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Search for Serendipitous ULX Candidates in XMM-Newton Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2006

Yueheng Xu ,
Mike Watson ,
Timothy Roberts  and
Weimin Yuan
Yueheng Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK email: yx12@star.le.ac.uk, mgw@star.le.ac.uk, tro@star.le.ac.uk
Mike Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK email: yx12@star.le.ac.uk, mgw@star.le.ac.uk, tro@star.le.ac.uk
Timothy Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK email: yx12@star.le.ac.uk, mgw@star.le.ac.uk, tro@star.le.ac.uk
Weimin Yuan
Affiliation:
Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Phoenix Hill, PO Box 110, Kunming, Yunnan, 650011, China P.R. email: wmy@ynao.ac.cn
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Abstract

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We report the serendipitous discovery of several ULX candidates in XMM-Newton observations. Such discoveries suggest that ULXs are not a negligible component of the extragalactic X-ray source population.

Keywords

X-ray: galaxies
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies , August 2005 , pp. 308 - 309
Copyright
2006 International Astronomical Union