Constraining the Nature of an Intermediate Mass Black Hole in the Nucleus of Mrk 59
Abstract
We propose a Chandra observation of an intermediate mass black hole candidate in the metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxy Mrk 59. From our previous Chandra observation, we discovered a new, very dim source (a few times of 10^38 erg/s) near an ultra-luminous X-ray source which was not resolved in previous XMM-Newton observations. Its location is coincident with an SDSS optical counterpart classified as a galaxy in the center of the compact region of Mrk 59. Our VLBI and VLA observations reveal a compact radio source at the Chandra position, indicating the presence of a jet. We request a total 150 ks of Chandra ACIS-S exposure to confirm the accretion activity, to study the variability, and to constrain the spectral state and column density of the AGN in this dwarf galaxy.
- Publication:
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Chandra Proposal
- Pub Date:
- September 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016cxo..prop.4955Y