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ultraluminous X-ray sources<br />

• ULXs are non-nuclear X-ray point sources with Lx ><br />

2 X 10 39 erg/s, i.e., more luminous than the Eddington<br />

luminosity for stellar mass black holes, and could be intermediate<br />

mass black holes of 30 - 10 5 Ms<br />

• key questions<br />

• are they stellar mass black holes or IMBHs

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