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, Carrasco, Eleazar R., Webb, Natalie A., Irwin, Jimmy A., Dupke, Renato, Romanowsky, Aaron J., Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico, Strader, Jay, Homan, Jeroen, Barret, Didier, Godet, Olivier
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102646