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The
Larg
e D
efic
it of
HM
XB E
mis
sion
from
the
Circ
umnu
clea
rSt
arbu
rst R
ing
in N
GC
755
2 an
d Lu
min
ous
Infr
ared
Gal
axie
sLa
cey
Wes
t,1Br
et L
ehm
er,1
Andr
ea P
rest
wic
h,2
Kris
ten
Gar
ofal
i,1R
afae
l Euf
rasi
o,1
Was
utep
Luan
gtip
,3Ti
m R
ober
ts,4
Andr
eas
Zeza
s21.
Uni
vers
ity o
f Ark
ansa
s –
2. “C
fA” 3
. Srin
akha
rinw
irotU
nive
rsity
–4.
Dur
ham
Uni
vers
ity INIT
IAL
RES
ULT
SA
ND
FUTU
RE
WO
RK
(1) I
ndiv
idua
l Cha
ndra
poin
t sou
rce
spec
tra a
ssoc
iate
d w
ith S
F kn
ots
(Fig
. 1) a
re fi
t wel
l by
two-
tem
pera
ture
hot
gas
pl
us s
teep
pow
er-la
w m
odel
com
pone
nts,
con
sist
ent w
ith e
xpec
tatio
ns fo
r a p
opul
atio
n of
XR
Bs (F
ig. 3
). Pa
ram
eter
s ar
e no
t tig
htly
con
stra
ined
by
this
dat
a se
t, so
we
will
use
addi
tiona
l Cha
ndra
obse
rvat
ions
and
our
ne
wly
-obt
aine
d N
uSTA
Rda
ta to
bet
ter c
onst
rain
the
mod
els.
(2) P
relim
inar
y an
alys
is o
f new
ly-o
btai
ned
NuS
TAR
data
is c
onsi
sten
t with
pre
dict
ions
for a
circ
umnu
clea
rreg
ion
that
is d
efic
ient
in X
RB
s gi
ven
its m
easu
red
SFR
, and
inco
nsis
tent
with
exp
ecta
tions
for a
bur
ied
popu
latio
n of
XR
Bs (F
ig. 2
).
(3) W
e w
ill us
e ob
serv
ed X
-ray
lum
inos
ities
(or u
pper
lim
its) d
eriv
ed fr
om C
hand
ra a
t the
loca
tion
of e
ach
star
-fo
rmin
g kn
ot, a
long
with
SFR
val
ues
at e
ach
loca
tion
(Bra
ndl e
t al.
2012
) to
com
pare
the
L X–
SFR
for e
ach
knot
w
ith th
e L X
(HM
XB)–
SFR
rela
tion
from
Leh
mer
et a
l. 20
19 fo
r sta
r-for
min
g ga
laxi
es. O
ur p
relim
inar
y an
alys
is o
f the
C
hand
raan
d N
uSTA
Rda
ta s
ugge
sts
that
mos
t of t
he k
nots
will
be in
cons
iste
nt w
ith th
e Le
hmer
et a
l. 20
19 re
latio
n,
likel
y du
e to
ver
y yo
ung
ages
(≲5
Myr
) and
/or h
igh
met
allic
ity (>
1.5
Z ⊙)
Figu
re 2
: Im
ages
of N
GC
755
2 fro
m (l
eft)
Cha
ndra
in th
e 2-
7 ke
V b
and
and
(rig
ht)
NuS
TAR
in th
e 12
-25
keV
ban
d. If
the
star
-form
ing
regi
on is
def
icie
nt in
XR
Bs,
we
wou
ld e
xpec
t 45
sour
ce c
ount
s an
d 17
8 ba
ckgr
ound
cou
nts
in th
e10-
20 k
eV b
and
from
ex
trapo
latin
g th
e C
hand
rada
ta. W
e m
easu
re 4
0.5
sour
ce a
nd 1
67.5
bac
kgro
und
coun
ts in
the
12-2
5 ke
V N
uSTA
Rda
ta, i
ndic
atin
g th
at th
ere
is n
o bu
ried
XR
B
popu
latio
n an
d th
at th
e re
gion
is d
efic
ient
in X
RB
s gi
ven
its m
easu
red
SFR
.
AB
STR
AC
TLu
min
ous
infra
red
gala
xies
(LIR
Gs)
, the
mos
t ext
rem
e st
ar-fo
rmin
g ga
laxi
es in
the
near
by (D
< 3
0 M
pc)
Uni
vers
e, s
how
a n
otab
le X
-ray
emis
sion
def
icie
ncy
(up
to a
fact
or o
f ~10
) com
pare
d w
ith p
redi
ctio
ns
from
sca
lings
of th
e hi
gh m
ass
X-ra
y bi
nary
(HM
XB) l
umin
osity
func
tion
with
sta
r-for
mat
ion
rate
. In
the
near
by (≈
20 M
pc) L
IRG
NG
C 7
552,
the
maj
ority
of t
he IR
em
issi
on o
rigin
ates
in a
circ
um-n
ucle
ar
star
burs
t rin
g, w
hich
has
bee
n re
solv
ed in
to s
ever
al d
iscr
ete
knot
s of
sta
r for
mat
ion.
