Session 50. Intermediate-luminosity X-ray Objects and Intermediate Mass Black Holes

Topical Session Oral, Wednesday, June 6, 2001, 8:30am-12:30pm, C101-104

50.01 Introductory Overview of Intermediate-luminosity X-ray Objects

E.J.M. Colbert (JHU)

50.02 Chandra observations of the IXO in the Starburst Galaxy NGC 3628

D.K. Strickland (JHU)

50.03 Theories of X-ray Emission from thin disks, slim disks, and ADAFs

S. Mineshige, K. Watarai (Kyoto), T. Manmoto (Chiba)

50.04 ASCA Results on ULXs

K. Makishima, A. Kubota, M. Sugiho, J. Kotoku (Dept. Physics, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan), T. Mizuno (Dept. Physical Science, Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

50.05 Mass Constraints from X-ray Observations of Accretion Disks, and Why ULXs are Unusual

K. Ebisawa (NASA/GSFC)

50.06 Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: Formation and Observational Constraints

R.P. van der Marel (STScI)

50.07 IXO Populations in Starburst and Low-Luminosity AGN Galaxies

A. Ptak (Carnegie Mellon University)

50.08 X-ray Properties and Environment of the Luminous x-ray Source in M82

P. Kaaret (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

50.09 Observational and Theoretical Constraints on the Progenitors of the Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources

J.N. Bregman (University of Michigan)

50.10 An X-ray/optical study of IXOs

T.P. Roberts, M.R. Goad, M.J. Ward, R.S. Warwick, P.T. O'Brien, P. Lira, A. Hands (University of Leicester)

50.11 The Population of Discrete Sources in the Antennae and M82 Star-Forming Galaxies

A. Zezas, G. Fabbiano (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), M. Ward (U of Leicester), A. Prestwich, S.S. Murray (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)