ULTRALUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES IN ARP 147

ULTRALUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES IN ARP 147

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory was used to image the collisional ring galaxy Arp 147 for 42 ks. We detect nine X-ray sources with luminosities in the range of (1.4-7) × 10[superscript 39] erg s[superscript -1] (assuming that the sources emit isotropically) in or near the blue knots of star formation...

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Main Authors: Pooley, D. (Author), Steinhorn, B. (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A (Author), Levine, Alan M (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A. (Contributor), Levine, Alan M. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-02-26T20:49:04Z.
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