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Luminous Supersoft X‐Ray Sources in External Galaxies

Luminous Supersoft X‐Ray Sources in External Galaxies

We use a set of conservative criteria to identify luminous supersoft X-ray sources (SSSs) in external galaxies. We test this approach on blackbody models and then apply it to Chandra data from four galaxies: an elliptical galaxy (NGC 4967), two face-on spiral galaxies (M101 and M83), and an interacting galaxy …