A minor merger scenario for the ultraluminous X-ray source ESO 243-49 HLX-1-II. Constraints from photometry

A minor merger scenario for the ultraluminous X-ray source ESO 243-49 HLX-1-II. Constraints from photometry

The point-like X-ray source HLX-1, close to the S0 galaxy ESO 243-49, is the brightest knownultraluminous X-ray source and one the strongest intermediate-mass black hole candidates.Weargue that the counterpart of HLX-1 may be the nucleus of a satellite galaxy, undergoing minormerger with the S0 gala...

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Main Authors: Mapelli, M, Annibali, F, Zampieri, L, Soria, Roberto
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
Subjects:
methods: numerical
galaxies: interactions
X-rays: individual: HLX-1
galaxies: individual: ESO 243-49
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12080

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12080

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