The slim-disk state of the ultraluminous X-ray source in M83

The transient ULX in M83 that went into outburst in, or shortly before, 2010 is still active. Our new XMM-Newton spectra show that it has a curved spectrum typical of the upper end of the high/soft state or slim-disk state. It appears to be spanning the gap between Galactic stellar-mass black holes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Soria, Roberto, Kuntz, K., Long, K., Blair, W., Plucinsky, P., Winkler, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33376