Ultraluminous X-ray source populations in the Chandra Source Catalog 2.0
Abstract
The nature and evolution of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) is an open problem in astrophysics. They challenge our current understanding of stellar compact objects and accretion physics. The recent discovery of pulsar ULXs further demonstrates the importance of this intriguing and rare class of objects.
- Publication:
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High-mass X-ray Binaries: Illuminating the Passage from Massive Binaries to Merging Compact Objects
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921318008086
- Bibcode:
- 2019IAUS..346..247K
- Keywords:
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- X-rays: binaries;
- X-rays: galaxies;
- catalogs