Chandra Observation of the X-Ray Source Population of NGC 6946

Details Chandra Observation of the X-Ray Source Population of NGC 6946 Chandra Observation of the X-Ray Source Population of NGC 6946

2003-01-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301319v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/374311

We present the results of a study of discrete X-ray sources in NGC 6946 using a deep Chandra ACIS observation. Based on the slope of the log N-log S distribution and the general correlation of sources with the spiral arms, we infer that the overall discrete source sample in NGC 6946 is dominated by high mass X-ray binaries, in contrast to the source distributions in M31 and the Milky Way. This is consistent with the higher star formation rate in NGC 6946 than in those galaxies. We find that the strong X-ray sources in the region of the galactic center do not correlate in detail with images of the region in the near-IR, although one of them may be coincident with the galactic center. The non-central ultra-luminous X-ray source in NGC 6946, previously identified with a supernova remnant, has an X-ray spectrum and luminosity that is inconsistent with either a traditional pulsar wind nebula or a blast wave remnant.

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