Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-07-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 4 figures; accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20053681
We present the results of ROSAT and XMM-Newton observations of the recurrent ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 253 ULX1. This transient is one of the few ULXs that was detected during several outbursts. The luminosity reached 1.4 10^39 erg s^-1 and 0.5 10^39 erg s^-1 in the detections by ROSAT and XMM-Newton, respectively, indicating a black hole X-ray binary with a mass of the compact object of >11 M_sun. It is highly unlikely that this source is a foreground source or a background AGN. In the ROSAT detection NGC 253 ULX1 showed significant variability, whereas the luminosity was constant in the detection from XMM-Newton. The XMM-Newton EPIC spectra are well-fit by a bremsstrahlung model (kT=2.24 keV, N_H=1.74 10^20 cm^-2), which can be used to describe a comptonized plasma. No counterpart was detected in the optical I, R, B, NUV and FUV bands to limits of 22.9, 24.2, 24.3, 22 and 23 mag, respectively, pointing at a X-ray binary with a low mass companion.
Bauer Marianne
Pietsch Wolfgang
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