Super-Eddington Accretion through a Multiwavelength Lens: Searching for Counterparts of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
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| author | Amato, R. Bachetti, M. Soria, R. Gúrpide, A. Imbrogno, M. Salvaggio, C. Salvaterra, R. Del Santo, M. Scaringi, S. Casella, P. Wolter, A. |
| author_facet | Amato, R. Bachetti, M. Soria, R. Gúrpide, A. Imbrogno, M. Salvaggio, C. Salvaterra, R. Del Santo, M. Scaringi, S. Casella, P. Wolter, A. |
| contents | Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) represent the closest and most accessible laboratories to study sustained super-Eddington accretion onto compact objects. Over the past decade, the discoveries of coherent pulsations in a few ULXs has proved that these systems can be powered by accreting neutron stars, while the most luminous and distant ones remain strong candidates for hosting intermediate-mass black holes. Despite the increasing number of available X-ray data and the significant progress in theoretical modeling and simulations, our understanding of ULXs remains incomplete. Key open questions include the nature and mass distribution of the compact objects, the type of the donor stars, the geometry of the accretion disc and its contribution to the observed broadband emission, the mechanisms responsible for the wide spectral and temporal phenomenology, the duration of the super-Eddington accretion phase and its feedback on the host-galaxy environment. Future ground-based facilities will play a crucial role in addressing these issues. |
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| spellingShingle | Super-Eddington Accretion through a Multiwavelength Lens: Searching for Counterparts of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources Amato, R. Bachetti, M. Soria, R. Gúrpide, A. Imbrogno, M. Salvaggio, C. Salvaterra, R. Del Santo, M. Scaringi, S. Casella, P. Wolter, A. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) represent the closest and most accessible laboratories to study sustained super-Eddington accretion onto compact objects. Over the past decade, the discoveries of coherent pulsations in a few ULXs has proved that these systems can be powered by accreting neutron stars, while the most luminous and distant ones remain strong candidates for hosting intermediate-mass black holes. Despite the increasing number of available X-ray data and the significant progress in theoretical modeling and simulations, our understanding of ULXs remains incomplete. Key open questions include the nature and mass distribution of the compact objects, the type of the donor stars, the geometry of the accretion disc and its contribution to the observed broadband emission, the mechanisms responsible for the wide spectral and temporal phenomenology, the duration of the super-Eddington accretion phase and its feedback on the host-galaxy environment. Future ground-based facilities will play a crucial role in addressing these issues. |
| title | Super-Eddington Accretion through a Multiwavelength Lens: Searching for Counterparts of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20265 |