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We propose the first association of an optical counterpart with a luminous supersoft X-ray source in M31, RX J0044.0+4118, observed with ROSAT in July 1991. The PSPC position is at 1.6" angular distance from a candidate nova in outburst in…

This paper presents the results of a study of X-ray spectral and flux variability on time scales from months to years, of the 123 brightest objects (including 46 type-1 AGN and 28 type-2 AGN) detected with XMM-Newton in the Lockman Hole…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Mateos , X. Barcons , F. J. Carrera , M. J. Page , M. T. Ceballos , G. Hasinger , A. C. Fabian

We have detected a transient X-ray source in the M31 bulge through a continuing monitoring campaign with the Chandra ACIS-I camera. The source was detected at R.A.=00:42:33.428 +/- 0.11'', Dec.=+41:17:03.37 +/- 0.11'' in only a single…

We have previously presented the results of a 325 MHz radio survey of M31, conducted with the A-configuration of the Very Large Array. In this survey, a total of 405 radio sources between <6" and 170" in extent were mapped with a resolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Joseph D. Gelfand , T. J. W. Lazio , B. M. Gaensler

We present a series of X-ray variability results from a long XMM-Newton + NuSTAR campaign on the bright, variable AGN NGC 3227. We present an analysis of the lightcurves, showing that the source displays typically softer-when-brighter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-30 A. P. Lobban , T. J. Turner , J. N. Reeves , V. Braito , L. Miller

The 13hr XMM-Newton/Chandra deep survey is the first of two extremely deep XMM-Newton fields observed by the XMM-OM consortium. A 120 ks Chandra mosaic, covering 0.2 square degrees, provides sensitive, confusion-free point source detection…

For many years, it has been claimed that the Galactic ridge X-ray emission at the Galactic Center (GC) is truly diffuse in nature. However, with the advancement of modern X-ray satellites, it has been found that most of the diffuse emission…

We present the results of the analysis of three XMM-Newton observations of the Willman 1 dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Wil 1). X-ray sources are classified on the basis of spectral analysis, hardness ratios, X-ray-to-optical flux ratio, X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-30 Sara Saeedi , Manami Sasaki

We present the classification of 26 optical counterparts to X-ray sources discovered in the Galactic Bulge Survey. We use (time-resolved) photometric and spectroscopic observations to classify the X-ray sources based on their…

The X-ray emission of neutron stars enables a probe of their temperatures, geometries, and magnetospheric properties. The current number of X-ray emitting pulsars is insufficient to rule out observational biases that may arise from poorly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-09 Armin Vahdat , Bettina Posselt , Andrea Santangelo , George G. Pavlov

We present the first detection of 24 {\mu}m variability in 24 sources in the Local Group galaxy M33. These results are based on 4 epochs of MIPS observations, which are irregularly spaced over ~750 days. We find that these sources are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Edward J. Montiel , Sundar Srinivasan , Geoffrey C. Clayton , Charles W. Engelbracht , Christopher B. Johnson

Power density spectra (PDS) that are characteristic of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) have been previously reported for M31 X-ray sources observed by XMM-Newton. However, we have recently discovered that these PDS are false positives…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Barnard , S. Trudolyubov , C. A. Haswell , U. C. Kolb , J. P. Osborne , W. H. Priedhorsky

We present ROSAT All-Sky Survey and ROSAT pointed observations (PSPC and HRI) of a complete sample of 113 bright soft X-ray AGN selected from the ROSAT Bright Source Catalog. We compare these observations in order to search for extreme…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D. Grupe , H. -C. Thomas , K. Beuermann

This paper reports the results of the analysis of the second ROSAT PSPC survey of M31 performed in summer 1992. We compare our results with those of the first survey. Within the ~10.7 deg^2 field of view, 396 individual X-ray sources are…

A Chandra ACIS-S imaging observation of the nearby galaxy M81 (NGC 3031) reveals 9 luminous soft X-ray sources. The local environments, X-ray spectral properties, and X-ray light curves of the sources are presented and discussed in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Douglas Swartz , Kajal Ghosh , Valery Suleimanov , Allyn Tennant , Kinwah Wu

We undertake a spectral study of a sample of bright X-ray sources taken from six XMM-Newton fields at high galactic latitudes, where AGN are the most populous class. These six fields were chosen such that the observation had an exposure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 M. A. Hassan , B. A. Korany , R. Misra , I. A. M. Issa , M. K. Ahmed , F. A. Abdel-Salam

We discovered eclipses and dips in two luminous (and highly variable) X-ray sources in M\,51. One (CXOM51 J132943.3$+$471135) is an ultraluminous supersoft source, with a thermal spectrum at a temperature of about 0.1 keV and characteristic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Song Wang , Roberto Soria , Ryan Urquhart , Jifeng Liu

Based on a deep XMM-Newton observation of the young open cluster NGC 6231, we derive the main X-ray properties of its early-type star population. Among the 610 X-ray sources detected in the field, 42 are associated with early-type stars. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Sana , Y. Naze , E. Gosset , G. Rauw , H. Sung , J. -M. Vreux

Based on XMM-Newton EPIC data of four pointings towards the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), results on timing and spectral analyses of 16 known high mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) and HMXB candidates in the SMC are presented. We confirm the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Manami Sasaki , Wolfgang Pietsch , Frank Haberl

We present a sample of 12 quasar candidates with highly variable soft X-ray emission from the 4th XMM-newton Serendipitous Source Catalog (4XMM-DR13) using random forest. We obtained optical to mid-IR photometric data for the 4XMM-DR13…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-16 Heng Wang , Yanli Ai , Yanxia Zhang , Yuming Fu , Wenfeng Wen , Liming Dou , Xue-Bing Wu , Xiangru Li , Zhiying Huo