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星系NGC 5907中的一个新的超亮X射线源

A new Ultraluminous X-ray source in the galaxy NGC 5907

F. Pintore, A. Belfiore, G. Novara, R. Salvaterra, M. Marelli, A. De Luca, M. Rigoselli, G. Israel, G. Rodriguez, S. Mereghetti, A. Wolter, D. J. Walton, F. Fue… 展开作者

F. Pintore, A. Belfiore, G. Novara, R. Salvaterra, M. Marelli, A. De Luca, M. Rigoselli, G. Israel, G. Rodriguez, S. Mereghetti, A. Wolter, D. J. Walton, F. Fuerst, E. Ambrosi, L. Zampieri, A. Tiengo, C. Salvaggio

摘要:

我们报告了在NGC 5907中偶然发现的一个新的瞬态,峰值亮度为6.4x10^{39} erg/s。在之前的2012年钱德拉观测中没有发现这个来源,其亮度的3 sigma上限为1.5x10^{38} erg/s,意味着通量增加了35倍。我们分析了最近的三次60 ks/50 ks Chandra和50 ks XMM-Newton观测,以及2017年8月/2018年3月之间进行的所有可用的Swift观测。直到2017年10月上半月,雨燕观测没有显示任何来自源的排放。瞬变在不到两周的时间内进入ULX状态,其爆发在2018年2月底仍在继续。0.3-10 keV的光谱与单个多色黑体盘(kT~1.5 keV)一致。其来源可能是一个质量约为30太阳的黑洞在爱丁顿极限处吸积。然而,虽然我们没有发现脉动的证据,我们不能排除这种ULX主机的可能性,吸积中子星。

英文摘要:

We report on the serendipitous discovery of a new transient in NGC 5907, at a peak luminosity of 6.4x10^{39} erg/s. The source was undetected in previous 2012 Chandra observations with a 3 sigma upper limit on the luminosity of 1.5x10^{38} erg/s, implying a flux increase of a factor of >35. We analyzed three recent 60ks/50ks Chandra and 50ks XMM-Newton observations, as well as all the available Swift observations performed between August 2017/March 2018. Until the first half of October 2017, Swift observations do not show any emission from the source. The transient entered the ULX regime in less than two weeks and its outburst was still on-going at the end of February 2018. The 0.3-10 keV spectrum is consistent with a single multicolour blackbody disc (kT~1.5 keV). The source might be a ~30 solar mass black hole accreting at the Eddington limit. However, although we did not find evidence of pulsations, we cannot rule-out the possibility that this ULX hosts an accreting neutron star.

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