顿吸积到太阳质量致密残余物上。我们认为,这两个来源的黑洞质量高于我们银河系中X射线双星(质量<20 Msolar)中发现的典型主黑洞质量,NGC 1365 X1的黑洞质量可能为40-60 Msolar,具有光束/超爱丁顿吸积模式,NGC 1365 X2的黑洞质量可能为80- 500 Msolar。

英文摘要:

We present 26 point-sources discovered with Chandra within 200" (~20kpc) of the center of the barred supergiant galaxy NGC 1365. The majority of these sources are high-mass X-ray binaries, containing a neutron star or a black hole accreting from a luminous companion at a sub-Eddington rate. Using repeat Chandra and XMM-Newton as well as optical observations, we discuss in detail the natures of two highly-variable ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs): NGC 1365 X1, one of the most luminous ULXs known since the ROSAT era, which is X-ray variable by a factor of 30, and NGC 1365 X2, a newly discovered transient ULX, variable by a factor of >90. Their maximum X-ray luminosities (3-5 x 10^40 erg/s, measured with Chandra) and multiwavelength properties suggest the presence of more exotic objects and accretion modes: accretion onto intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) and beamed/super-Eddington accretion onto solar-mass compact remnants. We argue that these two sources have black-hole masses higher than those of the typical primaries found in X-ray binaries in our Galaxy (which have masses of <20 Msolar), with a likely black-hole mass of 40-60 Msolar in the case of NGC 1365 X1 with a beamed/super-Eddington accretion mode, and a possible IMBH in the case of NGC 1365 X2 with M=80-500Msolar.

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