Populations of supersoft X‐ray sources: Novae, tidal disruption, Type Ia supernovae, accretion‐induced collapse, ionization, and intermediatemass black holes?
Populations of supersoft X‐ray sources: Novae, tidal disruption, Type Ia supernovae, accretion‐induced collapse, ionization, and intermediatemass black holes?
Observations of hundreds of supersoft x-ray sources (SSSs) in external galaxies have shed light on the diversity of the class and on the natures of the sources. SSSs are linked to the physics of Type Ia supernovae and accretion-induced collapse, ultraluminous x-ray sources and black holes, the ionization of the …