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111. Chandra J1030 Redshift identification
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/656/A117
Title:
Chandra J1030 Redshift identification
Short Name:
J/A+A/656/A117
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We publicly release the spectroscopic and photometric redshift catalog of the sources detected with Chandra in the field of the z=6.3 quasar SDSS J1030+0525. This is currently the fifth deepest X-ray field, and reaches a 0.5-2keV flux limit f_0.5-2_=6x10^-17^erg/s/cm^2^. By using two independent methods, we measure a photometric redshift for 243 objects, while 123 (51%) sources also have a spectroscopic redshift, 110 of which coming from an INAF-Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) Strategic Program. We use the spectroscopic redshifts to determine the quality of the photometric ones, and find it in agreement with that of other X-ray surveys which used a similar number of photometric data-points. In particular, we measure a sample normalized median absolute deviation sigma_NMAD_=1.48xmedia(||z_phot_-z_spec_||/(1+z_spec_)=0.065. We use these new spectroscopic and photometric redshifts to study the properties of the Chandra J1030 field. We observe several peaks in our spectroscopic redshift distribution between z=0.15 and z=1.5, and find that the sources in each peak are often distributed across the whole Chandra field of view. This evidence confirms that X-ray selected AGN can efficiently track large-scale structures over physical scales of several Mpc. Finally, we computed the Chandra J1030 z>3 number counts: while the spectroscopic completeness at high-redshift of our sample is limited, our results point towards a potential source excess at z>=4, which we plan to either confirm or reject in the near future with dedicated spectroscopic campaigns.
112. Chandra large-scale extragalactic jets. I.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/197/24
Title:
Chandra large-scale extragalactic jets. I.
Short Name:
J/ApJS/197/24
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
In this paper, we report the first stages of an investigation into the X-ray properties of extragalactic jets (XJET project). Our approach is to subject all sources for which X-ray emission has been detected by Chandra to uniform reduction procedures. Using Chandra archival data for 106 such sources, we measure X-ray fluxes in three bands and compare these to radio fluxes. We discuss the sample, the reduction methods, and present first results for the ratio of X-ray to radio flux for jet knots and hotspots. In particular, we apply statistical tests to various distributions of key observational parameters to evaluate differences between the different classes of sources.
113. Chandra observations of 2106 radio-quiet QSOs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/492/719
Title:
Chandra observations of 2106 radio-quiet QSOs
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/492/719
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present Chandra observations of 2106 radio-quiet quasars in the redshift range 1.7<=z<=2.7 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), through data release fourteen (DR14, 2018ApJS..235...42A), that do not contain broad absorption lines (BAL) in their rest-frame UV spectra. This sample adds over a decade worth of SDSS and Chandra observations to our previously published sample of 139 quasars from SDSS DR5 which is still used to correlate X-ray and optical/UV emission in typical quasars. We fit the SDSS spectra for 753 of the quasars in our sample that have high-quality (large exposure time and small off-axis observation angle) X-ray observations, and analyze their X-ray properties (aox and daox) with respect to the measured CIV and MgII emission-line rest-frame equivalent width (EW) and the CIV emission-line blueshift. We find significant correlations (at the >=99.99% level) between aox and these emission-line parameters, as well as between daox and CIV EW. Slight correlations are found between daox and CIV blueshift, MgII EW, and the ratio of CIV EW to MgII EW. The best-fit trend in each parameter space is used to compare the X-ray weakness (daox) and optical/UV emission properties of typical quasars and weak-line quasars (WLQs). The WLQs clearly deviate from the expectation for every relationship, typically exhibiting much weaker X-ray emission than predicted by the typical quasar relationships. The best-fit relationships for our typical quasars are consistent with predictions from the disk-wind quasar model. The behavior of the WLQs with respect to our typical quasars can be explained by an X-ray shielding model.
114. Chandra observations of the 2QZ Cluster 1004+00
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/765/87
Title:
Chandra observations of the 2QZ Cluster 1004+00
Short Name:
J/ApJ/765/87
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present results from a {approx}100ks Chandra observation of the 2QZ Cluster 1004+00 structure at z=2.23 (hereafter 2QZ Clus). 2QZ Clus was originally identified as an overdensity of four optically-selected QSOs at z=2.23 within a 15x15arcmin^2^ region. Narrow-band imaging in the near-IR (within the K band) revealed that the structure contains an additional overdensity of 22 z=2.23 H{alpha}-emitting galaxies (HAEs), resulting in 23 unique z=2.23 HAEs/QSOs (22 within the Chandra field of view). Our Chandra observations reveal that three HAEs in addition to the four QSOs harbor powerfully accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs), with 2-10keV luminosities of ~(8-60)x10^43^erg/s and X-ray spectral slopes consistent with unobscured active galactic nucleus (AGN). Using a large comparison sample of 210 z=2.23 HAEs in the Chandra-COSMOS field (C-COSMOS), we find suggestive evidence that the AGN fraction increases with local HAE galaxy density. The 2QZ Clus HAEs reside in a moderately overdense environment (a factor of {approx}2 times over the field), and after excluding optically-selected QSOs, we find that the AGN fraction is a factor of {approx}3.5^+3.8^_-2.2_ times higher than C-COSMOS HAEs in similar environments. Using stacking analyses of the Chandra data and Herschel SPIRE observations at 250{mu}m, we respectively estimate mean SMBH accretion rates ((dM/dt)_BH_) and star formation rates (SFRs) for the 2QZ Clus and C-COSMOS samples.
