2026A&A...705A.136C -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 705A136 (2026/1-1)
The hard ultraluminous state of NGC 5055 ULX X-1.
CRUZ-SANCHEZ N., SAAVEDRA E.A., FOGANTINI F.A., GARCIA F. and COMBI J.A.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the results of the first broadband X-ray analysis of the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 5055 ULX X-1, combining simultaneous data from XMM-Newton and NuSTAR missions, with a combined exposure time of ∼100 ks across the 0.3-20 keV energy range. The source exhibits a stable flux across the entire exposure with no detectable pulsations by any instrument on their X-ray light curves, placing pulsed-fraction upper limits of 10% and 32% for XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, respectively. The X-ray spectrum is dominated by two thermal components consistent with the emission from an accretion disk, and shows a weak high-energy tail above 10 keV, with no statistical requirement for an additional nonthermal component. The unabsorbed 0.3 - 20 keV luminosity is ∼2 × 1040 erg s–1, evidencing the ULX nature of the source. The parameters obtained from spectral modeling are consistent with the hard ultraluminous state. Despite the fact that a neutron-star accretor cannot be ruled out by the available data, under the assumption that the compact object in NGC 5055 ULX X-1 is a black hole accreting through a geometrically thick, radiation-pressure-supported disk that drives an optically thick wind, we constrained its putative mass to 11 - 26 M⊙.
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© The Authors 2026
Journal keyword(s):
accretion - accretion disks - stars: black holes - stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries
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