- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/682/821
- Title:
- Spectral fits of galaxy clusters in X-ray
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/682/821
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We explore the band dependence of the inferred X-ray temperature of the intracluster medium (ICM) for 192 well-observed galaxy clusters selected from the Chandra Data Archive. If the hot ICM is nearly isothermal in the projected region of interest, the X-ray temperature inferred from a broadband (0.7-7.0keV) spectrum should be identical to the X-ray temperature inferred from a hard-band (2.0-7.0keV) spectrum. However, if unresolved cool lumps of gas are contributing soft X-ray emission, the temperature of a best-fit single-component thermal model will be cooler for the broadband spectrum than for the hard-band spectrum. Using this difference as a diagnostic, the ratio of best-fitting hard-band and broadband temperatures may indicate the presence of cooler gas even when the X-ray spectrum itself may not have sufficient signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) to resolve multiple temperature components. To test this possible diagnostic, we extract X-ray spectra from core-excised annular regions for each cluster in our archival sample. We compare the X-ray temperatures inferred from single-temperature fits when the energy range of the fit is 0.7-7.0keV (broad) and when the energy range is 2.0/(1+z)-7.0keV (hard). We find that the hard-band temperature is significantly higher, on average, than the broadband temperature. On further exploration, we find this temperature ratio is enhanced preferentially for clusters which are known merging systems. In addition, cool-core clusters tend to have best-fit hard-band temperatures that are in closer agreement with their best-fit broadband temperatures. We show, using simulated spectra, that this diagnostic is sensitive to secondary cool components (T_X_=0.5-3.0keV) with emission measures >=10-30% of the primary hot component.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/232/17
- Title:
- Spectral properties of magnetar bursts
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/232/17
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present our broadband (2-250keV) time-averaged spectral analysis of 388 bursts from SGR J1550-5418, SGR 1900+14, and SGR 1806-20 detected with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) here and as a database in a companion web-catalog. We find that two blackbody functions (BB+BB), the sum of two modified blackbody functions (LB+LB), the sum of a blackbody function and a power-law function (BB+PO), and a power law with a high-energy exponential cutoff (COMPT) all provide acceptable fits at similar levels. We performed numerical simulations to constrain the best fitting model for each burst spectrum and found that 67.6% of burst spectra with well-constrained parameters are better described by the Comptonized model. We also found that 64.7% of these burst spectra are better described with the LB+LB model, which is employed in the spectral analysis of a soft gamma repeater (SGR) for the first time here, than with the BB+BB and BB+PO models. We found a significant positive lower bound trend on photon index, suggesting a decreasing upper bound on hardness, with respect to total flux and fluence. We compare this result with bursts observed from SGR and AXP (anomalous X-ray pulsar) sources and suggest that the relationship is a distinctive characteristic between the two. We confirm a significant anticorrelation between burst emission area and blackbody temperature, and find that it varies between the hot and cool blackbody temperatures differently than previously discussed. We expand on the interpretation of our results in the framework of a strongly magnetized neutron star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/434/54
- Title:
- Spectral properties of X-ray-selected AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/434/54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We survey the broadband spectral properties of ~500 X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) observed with the Einstein Observatory. Included in this survey are the ~450 AGNs in the Extended Medium Sensitivity Survey of Gioia et al. (1990ApJS...72..567G) and the ~50 AGNs in the Ultrasoft Survey of Cordova et al. (1992ApJS...81..661C). We present a revised version of the latter sample, based on the post publication discovery of a software error in the Einstein Rev-1b processing. We find that the mean spectral index of the AGNs between 0.1 and 0.6keV is softer, and the distribution of indices wider, than previous estimates based on analyses of the X-ray spectra of optically selected AGNs. A subset of these AGNs exhibit flux variability, some on timescales as short as 0.05-days. A correlation between radio and hard X-ray luminosity is confirmed, but the data do not support a correlation between the radio and soft X-ray luminosities, or between radio loudness and soft X-ray spectral slope. Evidence for physically distinct soft and hard X-ray components is found, along with the possibility of a bias in previous optically selected samples toward selection of AGNs with flatter X-ray spectra.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/545/A101
- Title:
- Spectra of 29 Swift/BAT optical counterparts
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/545/A101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Through an optical campaign performed at four telescopes located in the northern and the southern hemispheres, plus archival data from two on-line sky surveys, we obtained optical spectroscopy for 29 counterparts of unclassified or poorly studied hard X-ray emitting objects detected with Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and listed in the 39 month Palermo catalogue. All these objects also have observations taken with Swift/X-ray Telescope (XRT) or XMM-European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) which not only allow us to pinpoint their optical counterpart, but also study their X-ray spectral properties (column density, power law photon index, and F2-10keV flux).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/561/A67
- Title:
- Spectra of 75 Swift/BAT optical counterparts
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/561/A67
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Through an optical campaign performed at four telescopes located in the northern and the southern hemispheres, we obtained optical spectroscopy for 75 counterparts of unclassified or poorly studied hard X-ray emitting objects detected with Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and listed in the 54 month Palermo catalogue. All these objects also have observations taken with Swift/X-ray Telescope (XRT) or Chandra satellites, which allowed us to reduce the high-energy error box and pinpoint the most likely optical counterparts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/433/151
- Title:
- Spectrocopic results on ROSAT late-type stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/433/151
