- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/243/21
- Title:
- A complete sample of broad-line AGN from SDSS-DR7
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/243/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A new, complete sample of 14584 broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at z<0.35 is presented, which are uncovered homogeneously from the complete database of galaxies and quasars observed spectroscopically in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Seventh Data Release. The stellar continuum is properly removed for each spectrum with significant host absorption line features, and careful analyses of the emission line spectra, particularly in the H{alpha} and H{beta} wavebands, are carried out. The broad Balmer emission line, particularly H{alpha}, is used to indicate the presence of an AGN. The broad H{alpha} lines have luminosities in a range of 10^38.5^-10^44.3^erg/s, and line widths (FWHMs) of 500-34000km/s. The virial black hole masses, estimated from the broad-line measurements, span a range of 10^5.1^-10^10.3^M_{sun}_, and the Eddington ratios vary from -3.3 to 1.3 in logarithmic scale. Other quantities such as multiwavelength photometric properties and flags denoting peculiar line profiles are also included in this catalog. We describe the construction of this catalog and briefly discuss its properties. The catalog is publicly available online. This homogeneously selected AGN catalog, along with the accurately measured spectral parameters, provides the most updated, largest AGN sample data, which will enable further comprehensive investigations of the properties of the AGN population in the low-redshift universe.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/104/185
- Title:
- A deep multicolor survey. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/104/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have used the Kitt Peak National Observatory 4m Mayall telescope to image 0.83 square degrees of sky in six fields at high Galactic latitude in six filters spanning 3000-10000A to magnitude limits ranging from 22.1 to 23.8. We have assembled a catalog of 21375 stellar objects detected in the fields for use primilary in conducting a multicolor search for quasars. This paper describes the data reduction techniques used on the CCD data, the methods used to construct the stellar object catalog, and the simulations performed to understand its completeness and contamination.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/462/614
- Title:
- A deep multicolor survey. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/462/614
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have used the Kitt Peak National Observatory 4m Mayall telescope to image 0.83 square degrees of sky in six fields at high galactic latitude in six filters spanning 3000-10000A to magnitude limits ranging from 22.1 to 23.8. As a first use of this database, we have conducted a multicolor survey for quasars. We discuss various methods of selecting outliers in different color-color diagrams and multicolor space that have been used to identify quasars at all redshifts from their colors alone. We discuss the initial results of our program of spectroscopic identification which has so far resulted in the identification of over 40 faint quasars, including one a z>4, a similar number of compact narrow emission-line galaxies, and a number of unusual and potentially interesting stars. We use these spectroscopic results, along with extensive simulations of quasar spectra, to study the efficiency of our candidate selection procedures. Finally, we compare the number counts of our quasars and quasar candidates to the expected numbers based on previous studies of the quasar luminosity function. The agreement of our observations with these expectations is good in most cases. However, we do estimate that our survey contains more quasars with B<21 and z<2.3 than expected from the results published by Koo & Kron in (1988ApJ...325...92K) and more z>3 quasars than expected from the results published by Warren, Hewett & Osmer in (1994ApJ...421..412W), both at the 3 {sigma} level. Additional spectroscopic observations will be required to confirm or refute these excesses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/114/2269
- Title:
- A deep multicolor survey. III.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/114/2269
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have made spectroscopic identifications of 39 additional quasar candidates from the Deep Multicolor Survey (DMS) of Hall et al. (1996, Cat. <J/ApJ/462/614>). We have identified 9 new quasars with 0.3<z<2.8 and 16.8<B<21.6, all from the group of candidates with ultraviolet excess (UVX). No new quasars with z>3 were found among the observed candidates selected due to their red (B-R) and (V-R) colors. As a result, there are now 55 confirmed quasars in the survey: 42 with 0.3<z<2, nine with 2<z<3, three with 3<z<4, and 1 at z=4.3. One new quasar, DMS 0059-0055, is very bright with B=16.8 and z=0.3, making its detection by our survey very unexpected. Including this new spectroscopy, the results of the DMS are converging with the predicted space densities of other surveys. In particular, we no longer find an excess of quasars with z<2.3 and B<21 in the survey over predictions based on models by Koo & Kron (1988ApJ...325...92K). Also, the excess in the number of quasars seen at z>3 over predictions based on models by Warren et al. (1994ApJ...421..412W) is less than previously suggested. We also demonstrate the success of our quasar color modeling which is important in assessing the completeness of our survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/180/102
- Title:
- AEGIS-X: Chandra deep survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/180/102
