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相互作用星系NGC5774/NGC5775中亮X射线源总体的多波长研究

Multiwavelength study of the bright X-ray source population in the interacting galaxies NGC5774/NGC5775

Kajal K. Ghosh, Douglas A. Swartz, Allyn F. Tennant, Lakshmi Saripalli, Poshak Gandhi, Cedric Foellmi, Carlos M. Gutierrez, Martin Lopez-Corredoira

摘要:

我们知道附近有几个相互作用的星系拥有大量的超亮X射线源。在这里,我们报告的X射线源人口的相互作用对星系NGC 5774/NGC 5775领域的多波长研究的结果。共探测到49个离散源,包括12个超亮X射线候选源。将X射线源位置映射到光学和无线电图像上以搜索潜在的对应物。该领域的12个来源有光学对应物。光学颜色被用来区分这些源,它们大多位于相互作用星系的光学范围之外,作为潜在的球状星团(2),一个紧凑的蓝矮星系和类星体(5)。我们获得了其中两个类星体的光谱,证实它们是背景类星体。我们预计在这两个星系的领域中有3个背景源。这些结果被用来确定这两个相互作用的星系的真实X射线人口,这是连接两个桥梁。两个高质量的X射线双星检测到这两个桥梁,表明它们的形成通过相互作用诱导的恒星形成插曲。

英文摘要:

A few nearby interacting galaxies are known that host elevated number of ultraluminous X-ray sources. Here we report the results of a multiwavelength study of the X-ray source population in the field of the interacting pair of galaxies NGC5774/NGC5775. A total of 49 discrete sources are detected, including 12 ultraluminous X-ray source candidates. X-ray source positions are mapped onto optical and radio images to search for potential counterparts. Twelve sources in the field have optical counterparts. Optical colors are used to differentiate these sources, which are mostly located outside the optical extent of the interacting galaxies, as potential globular clusters (2), one compact blue dwarf galaxy and quasars (5). We obtained optical spectra of two of the latter, which confirm that they are background quasars. We expect 3 background sources in the field of these two galaxies. These results are used to determine the true X-ray population of these two interacting galaxies, which are connected with two bridges. Two high mass X-ray binaries are detected on these two bridges suggesting their formation through the interaction-induced starformation episode.

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