- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/53/445
- Title:
- ASCA Deep survey in Lockman Hole Field
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/53/445
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of deep observations of the Lockman Hole field with the ASCA SIS, covering 926arcmin^2^ in the 1-7keV energy range, with a sensitivity 3-5 times deeper than the previous ASCA larger area surveys. Utilizing the results of the ROSAT Ultra Deep survey, we have detected 32, 25, and 15 sources in the 1-7, 1-2, and 2-7keV bands, and only 4, 4, and 1 sources remain unidentified, respectively. The average hardness of the sources detected in the 1-7keV band with fluxes of between 10^-14^ and 10^-13^erg/cm^2^/s corresponds to a photon index of 1.65+/-0.10. Type-2 AGNs show significantly harder spectra than type-1s, which can be explained by absorption column densities of N_H_~10^22-23^cm^-2 at the source redshifts. Fifteen sources are detected in the hard-band (2-7keV), consisting of six type-1 AGNs, six type-2 AGNs, one star, one cluster of galaxies, and one unidentified source. Type-2 AGNs make up a major part of hard X-ray populations in the 2-7keV band at a flux level of 3x10^-14^erg/cm^2^/s (2-7 keV). The redshift distributions of type-1 and type-2 AGNs suggest a lack of high luminosity (optically-defined) type-2 AGNs with intrinsic N_H_<10^23^cm^-2, n the redshift range z~1-2 and/or with intrinsic luminosities larger than 3x10^44^erg/s (2-10keV at source frame).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/134/77
- Title:
- ASCA Galactic Plane Survey faint X-ray sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/134/77
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The X-ray emission from the central region of the Galactic plane, |l|<~45{deg} and |b|<~0.4{deg}, was studied in the 0.710keV energy band with a spatial resolution of ~3' with the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA) observatory. We developed a new analysis method for the ASCA data to resolve discrete sources from the extended Galactic ridge X-ray emission (GRXE). We successfully resolved 163 discrete sources with an X-ray flux down to 10^-12.5^ergs/cm^2^/s and determined the intensity variations of the GRXE as a function of the Galactic longitude with a spatial resolution of about 1{deg}.
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/ascagps
- Title:
- ASCA Galactic Plane Survey of Faint X-Ray Sources
- Short Name:
- ASCAGPS
- Date:
- 10 May 2024
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- Sugizaki et al. (2001) have published a study of faint X-ray sources that were resolved in the ASCA Galactic Plane Survey and their contribution to the galactic ridge X-ray emission, and the present database contains their list of discrete sources. The X-ray emission from the central region of the Galactic plane, |l|<~45 degrees and |b|<~0.4 degrees, was studied in the 0.7 to 10 keV energy band with a spatial resolution of ~3' with the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA) observatory. The authors developed a new analysis method for the ASCA data to resolve discrete sources from the extended Galactic ridge X-ray emission (GRXE). Using the ASCA Gas Imaging Spectrometers (GISs), they successfully resolved 163 discrete sources with X-ray fluxes down to 10^-12.5^ergs/cm^2/s and determined the intensity variations of the GRXE as a function of the Galactic longitude with a spatial resolution of about 1 degree. This database was created by the HEASARC in December 2001 based on the ADC/CDS Catalog J/ApJS/134/77/table2.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/ascagis
- Title:
- ASCA GIS Source Catalog (AMSS-I + AMSS-II)
- Short Name:
- ASCAGIS
- Date:
- 10 May 2024
