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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/238/32
- Title:
- 3rd MAXI/GSC X-ray cat at high Galactic latitude
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/238/32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the third MAXI/GSC catalog in the high Galactic latitude sky (|b|>10{deg}) based on the 7-year data from 2009 August 13 to 2016 July 31, complementary to that in the low Galactic latitude sky (|b|<10{deg}) (Hori+ 2018ApJS..235....7H). We compile 682 sources detected at significances of s_D,4-10keV_>=6.5 in the 4-10keV band. A two-dimensional image fit based on the Poisson likelihood algorithm (C-statistics) is adopted for the detections and constraints on their fluxes and positions. The 4-10keV sensitivity reaches ~0.48mCrab, or ~5.9x10^-12^erg/cm^2^/s, over half of the survey area. Compared with the 37-month Hiroi+ (2013, J/ApJS/207/36) catalog, which adopted a threshold of s_D,4-10keV_>=7, the source number increases by a factor of ~1.4. The fluxes in the 3-4keV and 10-20keV bands are further estimated, and hardness ratios (HRs) are calculated using the 3-4keV, 4-10keV, 3-10keV, and 10-20keV band fluxes. We also make the 4-10keV light curves in 1-year bins for all the sources and characterize their variabilities with an index based on a likelihood function and the excess variance. Possible counterparts are found from five major X-ray survey catalogs by Swift, Uhuru, RXTE, XMM-Newton, and ROSAT, as well as an X-ray galaxy cluster catalog (MCXC). Our catalog provides the fluxes, positions, detection significances, HRs, 1-year bin light curves, variability indices, and counterpart candidates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/366/171
- Title:
- Red AGN in XMM/SDSS fields
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/366/171
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we combine archival and proprietary XMM-Newton observations (about 5deg^2^) that overlap with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to explore the nature of the moderate-z X-ray population. We focus on X-ray sources with optically red colours (g-r>0.4), which we argue are important for understanding the origin of the X-ray background (XRB).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/558/A68
- Title:
- Red nuclear spectra of 376 local galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/558/A68
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We obtained long-slit optical spectra of the nuclear regions of 376 galaxies in the local Universe using the 1.5m Cassini telescope of Bologna Observatory. Of these spectra, 164 were either never taken before by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), or given by the Nasa Extragalactic Database (NED). With these new spectra, we contribute investigating the occurrence of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Nevertheless, we stress that the present sample is by no means complete, thus, it cannot be used to perform any demographic study. Following the method used in a previous work, we classify the nuclear spectra using a six bin scheme: SEY (Seyfert), sAGN (strong AGN), and wAGN (weak AGN) represent active galactic nuclei of different levels of activity; HII accounts for star-forming nuclei; RET (retired) and PAS (passive) refer to nuclei with poor or no star-formation activity. The spectral classification is performed using the ratio of 6584[NII] to H{alpha} lines and the equivalent width (EW) of H{alpha} versus [NII]/H{alpha} (WHAN diagnostic introduced by Cid Fernandes and collaborators) after correcting H{alpha} for underlying absorption.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/434/475
- Title:
- Redshifts for X-ray selected AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/434/475
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present photometric redshift estimates for X-ray selected sources detected in the XMM/2dF survey. 5-band photometry for 193 sources has been obtained from the SDSS. We exclude 10 sources associated with Galactic stars. The tabulated data include the optical coordinate of all sources in our sample, their photometric redshift estimate, their r-band magnitude and g-r colour as well as their morphological classification (these optical parameters have been used in the discussion of our results). Spectroscopic redshifts are available only for a sub-sample of our data and are included in Table 1 together with the survey from which they have been obtained.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/780/73
- Title:
- Redshifts of BL Lac objects from Fermi
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/780/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Fermi has provided the largest sample of {gamma}-ray-selected blazars to date. In this work we use a uniformly selected set of 211 BL Lacertae (BL Lac) objects detected by Fermi during its first year of operation. We obtained redshift constraints for 206 out of the 211 BL Lac objects in our sample, making it the largest and most complete sample of BL Lac objects available in the literature. We use this sample to determine the luminosity function of BL Lac objects and its evolution with cosmic time. We find that for most BL Lac classes the evolution is positive, with a space density peaking at modest redshift (z{approx}1.2). Low-luminosity, high-synchrotron-peaked (HSP) BL Lac objects are an exception, showing strong negative evolution, with number density increasing for z<~0.5. Since this rise corresponds to a drop-off in the density of flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), a possible interpretation is that these HSPs represent an accretion-starved end state of an earlier merger-driven gas-rich phase. We additionally find that the known BL Lac correlation between luminosity and photon spectral index persists after correction for the substantial observational selection effects with implications for the so-called "blazar sequence." Finally, by estimating the beaming corrections to the luminosity function, we find that BL Lac objects have an average Lorentz factor of {gamma}=6.1_-0.8_^+1.1^, and that most are seen within 10{deg} of the jet axis.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/618/A66
