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311. Hamburg/ESO survey for bright QSOs. III.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/358/77
Title:
Hamburg/ESO survey for bright QSOs. III.
Short Name:
J/A+A/358/77
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Appendix to the above paper, containing the two large tables A.1 and B.1 described in the paper. Table A.1 gives the basic properties of the 207 survey fields used to construct the flux-limited sample, including field-dependent magnitude limits and adopted extinction values. Table B.1 lists the 415 QSOs and Seyfert 1 galaxies that form the sample, with positions, redshift and magnitudes, plus a cross-identification with the 1995 version of the AGN catalogue by Veron-Cetty & Veron (see Cat. <VII/215>).
312. Hamburg/RASS Cat. of optical ident. V3.0
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/406/535
Title:
Hamburg/RASS Cat. of optical ident. V3.0
Short Name:
J/A+A/406/535
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the Hamburg/RASS Catalogue (HRC) of optical identifications of X-ray sources at high-galactic latitude. The HRC includes all X-ray sources from the ROSAT Bright Source Catalogue (RASS-BSC) with galactic latitude |b|>=30{deg} and declination DE>=0{deg}. In this part of the sky covering ~10 000 deg^2^ the RASS-BSC contains 5341 X-ray sources. For the optical identification we used blue Schmidt prism and direct plates taken for the northern hemisphere Hamburg Quasar Survey (HQS) which are now available in digitized form. The limiting magnitudes are 18.5 and 20, respectively. For 82% of the selected RASS-BSC an identification could be given. For the rest either no counterpart was visible in the error circle or a plausible identification was not possible. With ~42% AGN represent the largest group of X-ray emitters, ~31% have a stellar counterpart, whereas galaxies and cluster of galaxies comprise only ~4% and ~5%, respectively. In ~3% of the RASS-BSC sources no object was visible on our blue direct plates within 40" around the X-ray source position. The catalogue is used as a source for the selection of (nearly) complete samples of the various classes of X-ray emitters.
313. Hamburg/SAO Survey for ELGs. VI.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/442/109
Title:
Hamburg/SAO Survey for ELGs. VI.
Short Name:
J/A+A/442/109
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the sixth list with results of the Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies. The final list resulted from follow-up spectroscopy conducted with the 4.5m MMT telescope in 1996, and with 2.2m CAHA and 6m SAO telescopes in 2000 to 2003. The data of this snap-shot spectroscopy survey confirmed 134 emission-line objects out of 182 observed candidates and allowed their quantitative spectral classification and redshift determination. We classify 73 emission-line objects as definite or probable blue compact or HII galaxies (BCG), 8 as QSOs, 4 as Seyfert 1 and 2 galaxies. 30 low-excitation objects were classified as definite or probable starburst nuclei (SBN), 3 as dwarf amorphous nuclei starburst galaxies (DANS) and 2 as LINERs. Due to the low signal-to-noise ratio we could not classify 14 ELGs (NON). For another 9 galaxies we did not detect any significant emission lines. For 98 emission-line galaxies, the redshifts and/or line intensities are determined for the first time. For the remaining 28 previously-known ELGs we give either improved data the line intensities or some independent measurements. The detection rate of ELGs is ~70%. This paper completes the classification of strong-lined ELGs found in the zone of the Hamburg/SAO survey. Together with previously known BCG/HII galaxies in this zone, this sample of ~500 objects is the largest to date in a well bound region.
314. HAQ survey: red QSO candidates follow-up
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/217/5
Title:
HAQ survey: red QSO candidates follow-up
Short Name:
J/ApJS/217/5
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) whose spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are reddened by dust either in their host galaxies or in intervening absorber galaxies are to a large degree missed by optical color selection criteria like the ones used by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). To overcome this bias against red QSOs, we employ a combined optical and near-infrared (near-IR) color selection. In this paper, we present a spectroscopic follow-up campaign of a sample of red candidate QSOs which were selected from the SDSS and the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS). The spectroscopic data and SDSS/UKIDSS photometry are supplemented by mid-infrared photometry from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. In our sample of 159 candidates, 154 (97%) are confirmed to be QSOs. We use a statistical algorithm to identify sightlines with plausible intervening absorption systems and identify nine such cases assuming dust in the absorber similar to Large Magellanic Cloud sightlines. We find absorption systems toward 30 QSOs, 2 of which are consistent with the best-fit absorber redshift from the statistical modeling. Furthermore, we observe a broad range in SED properties of the QSOs as probed by the rest-frame 2{mu}m flux. We find QSOs with a strong excess as well as QSOs with a large deficit at rest-frame 2{mu}m relative to a QSO template. Potential solutions to these discrepancies are discussed. Overall, our study demonstrates the high efficiency of the optical/near-IR selection of red QSOs.