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the EGIS-X survey, a series of deep Chandra ACIS-I observations of the Extended Groth Strip. The survey comprises pointings at eight separate positions, each with nominal exposure of 200ks, covering a total area of approximately 0.67deg^2^ in a strip of length 2 degrees. We describe in detail an updated version of our data reduction and point-source-detection algorithms used to analyze these data. A total of 1325 band-merged sources have been found to a Poisson probability limit of 4x10^-6^, with limiting fluxes of 5.3x10^-21^W/m2 in the soft (0.5-2keV) band and 3.8x10^-19^W/m2 in the hard (2-10keV) band. We present simulations verifying the validity of our source-detection procedure and showing a very small, <1.5%, contamination rate from spurious sources. Optical/NIR counterparts have been identified from the DEEP2, CFHTLS, and Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) surveys of the same region. Using a likelihood ratio method, we find optical counterparts for 76% of our sources, complete to R_AB_=24.1, and, of the 66% of the sources that have IRAC coverage, 94% have a counterpart to a limit of 0.9uJy at 3.6um (m_AB_=23.8). After accounting for (small) positional offsets in the eight Chandra fields, the astrometric accuracy of Chandra positions is found to be 0"8rms; however, this number depends both on the off-axis angle and the number of detected counts for a given source. All data products described in this paper are made available via a public Web site.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/220/10
- Title:
- AEGIS-X Deep survey of EGS (AEGIS-XD)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/220/10
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of deep Chandra imaging of the central region of the Extended Groth Strip, the AEGIS-X Deep (AEGIS-XD) survey. When combined with previous Chandra observations of a wider area of the strip, AEGIS-X Wide (AEGIS-XW), these provide data to a nominal exposure depth of 800ks in the three central ACIS-I fields, a region of approximately 0.29deg^2^. This is currently the third deepest X-ray survey in existence; a factor ~2-3 shallower than the Chandra Deep Fields (CDFs), but over an area ~3 times greater than each CDF. We present a catalog of 937 point sources detected in the deep Chandra observations, along with identifications of our X-ray sources from deep ground-based, Spitzer, GALEX, and Hubble Space Telescope imaging. Using a likelihood ratio analysis, we associate multiband counterparts for 929/937 of our X-ray sources, with an estimated 95% reliability, making the identification completeness approximately 94% in a statistical sense. Reliable spectroscopic redshifts for 353 of our X-ray sources are available predominantly from Keck (DEEP2/3) and MMT Hectospec, so the current spectroscopic completeness is ~38%. For the remainder of the X-ray sources, we compute photometric redshifts based on multiband photometry in up to 35 bands from the UV to mid-IR. Particular attention is given to the fact that the vast majority the X-ray sources are active galactic nuclei and require hybrid templates. Our photometric redshifts have mean accuracy of {sigma}=0.04 and an outlier fraction of approximately 5%, reaching {sigma}=0.03 with less than 4% outliers in the area covered by CANDELS.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/231
- Title:
- A Finding List of Faint UV-Bright Stars
- Short Name:
- II/231
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The survey lists the very blue objects found on the plates taken for the Sandage Two-Color Survey of the Galactic Plane obtained using the Palomar 48 inch Oschin Schmidt telescope. The sources range in U-B color from U-B~-0.1 to U-B~-1.0 and in magnitude from m_B_~10 to ~20.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/212A
- Title:
- A Finding List of Faint UV-Bright Stars
- Short Name:
- II/212A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 195 UV-bright stars have been found on two-color 48-inch Schmidt plates centered on the galactic plane, and on one high-latitude plate. This catalog contains sources with (U-B) in the range U-B=0 to U-B=-1.5.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/257A
- Title:
- A Finding List of Faint UV-Bright Stars
- Short Name:
- II/257A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The survey lists the very blue objects found on the plates taken for the Sandage Two-Color Survey of the Galactic Plane obtained using the Palomar 48 inch Oschin Schmidt telescope. The sources range in U-B color from U-B~-0.1 to U-B~-1.0 and in magnitude from m_B_~10 to ~20.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/241
- Title:
- A first catalog of variable stars measured by ATLAS
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/241
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) carries out its primary planetary defense mission by surveying about 13000 deg^2^ at least four times per night. The resulting data set is useful for the discovery of variable stars to a magnitude limit fainter than r~18, with amplitudes down to 0.02 mag for bright objects. Here, we present a Data Release One catalog of variable stars based on analyzing the light curves of 142 million stars that were measured at least 100 times in the first two years of ATLAS operations. Using a Lomb-Scargle periodogram and other variability metrics, we identify 4.7 million candidate variables. Through the Space Telescope Science Institute, we publicly release light curves for all of them, together with a vector of 169 classification features for each star. We do this at the level of unconfirmed candidate variables in order to provide the community with a large set of homogeneously analyzed photometry and to avoid pre-judging which types of objects others may find most interesting. We use machine learning to classify the candidates into 15 different broad categories based on light-curve morphology. About 10% (427000 stars) pass extensive tests designed to screen out spurious variability detections: we label these as "probable" variables. Of these, 214000 receive specific classifications as eclipsing binaries, pulsating, Mira-type, or sinusoidal variables: these are the "classified" variables. New discoveries among the probable variables number 315000, while 141000 of the classified variables are new, including about 10400 pulsating variables, 2060 Mira stars, and 74700 eclipsing binaries.
