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dc.contributor.authorSivakoff, G.R.
dc.contributor.authorKraft, R.P.
dc.contributor.authorJordan, A.
dc.contributor.authorJuett, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorForman, W.R.
dc.contributor.authorHardcastle, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorSarazin, C.L.
dc.contributor.authorBirkinshaw, M.
dc.contributor.authorBrassington, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorCroston, J.H.
dc.contributor.authorHarris, W.F.
dc.contributor.authorJones, C.
dc.contributor.authorMurray, S.S.
dc.contributor.authorRaychaudhury, S.
dc.contributor.authorWoodley, K.A.
dc.contributor.authorWorrall, D.M.
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-14T15:01:05Z
dc.date.available2011-12-14T15:01:05Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationSivakoff , G R , Kraft , R P , Jordan , A , Juett , A M , Evans , D A , Forman , W R , Hardcastle , M J , Sarazin , C L , Birkinshaw , M , Brassington , N , Croston , J H , Harris , W F , Jones , C , Murray , S S , Raychaudhury , S , Woodley , K A & Worrall , D M 2008 , ' A Transient Black-Hole Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Candidate in Centaurus A ' , The Astrophysical Journal , vol. 677 , pp. L27-L30 . https://doi.org/10.1086/587960
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/2747
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4223-1117/work/30391060
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/7261
dc.descriptionOriginal article can be found at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/apjl Copyright American Astronomical Society DOI: 10.1086/587960 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
dc.description.abstractWe report the discovery of a bright transient X-ray source, CXOU J132518.2–430304, toward Centaurus A (Cen A) using six new Chandra X-Ray Observatory observations in 2007 March-May. Between 2003 and 2007, its flux has increased by a factor of >770. The source is likely a low-mass X-ray binary in Cen A with unabsorbed 0.3-10 keV band luminosities of (2-3) × 1039ergs s−1 and a transition from the steep-power-law state to the thermal state during our observations. CXOU J132518.2–430304 is the most luminous X-ray source in an early-type galaxy with extensive timing information that reveals transience and a spectral state transition. Combined with its luminosity, these properties make this source one of the strongest candidates to date for containing a stellar-mass black hole in an early-type galaxy. Unless this outburst lasts many years, the rate of luminous transients in Cen A is anomalously high compared to other early-type galaxies.en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofThe Astrophysical Journal
dc.titleA Transient Black-Hole Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Candidate in Centaurus Aen
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.contributor.institutionScience & Technology Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Astrophysics Research
dc.contributor.institutionSPECS Deans Group
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Engineering & Computer Science
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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