Search for ultraluminous X-ray sources in nearby galaxies
Abstract
Little is presently known about the nature of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULX). Different hypotheses have been proposed to explain their properties: intermediate-mass BHs, Kerr BHs, young SNR, or background AGN. Some of the current problems and open questions in this research field are here reviewed.
- Publication:
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Inflows, Outflows, and Reprocessing around Black Holes
- Pub Date:
- 2002
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0209298
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0209298
- Bibcode:
- 2002iorb.conf...88F
- Keywords:
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- AGN;
- ULX;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, no figures. Presented at AGN05: Inflows, Outflows and Reprocessing around black holes, Como (Italy), 11-14 June 2002. To appear in the Proceedings