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钱德拉室女星系团对旋涡星系的巡天。I.调查介绍和新的ULX样本

A Chandra Virgo cluster survey of spiral galaxies. I. Introduction to the survey and a new ULX sample

Roberto Soria, Mari Kolehmainen, Alister W. Graham, Douglas A. Swartz, Mihoko Yukita, Christian Motch, Thomas H. Jarrett, James C. A. Miller-Jones, Richard M. P… 展开作者

Roberto Soria, Mari Kolehmainen, Alister W. Graham, Douglas A. Swartz, Mihoko Yukita, Christian Motch, Thomas H. Jarrett, James C. A. Miller-Jones, Richard M. Plotkin, Thomas J. Maccarone, Laura Ferrarese, Alexander Guest, Ariane Lançon

摘要:

本文分析了75个室女星系团晚型星系中的超亮X射线源(ULX),包括所有恒星形成率>~ 1 M_{sun} /yr的星系和恒星形成率较低的代表性星系。这项研究是基于钱德拉X射线天文台先进成像光谱相机20多年来获得的110次观测结果。作为大型钱德拉计划的一部分,对这75个星系中的52个进行了新的观测。数据完整,灵敏度约为10^{39} erg/s,大多数源的典型检测限约为3 x 10^{38} erg/s。该目录包含约80颗ULX(0.3-10 keV光度>10^{39} erg/s),并提供了它们的位置、观测到的通量、去吸收光度和(对于25颗最明亮的)简单的X射线光谱特性。我们讨论了ULX光度函数与样本星系的质量和恒星形成率的关系。我们发现,最近的低质量加高质量的X射线双星种群模型(分别与恒星质量和恒星形成率的比例)与我们的观测结果基本一致。我们初步确定样品中最明亮的X射线源(IC 3322 A中的一个源,L_{X} ~ 6 x 10^{40} erg/s)是最近的超新星或其年轻的残骸。样本星系的属性(形态,恒星质量,恒星形成率,总X射线光度从他们的点源人口)也进行了总结。

英文摘要:

We present an analysis of the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) population in 75 Virgo cluster late-type galaxies, including all those with a star formation rate >~ 1 M_{sun}/yr and a representative sample of the less star-forming ones. This study is based on 110 observations obtained over 20 years with the Chandra X-ray Observatory Advanced Camera for Imaging Spectroscopy. As part of a Large Chandra Program, new observations were obtained for 52 of these 75 galaxies. The data are complete to a sensitivity of about 10^{39} erg/s, with a typical detection limit of about 3 x 10^{38} erg/s for the majority of the sources. The catalogue contains about 80 ULXs (0.3-10 keV luminosity >10^{39} erg/s), and provides their location, observed flux, de-absorbed luminosity, and (for the 25 most luminous ones) simple X-ray spectral properties. We discuss the ULX luminosity function in relation to the mass and star formation rate of the sample galaxies. We show that recent models of low-mass plus high-mass X-ray binary populations (scaling with stellar mass and star formation rate, respectively) are mostly consistent with our observational results. We tentatively identify the most luminous X-ray source in the sample (a source in IC 3322A with L_{X} ~ 6 x 10^{40} erg/s) as a recent supernova or its young remnant. The properties of the sample galaxies (morphologies, stellar masses, star formation rates, total X-ray luminosities from their point-source population) are also summarised.

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