The X-ray Properties of M101 ULX-1 = CXOKM101 J140332.74+542102

Details The X-ray Properties of M101 ULX-1 = CXOKM101 J140332.74+542102 The X-ray Properties of M101 ULX-1 = CXOKM101 J140332.74+542102

2005-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508289v1

Astrophys.J.634:1085-1092,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

23 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/497110

We report our analysis of X-ray data on M101 ULX-1, concentrating on high state Chandra and XMM-Newton observations. We find that the high state of M101 ULX-1 may have a preferred recurrence timescale. If so, the underlying clock may have periods around 160 or 190 days, or possibly around 45 days. Its short-term variations resemble those of X-ray binaries at high accretion rate. If this analogy is correct, we infer that the accretor is a 20-40 Msun object. This is consistent with our spectral analysis of the high state spectra of M101 ULX-1, from which we find no evidence for an extreme (> 10^40 ergs/s) luminosity. We present our interpretation in the framework of a high mass X-ray binary system consisting of a B supergiant mass donor and a large stellar-mass black hole.

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