315. Hard 2-10kev X-ray selected sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/466/823
Title:
Hard 2-10kev X-ray selected sources
Short Name:
J/A+A/466/823
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present Chandra and Spitzer data for the 186, extragalactic, hard 2-10keV X-ray selected sources, which lie in the central part of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). For the vast majority of sources (99.5%), there is a spectroscopic or photometric redshift available. We classify 17 sources as X-ray obscured QSOs, strictly according to X-ray criteria, i.e. defined as having large hydrogen column densities (NH>10^22cm^-2^) and luminosities (LX>10^44^erg/s). The surface density of X-ray obscured QSOs is ~210{deg}^-2^. We find 18 candidate Compton-thick NH>10^24^cm^-2^ sources, of which three have QSO luminosities (LX>10^44^erg/s). The X-ray obscured QSO comprise a mixed bag of objects, covering the redshift range z=1.3-4.3. Eight of these show narrow-line optical spectra, two show no obscuration in their optical spectra that present broad lines, while for the other seven there is only a photometric redshift available. About half of the X-ray obscured QSOs show high X-ray to optical flux ratios, X/O>1, and red colours, I-3.6{mu}m>4. Combining the X-ray with the mid-IR 8{mu}m or 24{mu}m flux can be used as an additional diagnostic to sift out the heavily obscured AGN. All X-ray selected QSOs present red mid-IR colours and can be easily separated among mid-IR sources, demonstrating that mid-IR selection provides a powerful tool for detecting obscured QSOs.
316. Hard X-ray-emitting AGNs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/618/123
Title:
Hard X-ray-emitting AGNs
Short Name:
J/ApJ/618/123
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present X-ray and optical analysis of 188 active galactic nuclei (AGN) identified from 497 hard X-ray (f_2.0-8.0keV_>2.7x10-15ergs/cm^2^/s) sources in 20 Chandra fields (1.5{deg}^2^) forming part of the Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP). These medium depth X-ray observations enable us to detect a representative subset of those sources responsible for the bulk of the 28keV cosmic X-ray background. Brighter than our optical spectroscopic limit, we achieve a reasonable degree of completeness (77% of X-ray sources with counterparts r'<22.5 have been classified): broad emission-line AGNs (62%), narrow emission-line galaxies (24%), absorption line galaxies (7%), stars (5%), or clusters (2%).
317. Hard X-ray properties of blazars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/375/739
Title:
Hard X-ray properties of blazars
Short Name:
J/A+A/375/739
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have considered all blazars observed in the X-ray band and for which the slope of the X-ray spectrum is available. We have collected 421 spectra of 268 blazars, including 12 archival unpublished ASCA spectra of 7 blazars whose analysis is presented here. The X-ray spectra of blazars show trends as a function of their power, confirming that the blazar overall energy distribution can be parameterized on the basis of one parameter only, i.e. the bolometric luminosity. This is confirmed by the relatively new hard (2-10 keV) X-ray data. Our results confirm the idea that in low power objects the X-ray emission mechanism is the synchrotron process, dominating both the soft and the hard X-ray emissions. Low energy peaked BL Lac objects are intermediate, often showing harder spectra in the hard X-ray band, suggesting that the synchrotron process dominates in the soft band, with the inverse Compton process dominating at high energies. The most powerful objects have X-ray spectra that are flat both in the soft and in the hard band, consistent with a dominating inverse Compton component.