115. Chandra Source Catalog
ID:
ivo://cxc.harvard.edu/csc
Title:
Chandra Source Catalog
Short Name:
CSC
Date:
24 Oct 2019
Publisher:
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Description:
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein Observatory and one of NASA"s Great Observatories. Chandra was formerly known as AXAF, the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, but renamed by NASA in December, 1998. Originally three instruments and a high-resolution mirror carried in one spacecraft, the project was reworked in 1992 and 1993. The Chandra spacecraft carries a high resolution mirror, two imaging detectors, and two sets of transmission gratings. Important Chandra features are: an order of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution, good sensitivity from 0.1 to 10 keV, and the capability for high spectral resolution observations over most of this range. The Chandra Source Catalog (CSC) includes information about X-ray sources detected in observations obtained using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Release 2.0 of the catalog includes 317,167 point, compact, and extended sources detected in ACIS and HRC-I imaging observations released publicly prior to the end of 2014. Observed source positions and multi-band count rates are reported, as well as numerous derived spatial, photometric, spectral, and temporal calibrated source properties that may be compared with data obtained by other telescopes. Each record includes the best estimates of the properties of a source based on data extracted from all observations in which the source was detected. The Chandra Source Catalog is extracted from the CXC"s Chandra Data Archive (CDA). The CXC should be acknowledged as the source of Chandra data. For detailed information on the Chandra Observatory and datasets see: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ for general Chandra information; http://cxc.harvard.edu/cda/ for the Chandra Data Archive; http://cxc.harvard.edu/csc/ for Chandra Source Catalog information.
116. Chandra Source Catalog Release 1
ID:
ivo://cxc.harvard.edu/cscr1
Title:
Chandra Source Catalog Release 1
Short Name:
CSCR1
Date:
24 Oct 2019
Publisher:
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Description:
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein Observatory and one of NASA"s Great Observatories. Chandra was formerly known as AXAF, the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, but renamed by NASA in December, 1998. Originally three instruments and a high-resolution mirror carried in one spacecraft, the project was reworked in 1992 and 1993. The Chandra spacecraft carries a high resolution mirror, two imaging detectors, and two sets of transmission gratings. Important Chandra features are: an order of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution, good sensitivity from 0.1 to 10 keV, and the capability for high spectral resolution observations over most of this range. The Chandra Source Catalog (CSC) includes information about X-ray sources detected in observations obtained using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Release 1.1 of the catalog includes about 138,000 point and compact sources with observed spatial extents less than ~30 arcsec detected in a subset of ACIS and HRC-I imaging observations released publicly prior to the end of 2009. Observed source positions and multi-band count rates are reported, as well as numerous derived spatial, photometric, spectral, and temporal calibrated source properties that may be compared with data obtained by other telescopes. Each record includes the best estimates of the properties of a source based on data extracted from all observations in which the source was detected. The Chandra Source Catalog is extracted from the CXC"s Chandra Data Archive (CDA). The CXC should be acknowledged as the source of Chandra data. For detailed information on the Chandra Observatory and datasets see: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ for general Chandra information; http://cxc.harvard.edu/cda/ for the Chandra Data Archive; http://cxc.harvard.edu/csc/ for Chandra Source Catalog information.
117. Chandra Source Catalog Release 2
ID:
ivo://cxc.harvard.edu/cscr2
Title:
Chandra Source Catalog Release 2
Short Name:
CSCR2
Date:
24 Oct 2019
Publisher:
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Description:
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein Observatory and one of NASA"s Great Observatories. Chandra was formerly known as AXAF, the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, but renamed by NASA in December, 1998. Originally three instruments and a high-resolution mirror carried in one spacecraft, the project was reworked in 1992 and 1993. The Chandra spacecraft carries a high resolution mirror, two imaging detectors, and two sets of transmission gratings. Important Chandra features are: an order of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution, good sensitivity from 0.1 to 10 keV, and the capability for high spectral resolution observations over most of this range. The Chandra Source Catalog (CSC) includes information about X-ray sources detected in observations obtained using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Release 2.0 of the catalog includes 317,167 point, compact, and extended sources detected in ACIS and HRC-I imaging observations released publicly prior to the end of 2014. Observed source positions and multi-band count rates are reported, as well as numerous derived spatial, photometric, spectral, and temporal calibrated source properties that may be compared with data obtained by other telescopes. Each record includes the best estimates of the properties of a source based on data extracted from all observations in which the source was detected. The Chandra Source Catalog is extracted from the CXC"s Chandra Data Archive (CDA). The CXC should be acknowledged as the source of Chandra data. For detailed information on the Chandra Observatory and datasets see: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ for general Chandra information; http://cxc.harvard.edu/cda/ for the Chandra Data Archive; http://cxc.harvard.edu/csc/ for Chandra Source Catalog information.
