IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: HYPERLUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES (HLXS) WITH X-RAY LUMINOSITIES HAVE 1E42 ERG/S AR…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNG12PP09P
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Apr 13, 2012 – Sep 30, 2012
- NAICS
- 541330 — Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- CA
Public award description
IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: HYPERLUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES (HLXS) WITH X-RAY LUMINOSITIES HAVE 1E42 ERG/S ARE VERY LIKELY THE LONG-SOUGHT INTERMEDIATE-MASS BLACK HOLES (IMBHS) OF 1E2-1E5 SOLAR MASSES, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE RECENT INTENSIVE STUDIES OF HLX-1, THE ONLY HLX KNOWN SO FAR. TO BETTER STUDY THE HLX/IMBH POPULATIONS, WE HAVE SEARCHED FOR NEW HLXS ACROSS THE WHOLE SKY WITH THE ROSAT ALL SKY SURVEY (RASS), YEILDING A SAMPLE OF 10 NEW HLXS. HERE WE REQUEST 150KS TO OBSERVE FIVE HLXS WITH XMM/EPIC TO DETERMINE THE FINE SPECTRAL FEATURES ASSOCIATED ACCRETION STATES, AND TO STUDY THE CORRELATED SPECTRAL AND TIMING PROPERTIES IN HOPE TO ESTIMATE THE BLACK HOLE MASSES.
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