Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-08-29
Astrophys.J. 563 (2001) L119-L122
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
ApJ Letters, submitted
Scientific paper
10.1086/338592
We study three transient X-ray sources, that were bright in the central region of M31 galaxy in the year 2000. Observations with Chandra and XMM-Newton allowed us for the first time in the history of X-ray astronomy, to build light curves of transient sources in M31 suitable for studying their variability on a time scale of months and, in some periods, weeks. The three sources demonstrate distinctly different types of X-ray variability and spectral evolution. XMMU J004234.1+411808 is most likely a black hole candidate based on the similarity of its X-ray light curve and spectra to typical transient low-mass X-ray binaries observed in our Galaxy. The outburst of CXO J004242.0+411608 lasted longer than a year, which makes the source an unusual X-ray transient. The supersoft transient XMMU J004319.4+ 411759 is probably a classical nova-like system containing a magnetized, rapidly-spinning white dwarf. We estimate a total rate of X-ray transient outbursts in the central bulge of M31 to be of the order ~10 per year. The rate of the hard X-ray transients (~5 1/year) in the central part of the Andromeda Galaxy appears to be comparable to that of the central part of our own Galaxy.
Borozdin Konstantin
Priedhorsky William
Trudolyubov Sergey
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