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of an investigation of the X-ray properties, age distribution, and kinematical characteristics of a high-galactic latitude sample of late-type field stars selected from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS). The sample comprises 254 RASS sources with optical counterparts of spectral types F to M distributed over six study areas located at |b|>~20{deg}, and Dec>=-9{deg}. A detailed study was carried out for the subsample of ~200 G, K, and M stars. Lithium abundances were determined for 179 G-M stars. Radial velocities were measured for most of the 141 G and K type stars of the sample. Combined with proper motions these data were used to study the age distribution and the kinematical properties of the sample. Based on the lithium abundances half of the G-K stars were found to be younger than the Hyades (660Myr). About 25% are comparable in age to the Pleiades (100Myr). A small subsample of 10 stars is younger than the Pleiades. They are therefore most likely pre-main sequence stars. Kinematically the PMS and Pleiades-type stars appear to form a group with space velocities close to the Castor moving group but clearly distinct from the Local Association.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/880/142
- Title:
- Spectroscopic members of COSMOS X-ray systems
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/880/142
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate spectroscopic properties of galaxy systems identified based on deep X-ray observations in the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field. The COSMOS X-ray system catalog we use includes 180 X-ray systems to a limiting flux of 1.0x10^-15^erg/cm^2^/s, an order of magnitude deeper than the future e-ROSITA survey. We identify spectroscopic members of these X-ray systems based on the spectroscopic catalog constructed by compiling various spectroscopic surveys including 277 new measurements; 146 X-ray systems are spectroscopically identified groups with more than three spectroscopic members. We identify 2196 spectroscopic redshifts of member candidates in these X-ray systems. The X-ray luminosity (L_X_)-velocity dispersion ({sigma}_v_) scaling relation of the COSMOS X-ray systems is consistent with that of massive X-ray clusters. One of the distinctive features of the COSMOS survey is that it covers the X-ray luminosity range where poor groups overlap the range for extended emission associated with individual quiescent galaxies. We assess the challenges posed by the complex morphology of the distribution of systems with low X-ray luminosity, including groups and individual quiescent galaxies, in the L_x_-{sigma}_v_ plane.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/756/139
- Title:
- Spectroscopic redshifts of galaxies in groups
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/756/139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the global group properties of two samples of galaxy groups containing 39 high-quality X-ray-selected systems and 38 optically (spectroscopically) selected systems in coincident spatial regions at 0.12<z<0.79. The total mass range of the combined sample is ~(10^12^-5)x10^14^M_{sun}_. Only nine optical systems are associable with X-ray systems. We discuss the confusion inherent in the matching of both galaxies to extended X-ray emission and of X-ray emission to already identified optical systems. Extensive spectroscopy has been obtained and the resultant redshift catalog and group membership are provided here. X-ray, dynamical, and total stellar masses of the groups are also derived and presented. We explore the effects of utilizing different centers and applying three different kinds of radial cut to our systems: a constant cut of 1Mpc and two r_200_ cuts, one based on the velocity dispersion of the system and the other on the X-ray emission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/504/829
- Title:
- Spectroscopic survey of youngest field stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/504/829
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first results of an ambitious ground-based observation programme conducted on 1-4m class telescopes. Our sample consists of 1097 active and presumably young stars, all of them being optical (Tycho Catalogue) counterparts of ROSAT All- Sky Survey X-ray sources in the northern hemisphere. In this paper, we concentrate on the optically brightest (VT<=9.5m) candidates (704 objects).We acquired high-resolution optical spectroscopy in the H{alpha} and/or lithium spectral regions for 426 of such stars without relevant data in the literature. We describe the star sample and the observations and we start to discuss the physical properties of the investigated stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/612/A96
- Title:
- Spectroscopic survey of youngest field stars II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/612/A96
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Star formation in the solar neighborhood is mainly traced by young stars in open clusters, associations, and in the field, which can be identified, for example, by their X-ray emission. The determination of stellar parameters for the optical counterparts of X-ray sources is crucial for a full characterization of these stars. This work extends the spectroscopic study of the RasTyc sample, obtained by the cross-correlation of the TYCHO and ROSAT All-Sky Survey catalogs, to stars fainter than V=9.5mag and aims to identify sparse populations of young stars in the solar neighborhood. We acquired 625 high-resolution spectra for 443 presumably young stars with four different instruments in the northern hemisphere. The radial and rotational velocity (vsini) of our targets were measured by means of the cross-correlation technique, which is also helpful to discover single-lined (SB1), double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2), and multiple systems. We used the code ROTFIT to perform an MK spectral classification and to determine the atmospheric parameters (Teff, logg, [Fe/H]) and and vsini of the single stars and SB1 systems. For these objects, we used the spectral subtraction of slowly rotating templates to measure the equivalent widths of the H{alpha} and LiI-6708A lines, which enabled us to derive their chromospheric activity level and lithium abundance. We made use of Gaia DR1 parallaxes and proper motions to locate the targets in the HR diagram and to compute the space velocity components of the youngest objects. We find a remarkable percentage (at least 35%) of binaries and multiple systems. On the basis of the lithium abundance, the sample of single stars and SB1 systems appears to be mostly (about 60%) composed of stars younger than the members of the UMa cluster. The remaining sources are in the age range between the UMa and Hyades clusters (about 20%) or older (20%). In total, we identify 42 very young (PMS-like) stars, which lie above or very close to the Pleiades upper envelope of the lithium abundance. A significant percentage (about 12%) of evolved stars (giants and subgiants) is also present in our sample. Some of these stars are also lithium rich (A(Li)>1.4).
