Ultraluminous X-ray sources in Interacting Arp Galaxies

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Jan 2011

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #143.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Chandra X-ray Observatory spectrophotometric images of interacting galaxies in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies are used in a search for Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs). The resulting population census is compared to that of spiral and elliptical galaxies in order to test the hypothesis that ULXs occur more frequently in interacting and in starburst galaxies compared to the normal galaxy population. An interesting number of ULXs are found along tidal tails and bridges suggesting X-ray binary formation is somehow especially favored in these environments.

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