Professor Andrew King (Leicester)
12th May 2004
"Ultraluminous X-ray Sources"
Abstract: Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) have apparent luminosities exceeding the likely Eddington value for stellar-mass black holes. I will discuss reasons why the majority are nevertheless probably X-ray binaries in unusual states, although a small subset may have more exotic origins. ULXs are strongly associated with star formation, and may have something to tell us about galaxy formation also.

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