- Title:
- Redshifts of obscured AGN
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/618/A66
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Redshifts are fundamental for our understanding of extragalactic X-ray sources. Ambiguous counterpart associations, expensive optical spectroscopy and/or multimission multiwavelength coverage to resolve degeneracies make estimation often difficult in practice. We attempt to constrain redshifts of obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) using only low-resolution X-ray spectra. Our XZ method fits AGN X-ray spectra with a moderately complex spectral model incorporating a corona, torus obscurer and warm mirror. Using the Bayesian X-ray Astronomy (BXA) package, we constrain redshift, column density, photon index and luminosity simultaneously. The redshift information primarily comes from absorption edges in Compton-thin AGN, and from the Fe K{alpha} fluorescent line in heavily obscured AGN. A new generic background fitting method allows us to extract more information from limited numbers of source counts. We derive redshift constraints for 74/321 hard-band detected sources in the Chandra deep field South. Comparing with spectroscopic redshifts, we find an outlier fraction of 8%, indicating that our model assumptions are valid. For three Chandra deep fields, we release our XZ redshift estimates. The independent XZ estimate is easy to apply and effective for a large fraction of obscured AGN in todays deep surveys without the need for any additional data. Comparing to different redshift estimation methods, XZ can resolve degeneracies in photometric redshifts, help to detect potential association problems and confirm uncertain single-line spectroscopic redshifts. With high spectral resolution and large collecting area, this technique will be highly effective for Athena/WFI observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/150/181
- Title:
- Redshifts of 110 radio-loud AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/150/181
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report accurate redshifts of 110 active galaxies (mostly radio-loud objects at z<0.4) observed in the course of a survey to find broad, double-peaked emission lines. These redshifts are measured from the narrow emission lines of these objects and are accurate to at least one part in 10^4^. For each object we determine a redshift from high- and low-ionization lines separately, as well as an average redshift from all the available lines. We find that in about 15% of cases, the low-ionization lines yield a slightly higher redshift than the high-ionization lines; the average redshift difference amounts to a velocity difference of approximately 80km/s. In addition to the redshift measurements we also report revised redshifts for two objects as well as new classifications for three narrow-line objects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/16
- Title:
- Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies
- Short Name:
- VII/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies lists for each entry the following information: NGC number, IC number, or A number; A, B, or C designation; B1950.0 positions, position at 100 year precession; galactic and supergalactic positions; revised morphological type and source; type and color class in Yerkes list 1 and 2; Hubble-Sandage type; revised Hubble type according to Holmberg; logarithm of mean major diameter (log D) and ratio of major to minor diameter (log R) and their weights; logarithm of major diameter; sources of the diameters; David Dunlap Observatory type and luminosity class; Harvard photographic apparent magnitude; weight of V, B-V(0), U-B(0); integrated magnitude B(0) and its weight in the B system; mean surface brightness in magnitude per square minute of arc and sources for the B magnitude; mean B surface brightness derived from corrected Harvard magnitude; the integrated color index in the standard B-V system; "intrinsic" color index; sources of B-V and/or U-B; integrated color in the standard U-B system; observed radial velocity in km/sec; radial velocity corrected for solar motion in km/sec; sources of radial velocities; solar motion correction; and direct photographic source. The catalog was created by concatenating four files side by side.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/217/2
- Title:
- Refined associations of Fermi/LAT sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/217/2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) First Source Catalog (1FGL) was released in 2010 February and the Fermi-LAT 2-Year Source Catalog (2FGL) appeared in 2012 April, based on data from 24 months of operation. Since they were released, many follow up observations of unidentified {gamma}-ray sources have been performed and new procedures for associating {gamma}-ray sources with potential counterparts at other wavelengths have been developed. Here we review and characterize all of the associations as published in the 1FGL and 2FGL catalogs on the basis of multifrequency archival observations. In particular, we located 177 spectra for the low-energy counterparts that were not listed in the previous Fermi catalogs, and in addition we present new spectroscopic observations of eight {gamma}-ray blazar candidates. Based on our investigations, we introduce a new counterpart category of "candidate associations" and propose a refined classification for the candidate low-energy counterparts of the Fermi sources. We compare the 1FGL-assigned counterparts with those listed in 2FGL to determine which unassociated sources became associated in later releases of the Fermi catalogs. We also search for potential counterparts to all of the remaining unassociated Fermi sources. Finally, we prepare a refined and merged list of all of the associations of 1FGL plus 2FGL that includes 2219 unique Fermi objects. This is the most comprehensive and systematic study of all the associations collected for the {gamma}-ray sources available to date. We conclude that 80% of the Fermi sources have at least one known plausible {gamma}-ray emitter within their positional uncertainty regions.
