Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-05-27
Astrophys.J. 591 (2003) L99-L102
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages including 4 Postscript figures; accepted for publication in ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/377090
From the analysis of a ~100 ks Chandra observation of the dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 1569, we have found that the X-ray point sources, CXOU 043048.1+645050 and CXOU 043048.6+645058, showed significant time variability. During this observation, the X-ray flux of CXOU 043048.1+645050 increased by 10 times in only 2 x 10^4 s. Since the spectrum in its bright phase was fitted with a disk blackbody model with kT_in ~0.43 keV and the bolometric luminosity is L_bol ~10^38 ergs s^-1, this source is an X-ray binary with a stellar mass black-hole. Since the spectrum in its faint phase was also fitted with a disk blackbody model, the time variability can be explained by a change of the accretion rate onto the black hole. The other variable source, CXOU 043048.6+645058, had a flat spectrum with a photon index of ~1.6. This source may be an X-ray binary with an X-ray luminosity of several x 10^37 ergs s^-1. In addition, three other weak sources showed possible time variability. Taking all of the variability into account may suggest an abundant population of compact X-ray sources in NGC 1569.
Awaki Hisamitsu
Hayashida Kiyoshi
Heike Kazunori
Misao Youichi
Weaver Kimberley A.
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