An ultraluminous supersoft source with a 4 hour modulation in NGC 4631

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Carpano, S ^a   Pollock, A M T ^a   King, A R ^b   Wilms, J ^c   Ehle, M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: NGC 4631; X rays: binaries; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BOLOMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 4631; X-RAYS: BINARIES; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 34548099277     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077605     Document Type: Article

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