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Using the $\gamma$-ray data obtained with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard {\it the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi)} for $\sim$14 years, we examine the high energy emission emanating from the center of the Andromeda Galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , Dong Zheng , Jie Li

We present the results of a temporal and spectral analysis of the transient source ULX-4 in the galaxy M51. The data used were drawn from Chandra, XMM-Newton and Swift-XRT archives, spanning the years 2000-2019. The X-ray flux of the source…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-21 S. Allak , A. Akyuz , İ. Akkaya Oralhan , S. Avdan , N. Aksaker , A. Vinokurov , F. Soydugan , E. Sonbas , K. S. Dhuga

We report the discovery of an X-ray transient, observed in outburst with XMM-Newton on March 20, 2003, and with position 18h12m27.8s, -18 12 34 (J2000, approximate positional error 2"). No known source is present at this position and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Edward M. Cackett , Rudy Wijnands , Ron Remillard

We present the global X-ray properties of the point source population in the grand-design spiral galaxy M101, as seen with XMM-Newton. 108 X-ray sources are detected within the D25 ellipse of M101, of which ~24 are estimated to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. P. Jenkins , T. P. Roberts , R. S. Warwick , R. E. Kilgard , M. J. Ward

Context. We report the discovery of a new luminous supersoft source, XMMU J005455.0-374117, in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300, in XMM-Newton observations performed on 2005 May 22 and on 2005 November 25. The source is not present in ROSAT…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Carpano , J. Wilms , M. Schirmer , E. Kendziorra

We report on the results of X-ray observations of 4XMM J111816.0-324910, a transient ultra-luminous X-ray source located in the galaxy NGC 3621. This system is characterised by a transient nature and marked variability with characteristic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-12 S. E. Motta , M. Marelli , F. Pintore , P. Esposito , R. Salvaterra , A. De Luca , G. L. Israel , A. Tiengo , G. A. Rodríguez Castillo

Soft X-ray transients are systems that are detected when they go into an outburst, wherein their X-ray luminosity increases several orders of magnitude. These outbursts are markers of the poorly understood change in the spectral state of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-21 Neal Titus Thomas , Shivappa B. Gudennavar , Ranjeev Misra , Bubbly S. G

We report on the serendipitous discovery of a new transient in NGC 5907, at a peak luminosity of 6.4x10^{39} erg/s. The source was undetected in previous 2012 Chandra observations with a 3 sigma upper limit on the luminosity of 1.5x10^{38}…

We report the results of Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of a new outburst of an ultraluminous supersoft X-ray source in M101. CXOU J140332.3+542103 was observed in a low luminosity state (L_x~1e37 erg/s) between 2004 January and May.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. K. H. Kong , R. Di Stefano , F. Yuan

We present the results of a study based on an XMM-Newton Performance Verification observation of the central 30 arcmin of the nearby spiral galaxy M31. In the 34-ks European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) exposure, we detect 116 sources down…

XMM-Newton EPIC observations have revealed a bright point-like X-ray source in the nearby Magellanic-type galaxy NGC 55. At the distance of NGC 55, the maximum observed X-ray luminosity of the source, designated as XMMU J001528.9-391319, is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A-M. Stobbart , T. P. Roberts , R. S. Warwick

We report the discovery of a radio transient in the spiral galaxy M81. The transient was detected in early 2015 as part of a two-year survey of M81 made up of 12 epochs using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. While undetected on 2014…

We combine 9 ROSAT, 9 Chandra, and 2 XMM-Newton observations of the Cen~A galaxy to obtain the X-ray light curve of 1RXH J132519.8-430312 (=CXOU J132519.9$-$430317) spanning 1990 to 2003. The source reached a peak 0.1-2.4 keV flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kajal K. Ghosh , Mark H. Finger , Douglas A. Swartz , Allyn F. Tennant , Kinwah Wu

Long observation (1972 - 2009) of the powerful discrete source in Galaxy Cygnus X-3 discovered its main properties and let to develop a real model of this unique object. It is short binary system with 4.8 hour orbital period including…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-05-07 A. M. Galper , B. I. Luchkov , Yu. T. Yurkin

X-ray binaries in the Milky Way are among the brightest objects on the X-ray sky. With the increasing sensitivity of recent missions, it is now possible to study X-ray binaries in nearby galaxies. We present data on six luminous sources in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 K. Mukai , W. D. Pence , S. L. Snowden , K. D. Kuntz

We present detailed analysis of three globular cluster X-ray sources in the XMM-Newton extended survey of M31. The X-ray counterpart to the M31 globular cluster Bo 45 (XBo 45) was observed with XMM-Newton on 2006 December 26. Its combined…

Motivated by the recently discovered class of faint (10^34-10^35 ergs/s) X-ray transients in the Galactic Center region, we investigate the 2-10 keV properties of classical and recurrent novae. Existing data are consistent with the idea…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 K. Mukai , M. Orio , M. Della Valle

We investigate the gamma-ray and X-ray emission from the transient gamma-ray source Fermi J0035+6131, which was discovered with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) near the Galactic plane at $b=1.3^\circ$, and we discuss potential…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-16 Dirk Pandel , Philip Kaaret

In this Letter, we report the discovery of a new bright radio transient in M82. Using the Very Large Array, we observed the nuclear region of M82 at several epochs at 22 GHz and detected a new bright radio source in this galaxy's central…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-28 A. Brunthaler , K. M. Menten , M. J. Reid , C. Henkel , G. C. Bower , H. Falcke

Galactic transients, X-ray and gamma-ray binaries provide a proper environment for particle acceleration. This leads to the production of gamma rays with energies reaching the GeV-TeV regime. MAGIC has carried out deep observations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Fernández-Barral , O. Blanch , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , D. F. Torres , C. Fruck , D. Hadasch , A. López-Oramas , P. Munar-Adrover , R. Zanin