Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the Ultraluminous source NGC 4190 ULX-1

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Auteurs principaux: Combi, Jorge A., Fogantini, Federico A., Saavedra, Enzo A., Romero, Gustavo E., Abaroa, Leandro, García, Federico, Luque-Escamilla, Pedro, Martí, Josep, Cruz-Sanchez, Nelson
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author Combi, Jorge A.
Fogantini, Federico A.
Saavedra, Enzo A.
Romero, Gustavo E.
Abaroa, Leandro
García, Federico
Luque-Escamilla, Pedro
Martí, Josep
Cruz-Sanchez, Nelson
author_facet Combi, Jorge A.
Fogantini, Federico A.
Saavedra, Enzo A.
Romero, Gustavo E.
Abaroa, Leandro
García, Federico
Luque-Escamilla, Pedro
Martí, Josep
Cruz-Sanchez, Nelson
contents We present an X-ray analysis of three different XMM-Newton observations together with simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 4190 ULX-1. Our goal is to constrain the structure of the accretion disk and the geometrical properties of the source. We performed a temporal and spectral analyses in the 0.4--30 keV energy range where the source is significantly detected in dedicated XMM-Newton, NICER and NuSTAR observations. The temporal analysis shows no flaring activity in the light curves. No pulsation is detected throughout. The source exhibits a typical ULX spectrum, which can be fitted with two thermal blackbody components plus a Comptonization tail at high energies. The luminosity-temperature relation of each thermal spectral component is consistent with the $L \propto T^{2}$ relation expected from an advection-dominated supercritical disk. We interpret these results as a super-Eddington accreting black hole seen almost face-on. A dense wind ejected from the disk obscures the central source, and a hot electron plasma is evacuated through the funnel formed above the hole. Geometric beaming is responsible for the ULX soft emission, whereas the hard tail is the result of Comptonization of soft photons by the electrons ejected through the funnel.
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spellingShingle Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the Ultraluminous source NGC 4190 ULX-1
Combi, Jorge A.
Fogantini, Federico A.
Saavedra, Enzo A.
Romero, Gustavo E.
Abaroa, Leandro
García, Federico
Luque-Escamilla, Pedro
Martí, Josep
Cruz-Sanchez, Nelson
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present an X-ray analysis of three different XMM-Newton observations together with simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 4190 ULX-1. Our goal is to constrain the structure of the accretion disk and the geometrical properties of the source. We performed a temporal and spectral analyses in the 0.4--30 keV energy range where the source is significantly detected in dedicated XMM-Newton, NICER and NuSTAR observations. The temporal analysis shows no flaring activity in the light curves. No pulsation is detected throughout. The source exhibits a typical ULX spectrum, which can be fitted with two thermal blackbody components plus a Comptonization tail at high energies. The luminosity-temperature relation of each thermal spectral component is consistent with the $L \propto T^{2}$ relation expected from an advection-dominated supercritical disk. We interpret these results as a super-Eddington accreting black hole seen almost face-on. A dense wind ejected from the disk obscures the central source, and a hot electron plasma is evacuated through the funnel formed above the hole. Geometric beaming is responsible for the ULX soft emission, whereas the hard tail is the result of Comptonization of soft photons by the electrons ejected through the funnel.
title Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the Ultraluminous source NGC 4190 ULX-1
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12300