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 Title: Identifying a black hole X-ray transient in M 31 with XMM-Newton and Chandra Authors: Barnard, R.Kolb, U.Osborne, J. P. First Published: Aug-2004 Publisher: EDP Sciences for European Southern Observatory (ESO) Citation: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2004, 423 (1), pp. 147-153 Abstract: Stochastic variability in two out of four XMM-Newton observations of XMMU J004303+4115 along with its power spectra and X-ray luminosities suggest a low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) with a black hole primary. However, Chandra observations resolve the object into two point sources. We use data from 35 Chandra observations to analyse the contributions of each source, and attribute the variability to CXOM31 J004303.2+411528 (known as r2-3), which varies in intensity by a factor of ~100 between observations. We assume that the power density spectra of LMXBs are governed by the luminosity, and that the transition between types of power density spectra occurs at some critical luminosity in Eddington units, $l_{\rm c}$, that applies to all LMXBs. We use results from these XMM-Newton observations and past results from the available literature to estimate this transition luminosity, and find that all results are consistent with $l_{\rm c} \sim0.1$ in the 0.3-10 keV band. CXOM31 J004303.2+411528 exhibits a low accretion rate power density spectrum at a 0.3-10 keV luminosity of $5.3\pm0.6 \times 10^{37}$ erg s -1. Known stellar mass black holes have masses of 4-15 $~M_{\odot}$; hence our observations of CXOM31 J004303.2+411528 are consistent with $l_{\rm c} \sim0.1$ if it has a black hole primary. DOI Link: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035661 ISSN: 0004-6361 Links: http://hdl.handle.net/2381/26011http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2004/31/aa0661/aa0661.html Version: Publisher Version Status: Peer-reviewed Type: Journal Article Rights: Copyright © 2004 ESO. Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, © ESO. Appears in Collections: Published Articles, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

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