A Test to Establish that SS 433 is an Ultraluminous X-ray Source
Abstract
The X-ray binary SS 433, a Galactic microquasar, has been hypothesized to be an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) like those observed in nearby galaxies. It is well known that the compact object emits oppositely directed semi-relativistic jets that carry a much larger kinetic power than observed radiatively in the X-ray band. Much of the radiative power may be obscured from our view, which would link SS 433 to ULXs. SS 433 has extended X-ray emission, like Sy 2s where the extended gas is photo-excited by the obscured nuclear X-ray emission. We propose to test the model that SS 433's extended X-ray emission is reflected core emission by tracking the variability of the arc-second scale extended emission and testing for the expected correlation with the core flux.
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Chandra Proposal
- Pub Date:
- September 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022cxo..prop.6310M
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- Chandra Proposal ID #24400466