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Name: A new heavyweight champion for stellar mass BHs? XMM and Chandra investigate
Published: 2013-07-19T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	069060
Title	A new heavyweight champion for stellar mass BHs? XMM and Chandra investigate
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0690600401
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-4dmhau2
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Robin Barnard
Abstract	The X-ray source associated with the M31 globular cluster Bo~135 (hereafter XBo135) may contain the largest stellar mass black hole (BH) to date. It has beenobserved several times with Chandra and XMM-Newton, and has always exhibitedemission spectra characteristic of the BH low state. XBo 135 exhibited thisbehaviour at ~4-6E+38 erg/s, suggesting a primary mass >50 Solar masses.Possible formation scenarios include stellar mergers in the cluster center, orthe direct collapse of a metal poor high mass star. We request 120 ks ofXMM-Newton time to investigate the metalicity, and a 5 ks Chandra pointing toaccurately locate the source. These observations will test the feasibility ofthese scenarios; in particular, a high metalicity will rule out direct collapse.
Publications	Chandra Identification of 26 New Black Hole Candidates in the Central Region of M31 \|Barnard R. Garcia M. R. \| ApJ \| 770-148 \| 2013 \| 2013ApJ...770..148B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013ApJ...770..148B The Second Ultraluminous X-Ray Source Transient in M31: Chandra Hubble Space Telescope and XMM Observations and Evidence for an Extended Corona \|Barnard R. Garcia M. \| ApJ \| 772-126 \| 2013 \| 2013ApJ...772..126B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013ApJ...772..126B The low or retrograde spin of the first extragalactic microquasar: implications for Blandford-Znajek powering of jets \|Middleton Matthew J. Miller-Jones James C. A. \| MNRAS \| 439-1740 \| 2014 \| 2014MNRAS.439.1740M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014MNRAS.439.1740M Fifty M31 Black Hole Candidates Identified by Chandra and XMM-Newton \|Barnard R. Garcia M. R. et al. \| ApJ \| 791-33 \| 2014 \| 2014ApJ...791...33B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014ApJ...791...33B Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov V. N. \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y XMM-Newton and Chandra Observations of the M31 Globular Cluster Black Hole Candidate XB135: A Heavyweight Contender Cut Down to Size \|Barnard R. Primini F. et al. \| ApJ \| 802-85 \| 2015 \| 2015ApJ...802...85B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015ApJ...802...85B EXTraS discovery of an 1.2-s X-ray pulsar in M 31 \|Esposito P. Israel G. L. et al. \| MNRAS \| 457-5 \| 2016 \| 2016MNRAS.457L...5E \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.457L...5E 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 The Slowest Spinning X-Ray Pulsar in an Extragalactic Globular Cluster \|Zolotukhin Ivan Yu. Bachetti Matteo et al. \| ApJ \| 839-125 \| 2017 \| 2017ApJ...839..125Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017ApJ...839..125Z Deep XMM-Newton observations of the northern disc of M31. II. Tracing the hot interstellar medium \|Kavanagh Patrick J. Sasaki Manami et al. \| A&A \| 637-12 \| 2020 \| 2020A&A...637A..12K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020A&A...637A..12K 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 EXTraS project: Exploring the X-ray transient and variable sky \|De Luca A. Salvaterra R. et al. \| A&A \| 650-167 \| 2021 \| 2021A&A...650A.167D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021A&A...650A.167D An XMM-Newton View of the Andromeda Galaxy as Explored in a Legacy Survey (New-ANGELS). I. The X-Ray Source Catalog \|Huang Rui Li Jiang-Tao et al. \| ApJS \| 268-36 \| 2023 \| 2023ApJS..268...36H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023ApJS..268...36H 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 Classifying the high-energy sky with spectral and timing methods \|Kreikenbohm Annika \| PhDT \| 0-105 \| 2019 \| 2019PhDT.......105K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019PhDT.......105K 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	2012-06-26T05:23:25Z/2012-06-27T15:22:40Z
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	2013-07-19T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-08-04
Keywords	"XMM", "cluster center", "heavyweight champion", "stellar mergers", "XMM-Newton", "formation scenarios", "solar masses", "M31", "emission spectra characteristic", "xray source", "xmm newton", "mass star", "primary mass", "stellar mass bhs", "bh low", "xmm newton time", "xbo 135"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Robin Barnard, 2013, 'A new heavyweight champion for stellar mass BHs? XMM and Chandra investigate', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-4dmhau2