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XMM-Newton observations of the M31 northern disk: Properties of selected X-ray sources and diffuse emission

S. Trudolyubov·O. Kotov·W. Priedhorsky·F. Cordova·K. Mason
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We present the results of XMM-Newton survey of the northern part of the disk of M31. The results of a spectral and timing analysis of the thirty seven brightest sources are presented. Combining the results of X-ray analysis with available data at other wavelengths, we were able to classify ~50%, or 19 out of 37 sources. Two sources in our sample were previously unknown: the hard X-ray source XMMU J004415.8+413057 and a transient supersoft source XMMUJ004414.1+412206. We report the discovery of possible X-ray pulsations from the source XMMUJ004415.8+413057 with a period of 197 s. The spectral and timing properties of XMMU J004415.8+413057 make it first accreting X-ray pulsar candidate detected in M31. We report on the first unambiguous detection of the soft unresolved X-ray emission from the disk of M31. The unresolved emission follows the pattern of the spiral arms and can be traced up to distance of ~0.5 deg (~7 kpc at 760 kpc) from the center of the galaxy. The spectrum of the unresolved emission shows dominant soft thermal component which can be fitted with a ~0.3 keV optically thin thermal plasma emission models. We suggest that significant part of this diffuse soft X-ray component may represent hot diffuse gas in the spiral arms of M31 and emission from normal stars in the disk of M31.

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S. Trudolyubov, O. Kotov, W. Priedhorsky, F. Cordova, K. Mason. 2004-01-13. XMM-Newton observations of the M31 northern disk: Properties of selected X-ray sources and diffuse emission. https://doi.org/10.1086/496940

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