- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/657/706
- Title:
- EGRET blazar gamma-ray spectrum
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/657/706
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) discovered gamma-ray emission from more than 67 blazars during its 9yr lifetime. We conducted an exhaustive search of the EGRET archives and selected all the blazars that were observed multiple times and were bright enough to enable a spectral analysis using standard power-law models. The sample consists of 18 flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), 6 low-frequency peaked BL Lac objects (LBLs) and 2 high-frequency peaked BL Lac objects (HBLs). We do not detect any clear pattern in the variation of spectral index with flux. Some of the blazars do not show any statistical evidence for spectral variability.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/671/1355
- Title:
- EGRET blazars in VIPS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/671/1355
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We examine the radio properties of EGRET-detected blazars observed as part of the VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey (VIPS). VIPS has a flux limit roughly an order of magnitude below the MOJAVE survey and most other samples that have been used to study the properties of EGRET blazars. At lower flux levels, radio flux density does not directly correlate with gamma-ray flux density. We do find that the EGRET-detected blazars tend to have higher brightness temperatures, greater core fractions, and possibly larger than average jet opening angles. A weak correlation is also found with jet length and with polarization. All of the well-established trends can be explained by systematically larger Doppler factors in the gamma-ray-loud blazars, consistent with the measurements of higher apparent velocities found in monitoring programs carried out at radio frequencies above 10 GHz.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/92/53
- Title:
- Einstein database of quasars. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/92/53
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first volume of the Einstein quasar database. The database includes estimates of the X-ray count rates, fluxes, and luminosities for 514 quasars and Seyfert 1 galaxies observed with the Imaging Proportional Counter (IPC) aboard the Einstein Observatory. All were previously known optically selected or radio-selected objects, and most were targets of the X-ray observations. The X-ray properties of the AGNs have been derived by reanalyzing the IPC data in a systematic manner to provide a uniform database for general use by the astronomical community. We use the database to extend earlier quasar luminosity studies which were made using only a subset of the currently available data. The database can be accessed on Internet via the SAO Einstein on-line system ("Einline") and is available in ASCII format on magnetic tape and DOS diskette.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/IX/22
- Title:
- Einstein extended deep survey
- Short Name:
- IX/22
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Einstein Deep Survey program (EDS) consists of very deep X-ray exposures in selected regions of the sky at high galactic latitude. The main purposes of the survey are to investigate the nature of the extragalactic X-ray background through direct source counts at very low flux levels and to study the nature of the very faint X-ray sources which comprise a significant fraction, if not all, of the soft X-ray background. The survey includes 9 IPC observations and 34 HRI observations, which, in general, cover the central 32'x32' regions of the IPC fields. In total, 178 IPC sources and 202 HRI sources were detected above thresholds set to allow ~1 false source per observation. Data from all IPC energy bands and all HRI detect cells are included. The data are largely the result of standard Einstein Rev. 1 HRI and Rev. 1B IPC reprocessing; however, minor corrections to IPC count rates, fluxes, and flux significances have been made to account for different column densities toward various fields and small systematic errors in the IPC analysis of count rates and significances for long exposures. For further details please refer to the paper referenced above. The HRI field parameters have been determined from standard processing and from other information contained in the HRI .SDF file. For information on HRI sources, see the table "hsrc.dat"; for information on individual IPC fields, see the table "ifield.dat".
