An environmental study of the ultraluminous X-ray source population in early-type galaxies

Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are some of the brightest phenomena found outside of a galaxy's nucleus, and their explanation typically invokes accretion of material onto a black hole. Here, we perform the largest population study to date of ULXs in early-type galaxies, focusing on whether...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Plotkin, Richard, Gallo, E., Miller, B., Baldassare, V., Treu, T., Woo, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52532