Swift observations of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg IX X-1

Details Swift observations of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg IX X-1 Swift observations of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg IX X-1

2010-09-01

arxiv.org/abs/1009.0275v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

6 pages, 2 figures; accepted for publication in ApJ

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Holmberg IX X-1 is a well-known ultraluminous X-ray source with an X-ray luminosity of ~1e40 erg/s. The source has been monitored by the X-ray Telescope of Swift regularly. Since 2009 April, the source has been in an extended low luminosity state. We utilize the co-added spectra taken at different luminosity states to study the spectral behavior of the source. Simple power-law and multi-color disk blackbody models can be ruled out. The best overall fits, however, are provided by a dual thermal model with a cool blackbody and a warm disk blackbody. This suggests that Holmberg IX X-1 may be a 10 solar-mass black hole accreting at 7 times above the Eddington limit or a 100 solar-mass maximally rotating black hole accreting at the Eddington limit, and we are observing both the inner regions of the accretion disk and outflows from the compact object.

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