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Supersoft X-ray Sources in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

A.P. Cowley ,
P.C. Schmidtke ,
D. Crampton  and
J.B. Hutchings
A.P. Cowley
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, U.S.A.
P.C. Schmidtke
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, U.S.A.
D. Crampton
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Obs., 5071 W. Saanich Rd. Victoria, B.C., V8X 4M6, Canada
J.B. Hutchings
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Obs., 5071 W. Saanich Rd. Victoria, B.C., V8X 4M6, Canada

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Data obtained with ROSAT have established the “supersoft” X-ray sources (SSS) as a separate class of objects. Their unique features include temperatures of ∼30 eV and luminosities of ∼1038 erg s−1. Hasinger (1994) has recently summarized the properties of the SSS presently known in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds (cf., Kahabka & Trümper 1995). The six which are thought to be LMC members are listed in Table 1 and discussed individually, based primarily on optical data we have obtained at CTIO.

Type
7 Cataclysmic Variables
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 165: Compact Stars in Binaries , 1996 , pp. 439 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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