CXOU J132527.6-430023

CXOU J132527.6-430023 is a ULX stellar mass Transient Sub-Eddington black hole candidate in the nearby galaxy of NGC 5128 (Centaurus A).[1]

Discovery

CXOU J132527.6−430023 was discovered in 2007 during a series of Observations done by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Centaurus A. The source brightened by more than two orders of magnitude between March and June 2007, reaching a peak unabsorbed luminosity of ~2 × 1038 erg/s, before fading below detectability in subsequent observations.[2]

References

  1. ^ Burke, Mark J.; Raychaudhury, Somak; Kraft, Ralph P.; Brassington, Nicola J.; Hardcastle, Martin J.; Goodger, Joanna L.; Sivakoff, Gregory R.; Forman, William R.; Jones, Christine; Woodley, Kristin A.; Murray, Stephen S.; Kainulainen, Jouni; Birkinshaw, Mark; Croston, Judith H.; Evans, Daniel A. (April 2012). "A Transient Sub-Eddington Black Hole X-Ray Binary Candidate in the Dust Lanes of Centaurus A". Astrophysical Journal. 749 (2): 112. arXiv:1202.3149. Bibcode:2012ApJ...749..112B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/749/2/112. ISSN 0004-637X.
  2. ^ Burke, Mark J.; Raychaudhury, Somak; Kraft, Ralph P.; Maccarone, Thomas J.; Brassington, Nicola J.; Hardcastle, Martin J.; Kainulainen, Jouni; Woodley, Kristin A.; Goodger, Joanna L.; Sivakoff, Gregory R.; Forman, William R.; Jones, Christine; Murray, Stephen S.; Birkinshaw, Mark; Croston, Judith H. (2013-03-13). "SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF X-RAY BINARIES IN CENTAURUS A". The Astrophysical Journal. 766 (2): 88. arXiv:1302.0851. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/766/2/88. ISSN 0004-637X.
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