318. HE1104-1805 BVRIJ light curves
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/798/95
Title:
HE1104-1805 BVRIJ light curves
Short Name:
J/ApJ/798/95
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The gravitationally lensed quasar HE 1104-1805 has been observed at a variety of wavelengths ranging from the mid-infrared to X-ray for nearly 20yr. We combine flux ratios from the literature, including recent Chandra data, with new observations from the SMARTS telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, and use them to investigate the spatial structure of the central regions using a Bayesian Monte Carlo analysis of the microlensing variability. The wide wavelength coverage allows us to constrain not only the accretion disk half-light radius r_1/2_, but the power-law slope {xi} of the size-wavelength relation r_1/2_{prop.to}{lambda}^{xi}^. With a logarithmic prior on the source size, the (observed-frame) R-band half-light radius log (r_1/2_/cm) is 16.0_-0.4_^+0.3^, and the slope {xi} is 1.0_-0.56_^+0.30^. We put upper limits on the source size in soft (0.4-1.2 keV) and hard (1.2-8keV) X-ray bands, finding 95% upper limits on log (r_1/2_/cm) of 15.33 in both bands. A linear prior yields somewhat larger sizes, particularly in the X-ray bands. For comparison, the gravitational radius, using a black hole mass estimated using the H{beta} line, is log(r_g_/cm)=13.94. We find that the accretion disk is probably close to face-on, with cos(i)=1.0 being four times more likely than cos(i)=0.5. We also find probability distributions for the mean mass of the stars in the foreground lensing galaxy, the direction of the transverse peculiar velocity of the lens, and the position angle of the projected accretion disk's major axis (if not face-on).
319. HE 1104-1805 differential light curves
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/660/146
Title:
HE 1104-1805 differential light curves
Short Name:
J/ApJ/660/146
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The mid-IR flux ratios FA/FB=2.84+/-0.06 of the two images of the gravitationally lensed quasar HE 1104-1805 show no wavelength dependence to within 3% across 3.6-8.0um, show no time dependence over 6 months, and agree with the broad emission-line flux ratios. This indicates that the mid-IR emission likely comes from scales large enough to be little affected by microlensing and that there is little differential extinction between the images. We measure a revised time delay between these two images of 152.2^+2.8^_-3.0_ (1sigma) days from R- and V-band data covering the years 1997-2006. This time delay indicates that the lens has an approximately flat rotation curve over scales of 1-2Re. We also observed uncorrelated variations of ~0.05mag/yr, which we attribute to microlensing of the optical emission from the accretion disk. The optical colors have also changed significantly in the sense that image A is now redder than image B, rather than bluer, as it was in 1993.
320. HeI* in broad absorption line QSOs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/217/11
Title:
HeI* in broad absorption line QSOs
Short Name:
J/ApJS/217/11
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Neutral helium multiplets, HeI*{lambda}{lambda}3189, 3889, 10830, are very useful diagnostics for the geometry and physical conditions of the absorbing gas in quasars. So far only a handful of HeI* detections have been reported. Using a newly developed method, we detected the HeI*{lambda}3889 absorption line in 101 sources of a well-defined sample of 285 MgII broad absorption line (BAL) quasars selected from SDSS DR5. This has increased the number of HeI* BAL quasars by more than one order of magnitude. We further detected HeI*{lambda}3189 in 50% (52/101) of the quasars in the sample. The detection fraction of HeI* BALs in MgII BAL quasars is ~35% as a whole, and it increases dramatically with increasing spectral signal-to-noise ratio (S/N), from ~18% at S/N<=10 to ~93% at S/N>=35. This suggests that HeI* BALs could be detected in most MgII LoBAL quasars, provided the spectra S/N is high enough. Such a surprisingly high HeI* BAL fraction is actually predicted from photoionization calculations based on a simple BAL model. The result indicates that HeI* absorption lines can be used to search for BAL quasars at low z, which cannot be identified by ground-based optical spectroscopic surveys with commonly seen UV absorption lines. Using HeI*{lambda}3889, we discovered 19 BAL quasars at z<0.3 from the available SDSS spectral database. The fraction of HeI* BAL quasars is similar to that of LoBAL objects.