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/871/258
- Title:
- ELQS in SDSS. III. The full ELQS quasar catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/871/258
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have designed the Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey (ELQS) to provide a highly complete census of unobscured UV-bright quasars during the cosmic noon, z=2.8-5.0. Here we report the discovery of 70 new quasars in the ELQS South Galactic Cap (ELQS-S) quasar sample, doubling the number of known extremely luminous quasars in 4237.3deg^2^ of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey footprint. These observations conclude the ELQS and we present the properties of the full ELQS quasar catalog, containing 407 quasars over 11838.5deg^2^. Our novel ELQS quasar selection strategy resulted in unprecedented completeness at the bright end and allowed us to discover 109 new quasars in total. This marks an increase of ~36% (109/298) in the known population at these redshifts and magnitudes, while we further are able to retain a selection efficiency of ~80%. On the basis of 166 quasars from the full ELQS quasar catalog, which adhere to the uniform criteria of the Two Micron All Sky Survey point source catalog, we measure the bright-end quasar luminosity function (QLF) and extend it one magnitude brighter than previous studies. Assuming a single power law with exponential density evolution for the functional form of the QLF, we retrieve the best-fit parameters from a maximum likelihood analysis. We find a steep bright-end slope of {beta}~-4.1, and we can constrain the bright-end slope to {beta}<=-3.4 with 99% confidence. The density is well modeled by the exponential redshift evolution, resulting in a moderate decrease with redshift ({gamma}~-0.4).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/145
- Title:
- Emission-line objects from ALFALFA H{alpha} survey
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/145
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- During a wide-field narrowband H{alpha} imaging survey, we noted the presence of numerous isolated emission-line point sources in the data. These objects could represent ultra-low-luminosity galaxies at low-redshift (detection via H{alpha}), isolated extragalactic HII regions associated with the galaxy targeted by the original observation, or background galaxies or QSOs where strong emission lines (most often [OIII]{lambda}5007) redshift into our narrowband filter. We have carried out a systematic search for these "H{alpha} dots" in over 200 15x15arcmin fields. To date we have cataloged 61 candidate emission-line sources in roughly 11.7deg^2^. The sample has a median R magnitude of 19.5, and detects objects as faint as R=22.6. Follow-up spectroscopy reveals that ~85% of the candidates are bona fide emission-line objects, with roughly 60% of the real sources being lower-redshift objects (detection via H{alpha}) and 40% being higher-redshift objects detected via [OIII] emission or some other emission line. Here we present the results of our initial survey and follow-up spectroscopy. We use our sample to study the properties (including star-formation rates and metal abundances) of low-luminosity star-forming galaxies in the nearby universe and of low-metallicity star-forming galaxies at z~0.33.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/865/56
- Title:
- Emission line & R-band continuum LCs of 17 QSOs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/865/56
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present reverberation mapping (RM) results for 17 high-redshift, high-luminosity quasars with good-quality R-band and emission-line light curves. We are able to measure statistically significant lags for Ly{alpha} (11 objects), Si IV (5 objects), C IV (11 objects), and C III] (2 objects). Using our results and previous lag determinations taken from the literature, we present an updated C IV radius-luminosity relation and provide for the first time radius-luminosity relations for Ly{alpha}, Si IV, and C III]. While in all cases the slopes of the correlations are statistically significant, the zero points are poorly constrained because of the lack of data at the low- luminosity end. We find that the emissivity-weighted distances from the central source of the Ly{alpha}, Si IV, and C III] line-emitting regions are all similar, which corresponds to about half that of the H{beta} region. We also find that 3/17 of our sources show an unexpected behavior in some emission lines, two in the Ly{alpha} light curve and one in the Si IV light curve, in that they do not seem to follow the variability of the UV continuum. Finally, we compute RM black hole (BH) masses for those quasars with highly significant lag measurements and compare them with C IV single-epoch (SE) mass determinations. We find that the RM-based BH mass determinations seem smaller than those found using SE calibrations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/613/129
- Title:
- Equivalent widths of QSOs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/613/129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a search for variability in the equivalent widths (EWs) of narrow, associated (|{Delta}v|<=5000km/s) absorption lines found in the UV spectra of z<=1.5 quasars. The goal of this search was to use variability as a means of identifying absorption lines arising in gas that is intrinsic to the quasar central engine. We have compared archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) spectra of quasars with recent spectra obtained as part of our own snapshot survey of the same objects with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). The intervals between observations are 4-10yr. We primarily focused on the C IV absorption lines, although we also studied other lines available in the same spectra (e.g., Ly{alpha}, N V, O VI).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/384/81
- Title:
- ESO Imaging Survey. CDF-S point sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/384/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper describes the methodology currently being implemented in the EIS pipeline for analysing optical/infrared multi-colour data. The aim is to identify different classes of objects as well as possible undesirable features associated with the construction of colour catalogues. The tools developed are used for a preliminary analysis of the multi-colour point source catalogue constructed from the optical/infrared imaging data obtained for the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S). These data are publicly available, representing the first installment of the ongoing EIS Deep Public Survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/137/75
- Title:
- ESO Imaging Survey. IV.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/137/75
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents preliminary lists of potentially interesting point-like sources extracted from multicolour data obtained for a 1.7 square degree region near the South Galactic Pole. The region has been covered by the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) in B, V and I and offers a unique combination of area and depth. These lists, containing a total of 330 objects nearly all brighter than I~21.5, over 1. 27 square degrees (after removing some bad regions), are by-products of the process of verification and quality control of the object catalogs being produced. Among the colour selected targets are candidate very low mass stars/brown dwarfs (54), white-dwarfs (32), and quasars (244). In addition, a probable fast moving asteroid was identified. The objects presented here are natural candidates for follow-up spectroscopic observations and illustrate the usefulness of the EIS data for a broad range of science and for providing possible samples for the first year of the VLT.