118. Chandra view of the LX-LUV relation in quasars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/655/A109
Title:
Chandra view of the LX-LUV relation in quasars
Short Name:
J/A+A/655/A109
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a study of the relation between X-rays and ultraviolet emission in quasars for a sample of broad-line, radio-quiet objects obtained from the cross-match of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR14 with the latest Chandra Source Catalog 2.0 (2332 quasars) and the Chandra COSMOS Legacy survey (273 quasars). The non-linear relation between the ultraviolet (at 2500{AA}, LUV) and the X-ray (at 2keV, LX) emission in quasars has been proved to be characterised by a smaller intrinsic dispersion than the observed one, as long as a homogeneous selection, aimed at preventing the inclusion of contaminants in the sample, is fulfilled. By leveraging on the low background of Chandra, we performed a complete spectral analysis of all the data available for the SDSS-CSC2.0 quasar sample (i.e. 3430 X-ray observations), with the main goal of reducing the uncertainties on the source properties (e.g. flux, spectral slope). We analysed whether any evolution of the LX-LUV relation exists by dividing the sample in narrow redshift intervals across the redshift range spanned by our sample, z~=0.5-4. We find that the slope of the relation does not evolve with redshift and it is consistent with the literature value of 0.6 over the explored redshift range, implying that the mechanism underlying the coupling of the accretion disc and hot corona is the same at the different cosmic epochs. We also find that the dispersion decreases when examining the highest redshifts, where only pointed observations are available. These results further confirm that quasars are 'standardisable candles', that is we can reliably measure cosmological distances at high redshifts where very few cosmological probes are available.
119. Chandra X-ray observations of SDSS-DR5 QSOs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/746/54
Title:
Chandra X-ray observations of SDSS-DR5 QSOs
Short Name:
J/ApJ/746/54
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We analyze the X-ray variability of 264 Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic quasars using the Chandra public archive. This data set consists of quasars with spectroscopic redshifts out to z {approx} 5 and covers rest-frame timescales up to {Delta}t_sys_{approx} 2000 days, with three or more X-ray observations available for 82 quasars. It therefore samples longer timescales and higher luminosities than previous large-scale analyses of active galactic nucleus (AGN) variability. We find significant ( >~ 3{sigma}) variation in {approx}30% of the quasars overall; the fraction of sources with detected variability increases strongly with the number of available source counts up to {approx}70% for sources with >= 1000 counts per epoch. Assuming that the distribution of fractional variation is Gaussian, its standard deviation is {approx}16% on >~ 1 week timescales, which is not enough to explain the observed scatter in quasar X-ray-to-optical flux ratios as being due to variability alone. We find no evidence in our sample that quasars are more variable at higher redshifts (z > 2), as has been suggested in previous studies. Quasar X-ray spectra vary similarly to some local Seyfert AGNs in that they steepen as they brighten, with evidence for a constant, hard spectral component that is more prominent in fainter stages. We identify one highly variable Narrow Line Seyfert 1-type spectroscopic quasar in the Chandra Deep Field-North. We constrain the rate of kilosecond-timescale flares in the quasar population using {approx}8 months of total exposure and also constrain the distribution of variation amplitudes between exposures; extreme changes (>100%) are quite rare, while variation at the 25% level occurs in <25% of observations. [O III] {lambda}5007 {AA} emission may be stronger in sources with lower levels of X-ray variability; if confirmed, this would represent an additional link between small-scale (corona) and large-scale (narrow-line region) AGN properties.
120. Chandra X-ray Observatory Data Archive
ID:
ivo://cxc.harvard.edu/cda
Title:
Chandra X-ray Observatory Data Archive
Short Name:
CDA
Date:
18 Jul 2019
Publisher:
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Description:
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein Observatory. Chandra was formerly known as AXAF, the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, but renamed by NASA in December, 1998. Originally three instruments and a high-resolution mirror carried in one spacecraft, the project was reworked in 1992 and 1993. The Chandra spacecraft carries a high resolution mirror, two imaging detectors, and two sets of transmission gratings. Important Chandra features are: an order of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution, good sensitivity from 0.1 to 10 keV, and the capability for high spectral resolution observations over most of this range.