A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: Hyperluminous X-ray Sources
Published: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	060167
Title	Hyperluminous X-ray Sources
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0601670101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-gtn4lbz
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Timothy Roberts
Abstract	It is now thought that most ultraluminous X-ray sources harbour stellar remnant(up to 100 M(sun)) black holes undergoing extreme accretion. However, this doesnot preclude some ULXs being powered by larger intermediate-mass black holes.Perhaps the best candidates are the rare hyperluminous X-ray sources, the mostluminous of ULXs with L(x) above 10^41 erg/s. Here we propose XMM-Newtonobservations of two HLXs found as serendipitous sources in the 2XMM catalogue.We will determine whether their characteristics are similar to other ULXs, e.g.showing a spectral break at a few keV, implying they are small black holesaccreting at extreme rates, or whether they instead appear like IMBHs accretingin a sub-Eddington (high or very high) state.
Publications	A Multiwavelength Study of a Sample of 70 mum Selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field. I. Spectral Energy Distributions and Luminosities \|Kartaltepe Jeyhan S. Sanders D. B. et al. \| ApJ \| 709-572 \| 2010 \| 2010ApJ...709..572K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010ApJ...709..572K The most extreme ultraluminous X-ray sources: evidence for intermediate-mass black holes? \|Sutton Andrew D. Roberts Timothy P. et al. \| MNRAS \| 423-1154 \| 2012 \| 2012MNRAS.423.1154S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.423.1154S An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-Ray Background. II. An All-Sky Catalog of Diffuse O VII and O VIII Emission Intensities \|Henley David B. Shelton Robin L. \| ApJS \| 202-14 \| 2012 \| 2012ApJS..202...14H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJS..202...14H On the black hole masses in ultra-luminous X-ray sources \|Zhou Xin-Lin \| NewA \| 37-1 \| 2015 \| 2015NewA...37....1Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015NewA...37....1Z Non-detection of X-ray emission from sterile neutrinos in stacked galaxy spectra \|Anderson Michael E. Churazov Eugene \| MNRAS \| 452-3905 \| 2015 \| 2015MNRAS.452.3905A \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.452.3905A The Interaction of the Fermi Bubbles with the Milky Ways Hot Gas Halo \|Miller Matthew J. Bregman Joel N. \| ApJ \| 829-9 \| 2016 \| 2016ApJ...829....9M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...829....9M The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue \|Flesch Eric W. \| PASA \| 33-52 \| 2016 \| 2016PASA...33...52F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016PASA...33...52F A new clean catalogue of extragalactic non-nuclear X-ray sources in nearby galaxies \|Earnshaw H. P. Roberts T. P. et al. \| MNRAS \| 483-5554 \| 2019 \| 2019MNRAS.483.5554E \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019MNRAS.483.5554E An X-Ray- and SZ-bright Diffuse Source toward M31: A Local Hot Bridge \|Qu Zhijie Huang Rui et al. \| ApJ \| 907-14 \| 2021 \| 2021ApJ...907...14Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021ApJ...907...14Q Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang Yanxia Zhao Yongheng \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z The impact of precession on the observed population of ULXs \|Khan Norman Middleton Matthew J. et al. \| MNRAS \| 509-2493 \| 2022 \| 2022MNRAS.509.2493K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022MNRAS.509.2493K The Solar Cycle Temporal Variation of the Solar Wind Charge Exchange X-Ray Lines \|Qu Zhijie Koutroumpa Dimitra et al. \| ApJ \| 930-21 \| 2022 \| 2022ApJ...930...21Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022ApJ...930...21Q The Redshift Evolution of Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources out to z 0.5: Comparison with X-Ray Binary Populations and Contribution to the Cosmic X-Ray Background \|Scott Barrows R. Comerford Julia M. et al. \| ApJ \| 932-27 \| 2022 \| 2022ApJ...932...27S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022ApJ...932...27S The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII O VIII and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan Zeyang Qu Zhijie et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez Antonio C. \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D Search for Young Stellar Objects within 4XMM-DR13 Using CatBoost and SPE \|Ma Xiangyao Zhang Yanxia et al. \| AJ \| 168-210 \| 2024 \| 2024AJ....168..210M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024AJ....168..210M New 511 keV Line Data Provide Strongest sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 973-L6 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...973L...6D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...973L...6D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2009-06-27T06:13:20Z/2009-06-27T22:33:36Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-08-04
Keywords	"XMM", "XMM-Newton", "stellar remnant", "imbhs accreting", "2xmm catalogue", "hyperluminous xray sources", "blackhole accreting", "ultraluminous xray sources", "xmm newton", "spectral break", "sub eddington", "msun blackhole"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Timothy Roberts, 2010, 'Hyperluminous X-ray Sources', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-gtn4lbz