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We present a detailed analysis of three globular cluster X-ray sources in the XMM-Newton extended survey of M31. The X-ray counterpart to the M31 globular cluster Bo 45 (XBo 45) was observed with XMM-Newton on 2006 December 26. Its combined pn+MOS 0.3-10 keV light curve was seen to vary by similar to 10%, and its 0.3-7.0 keV emission spectrum was well described by an absorbed power law with photon index 1: 44 +/- 0: 12. Its variability and emission is characteristic of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) in the low-hard state, whether the accretor is a neutron star or black hole. Such behavior is typically observed at luminosities less than or similar to 10% Eddington. However, XBo 45 exhibited this behavior at an unabsorbed, 0.3-10 keV luminosity of 2.5 +/- 0.2 x 10(38) erg s(-1), or similar to 140% Eddington for a 1.4 M(circle dot) neutron star accreting hydrogen. Hence, we identify XBo 45 as a new candidate black hole LMXB. XBo 45 appears to have been consistently bright for similar to 30 years, consistent with theoretical prediction for a globular cluster black hole binary formed via tidal capture. Bo 375 was observed in the 2007 January 2 XMM-Newton observation, and has a two-component spectrum that is typical for a bright neutron star LMXB. Bo 135 was observed in the same field as Bo 45, and could contain either a black hole or a neutron star.
- 出版日期2008-12-20
- 单位清华大学
