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Irradiation models for ULXs and fits to HST observations of NGC 4559 X-7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2006

Chris Copperwheat ,
Mark Cropper ,
Roberto Soria  and
Kinwah Wu
Chris Copperwheat
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
Mark Cropper
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
Roberto Soria
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: cmc@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Kinwah Wu
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
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Abstract

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We detail a model we have created to describe the optical emission from a ULX in terms of an irradiated companion star and disk. We apply this model to optical observations of ULX X-7 in NGC 4559. We revise the parameters of the companion star in this system to be older, less massive and of a later spectral type than previously reported. We find the black hole to be of a few hundred solar masses at most.

Keywords

accretionaccretion disksblack hole physicsX-rays: galaxiesX-rays: stars
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies , August 2005 , pp. 300 - 301
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2006 International Astronomical Union