On the contribution of ULXs to stellar feedback: an intermediate mass
  black hole candidate and the population of ULXs in the low-metallicity
  starburst galaxy ESO 338-4
  X-ray radiation from accreting compact objects is an important part of
stellar feedback. The metal-poor galaxy ESO 338-4 has experienced vigorous
starburst during the last 40 Myr and contains some of the most massive super
star clusters in the nearby Universe. Given its starburst age and its
star-formation rate, ESO 338-4 is one of the most efficient nearby manufactures
of neutron stars and black holes, hence providing an excellent laboratory for
feedback studies. We compared X-ray images and spectra obtained by XMM-Newton
and Chandra telescopes with integral field spectroscopic VLT MUSE observations
in the optical to constrain the nature of strong X-ray emitters. X-ray
observations uncover three ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) in ESO 338-4. The
brightest among them, ESO 338~X-1, has X-ray luminosity in excess of 10^{40}
erg/s. We speculate that ESO 338-4 is powered by accretion on an
intermediate-mass (~300Msun) black hole. We show that X-ray radiation from ULXs
and hot superbubbles strongly contributes to HeII ionization and general
stellar feedback in this template starburst galaxy.