We
pres
ent r
esul
ts
from
rece
nt C
hand
raob
serv
atio
ns o
f NG
C 7
552,
whi
ch re
veal
a m
ajor
def
icit
in th
e 2-
7 ke
V X-
ray
emis
sion
from
two
of th
e th
ree
mos
t pow
erfu
l sta
r-for
min
g kn
ots.
The
lum
inou
s H
MXB
pop
ulat
ions
in
thes
e kn
ots
are
thou
ght t
o be
eith
er (1
) mis
sing
due
to re
lativ
ely
high
met
allic
ity a
nd/o
r you
ng a
ges
in
thes
e kn
ots
or (2
) obs
cure
d by
a v
ery
larg
e co
lum
n de
nsity
. We
aim
to d
istin
guis
h be
twee
n th
ese
poss
ibilit
ies
with
dat
a fro
m v
ery
rece
nt N
uSTA
Rob
serv
atio
ns, w
hose
sen
sitiv
ity a
bove
10
keV
is
expe
cted
to u
ncov
er a
ny o
bscu
red
HM
XB p
opul
atio
n, s
ince
em
issi
on a
t the
se e
nerg
ies
is m
ore
imm
une
to a
bsor
ptio
n ef
fect
s.
Figu
re 3
: Fits
to C
hand
ra 0
.3-7
keV
spe
ctra
. Sou
rce
and
back
grou
nd m
odel
s fit
sim
ulta
neou
sly
to u
nbin
ned
spec
tra in
XS
PE
C.
Spe
ctra
ext
ract
ed fr
om th
e (le
ft) n
orth
ern
poin
t sou
rce,
(cen
ter)
sou
ther
n po
int s
ourc
e, a
nd (r
ight
) ent
ire n
ucle
ar re
gion
. Poi
nt
sour
ce s
pect
ra a
re fi
t wel
l by
two-
tem
pera
ture
(T ~
0.3
and
0.8
keV
) hot
gas
plu
s po
wer
-law
mod
els.
Alth
ough
not
tigh
tly
cons
train
ed, t
he d
ata
appe
ars
to p
refe
r a s
teep
pow
er-la
w s
lope
(Γ~
2.2-
2.3)
in b
oth
case
s. S
pect
ra b
inne
d fo
r plo
tting
pu
rpos
es o
nly.
Cha
ndra
bac
kgro
und
mod
el d
evel
oped
follo
win
g B
arta
lucc
iet a
l. 20
14.
Figu
re 1
: (Le
ft) C
arne
gie-
Irvin
e B
VR
imag
e of
NG
C 7
552,
(cen
ter)
“zoo
med
-in” V
LT V
ISIR
imag
e of
the
[Ne
II]-e
mitt
ing
star
-form
ing
knot
s, a
s de
fined
by
Bra
ndl e
t al.
(201
2), a
nd (r
ight
) Cha
ndra
2–7
keV
imag
e of
the
sam
e ”z
oom
ed-in
” reg
ion,
with
kno
t loc
atio
ns la
bele
d. T
he m
ost
pow
erfu
l sta
r-for
min
g kn
ots
(M1
and
M2)
sho
w m
ajor
def
icits
in th
eir X
-ray
em
issi
on fo
r the
ir S
FRs.
We
seek
to d
eter
min
e w
ith N
uSTA
Rw
heth
er th
is p
opul
atio
n is
bur
ied
behi
nd a
ver
y la
rge
obsc
urin
g co
lum
n or
if th
e po
pula
tion
is s
impl
y no
t pre
sent
due
to a
ge a
nd/o
r m
etal
licity
effe
cts.
Figu
re 4
: We
will
use
obs
erve
d X
-ray
lum
inos
ities
(or u
pper
lim
its)
deriv
ed fr
om C
hand
raat
the
loca
tion
of e
ach
star
-form
ing
knot
, al
ong
with
SFR
val
ues
at e
ach
loca
tion
(Bra
ndl e
t al.
2012
) to
com
pare
the
L X –
SFR
for e
ach
knot
with
the
L X(H
MX
B)–
SFR
re
latio
n fro
m L
ehm
er e
t al.
2019
for s
tar-f
orm
ing
gala
xies
, sho
wn
abov
e. B
ased
on
our i
nitia
l ana
lysi
s, w
e ex
pect
mos
t of t
he k
nots
w
ill n
ot b
e co
nsis
tent
with
this
rela
tion,
like
ly d
ue to
age
/met
allic
ity
effe
cts.
Ack
now
ledg
emen
ts
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owle
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ortf
rom
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