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28 March 2024
 
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The optical counterpart of an Ultra-luminous X-Ray Source in NGC 5204
Ji-Feng Liu Joel N. Bregman ; Patrick Seitzer ;
Date 14 Dec 2004
Journal Astrophys.J. 602 (2004) 249
Subject astro-ph
AbstractUltra-luminous X-Ray sources are extra-nuclear point sources in external galaxies with $L_X=10^{39}$--$10^{41}$ erg/s and are among the most poorly understood X-ray sources. To help understand their nature, we are trying to identify their optical counterparts by combining images from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra Observatory. Here we report upon the optical counterpart for the ULX in NGC 5204, which has average X-ray luminosity of $sim3 imes10^{39}$ erg/s and has varied by a factor of 50% over the last 10 years. A unique optical counterpart to this ULX is found by carefully comparing the Chandra ACIS images and HST WFPC2 and ACS/HRC images. The spectral energy distribution and the HST/STIS FUV spectrum of this object show that it is a B0 Ib supergiant star with peculiarities, including the $lambda$1240 N V emission line that is uncommon in B stellar spectra but has been predicted for X-ray illuminated accretion disks and seen in some X-ray binaries. Study of its FUV spectrum leads to a binary model for this ULX in which the B0 Ib supergiant is overflowing its Roche Lobe and accreting onto the compact primary, probably a black hole. This picture predicts an orbital period of $sim10$ days for different black hole mass, which can be tested by future observations.
Source arXiv, astro-ph/0501305
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