OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FOR SUPER-EDDINGTON ACCRETION IN TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENTS (TDES) THOUGH LONG SUSPECTED HAS BEEN VAGUE. A DECADE-LONG TDE RECENTLY DISCOVERED BY US SUGGESTED THAT THE SUPER-EDDINGTON ACCRETION PHASE IN A TDE CAN BE CHARACTERIZED BY QUASI-SOFT X-RAY SPECTRA (KT 0.3 KEV) AT AROUND THE EDDINGTON LUMINOSITY. IT IS CRITICAL TO STUDY MORE SUCH OBJECTS TO TEST THIS IMPLICATION. WE HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW EVENTS IN TWO RECENT XMM-NEWTON OBSERVATIONS WITH SUCH SUPER-EDDINGTON ACCRETION CHARACTERISTICS. WE REQUEST TO FOLLOW UP BOTH OF THEM (24 KS EACH) BY XMM-NEWTON IN AO17 TO SEARCH FOR SPECTRAL STATE TRANSITION AND MONITOR FLUX DECAY IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THEIR SUPER-EDDINGTON ACCRETING TDE NATURE.
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