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arxiv: 1210.3965 · v2 · pith:LIBVY6JQnew · submitted 2012-10-15 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.CO

The aperiodic variability of the Ultraluminous X-ray source in NGC 5408

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keywords sourcevariabilityx-rayblackholesaccretinganalyzeanti-correlation
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Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources are accreting black holes that might represent strong evidence of the Intermediate Mass Black Holes (IMBH), proposed to exist by theoretical studies but with no firm detection (as a class) so far. We analyze the best X-ray timing and spectral data from the ULX in NGC 5408 provided by XMM-Newton. The main goal is to study the broad-band noise variability of the source. We found an anti-correlation of the fractional root-mean square variability versus the intensity of the source, similar to black-hole binaries during hard states.

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