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| author | Sacchi, A. Imbrogno, M. Motta, S. E. Esposito, P. Israel, G. L. Vago, N. O. Pinciroli De Luca, A. Marelli, M. Pintore, F. Castillo, G. A. Rodríguez Salvaterra, R. Tiengo, A. |
| author_facet | Sacchi, A. Imbrogno, M. Motta, S. E. Esposito, P. Israel, G. L. Vago, N. O. Pinciroli De Luca, A. Marelli, M. Pintore, F. Castillo, G. A. Rodríguez Salvaterra, R. Tiengo, A. |
| contents | We report on the multi-year evolution of the population of X-ray sources in the nuclear region of NGC 3621 based on Chandra, XMM-Newton and Swift observations. Among these, two sources, X1 and X5, after their first detection in 2008, seem to have faded below the detectability threshold, a most interesting fact as X1 is associated with the AGN of the galaxy. Two other sources, X3 and X6 are presented for the first time, the former showing a peculiar short-term variability in the latest available dataset, suggesting an egress from eclipse, hence belonging to the handful of known eclipsing ultra-luminous X-ray sources. One source, X4, previously known for its "heart-beat", i.e. a characteristic modulation in its signal with a period of $\approx1$ h, shows a steady behaviour in the latest observation. Finally, the brightest X-ray source in NGC 3621, here labelled X2, shows steady levels of flux across all the available datasets but a change in its spectral shape, reminiscent of the behaviours of Galactic disk-fed X-ray binaries. |
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| spellingShingle | The restless population of bright X-ray sources of NCG 3621 Sacchi, A. Imbrogno, M. Motta, S. E. Esposito, P. Israel, G. L. Vago, N. O. Pinciroli De Luca, A. Marelli, M. Pintore, F. Castillo, G. A. Rodríguez Salvaterra, R. Tiengo, A. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena We report on the multi-year evolution of the population of X-ray sources in the nuclear region of NGC 3621 based on Chandra, XMM-Newton and Swift observations. Among these, two sources, X1 and X5, after their first detection in 2008, seem to have faded below the detectability threshold, a most interesting fact as X1 is associated with the AGN of the galaxy. Two other sources, X3 and X6 are presented for the first time, the former showing a peculiar short-term variability in the latest available dataset, suggesting an egress from eclipse, hence belonging to the handful of known eclipsing ultra-luminous X-ray sources. One source, X4, previously known for its "heart-beat", i.e. a characteristic modulation in its signal with a period of $\approx1$ h, shows a steady behaviour in the latest observation. Finally, the brightest X-ray source in NGC 3621, here labelled X2, shows steady levels of flux across all the available datasets but a change in its spectral shape, reminiscent of the behaviours of Galactic disk-fed X-ray binaries. |
| title | The restless population of bright X-ray sources of NCG 3621 |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.00150 |