DISCOVERY OF THE CANDIDATE OFF-NUCLEAR ULTRASOFT HYPER-LUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCE 3XMM J141711.1+522541

DISCOVERY OF THE CANDIDATE OFF-NUCLEAR ULTRASOFT HYPER-LUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCE 3XMM J141711.1+522541

We report the discovery of an off-nuclear ultrasoft hyper-luminous X-ray source candidate 3XMM J141711.1+522541 in the inactive S0 galaxy SDSS J141711.07+522540.8 (z = 0.41827, d[subscript L] = 2.3 Gpc) in the Extended Groth Strip. It is located at a projected offset of ~1[" over .]0 (5.2 kpc)...

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Main Authors: Lin, Dacheng (Author), Carrasco, Eleazar R. (Author), Webb, Natalie A. (Author), Irwin, Jimmy A. (Author), Dupke, Renato (Author), Romanowsky, Aaron J. (Author), Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico (Author), Strader, Jay (Author), Homan, Jeroen (Contributor), Barret, Didier (Author), Godet, Olivier (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2016-05-24T01:12:20Z.
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