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This is the complete X-ray source catalog of the ASCA Medium Sensitivity Survey, AMSS, or the Gas Imaging Spectrometer (GIS) catalog project. It has been constructed from data for fields covering Galactic latitudes |b| > 10 degrees which were obtained with the GIS instrument onboard the ASCA satellite between 1993 May and 1996 December (part I) and between 1997 January and 2000 May (part II). Part I of this catalog (AMSS-I) utilizes 368 combined fields, and contains 1343 sources (including target sources) with detection significance above 5 sigma in at least one of the 3 survey bands of 0.7-7.0, 2-10, or 0.7-2.0 keV, while AMSS-II uses 306 fields, and contains a total of 1190 sources, using the same criteria. The AMSS-I and AMSS-II catalogs together contain 2533 sources from an area of 278 square degrees and provide a unique database of X-ray sources in the flux range of 10^-13 to 10^-11 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.7-10 keV). The published paper contains a summary of the statistical properties of a complete X-ray sample consisting of 1969 serendipitous sources selected from AMSS-I and AMSS-II. For each source, the ASCA source name, position, 90% error radius, count rates (both observed and as corrected for Galactic absorption) in the 3 energy bands, detection signifances and fluxes in the 3 energy bands, and hardness ratio and associated error are provided. This version of the Browse ASCAGIS table containing the combined AMSS-I and AMSS-II source lists was created by the HEASARC in February 2006 based on the CDS version of the AMSS-I source list (CDS catalog J/ApJS/133/1) and the electronic ApJS version of the AMSS-II source list. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/518/656
- Title:
- ASCA Large Sky Survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/518/656
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We carried out the first wide-area unbiased survey with the ASCA satellite in the 0.7-10keV band around a north Galactic-pole region covering a continuous area of 7deg^2^ (Large Sky Survey; LSS). To make the best use of ASCA's capabilities, we developed a new source-detection method in which the complicated detector responses are fully taken into account. Applying this method to the entire LSS data independently in the total (0.7-7keV), hard (2-10keV), and soft (0.7-2keV) bands, we detected 107 sources altogether, with sensitivity limits of 6x10^-14^ (0.7-7keV), 1x10^-13^ (2-10keV), and 2x10^-14^ergs/s/cm^2^ (0.7-2keV), respectively. A complete list of the detected sources is presented.
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/ascalss
- Title:
- ASCA Large Sky Survey
- Short Name:
- ASCALSS
- Date:
- 10 May 2024
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- The ASCA Large Sky Survey (LSS) was the first wide-area unbiased survey with the ASCA satellite in the 0.7 - 10 keV band around the North Galactic Pole region covering a continuous area of 7 square degrees. To make the best use of ASCA's capabilities, the authors developed a new source detection method in which the complicated detector responses were fully taken into account. Applying this method to the entire LSS data independently in the total (0.7 - 7 keV), hard (2 - 10 keV), and soft (0.7 - 2 keV) bands, they detected 107 sources altogether, with sensitivity limits of 6 x 10<sup>-14</sup> (0.7 - 7 keV), 1 x 10<sup>-13</sup> (2 - 10 keV), and 2 x 10<sup>-14</sup> ergs/s/cm<sup>2</sup> (0.7 - 2 keV), respectively. The complete list of detected sources is presented in this table. The detection criteria that needed to be satisfied were: (i) the significance of the summed count rate of the GIS and the SIS should exceed 4.5, and (ii) the significance of either the GIS or the SIS should also exceed 3.5. This database was created by the HEASARC in December 2001 based on the ADC/CDS Catalog J/ApJ/518/656. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/ascasis
- Title:
- ASCA SIS Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- ASCASIS
- Date:
- 10 May 2024
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This preliminary ASCA SIS Source Catalog contains a list of point sources detected by the Solid-state Imaging Spectrometers (SIS) on-board the ASCA Observatory. This catalog was generated by searching for point-like sources in all data available from the HEASARC's ASCA public archive (ASCAPUBLIC) as of 24 Oct 1996; and is populated by both target and serendipitous sources in the SIS field-of-view. For each catalogued source various information is available, which includes the celestial coordinates of the source, the count rate, the significance of detection, and the hardness ratio, total aperture counts, exposure time, and start time of the observation. In addition, a set of three GIF "thumbnail" images is available in the broad (0.5 - 12 keV), soft (2 < keV), and hard (> 2 keV) spectral bands centered on the apparent detection. These images are convenient for accessing the quality of the source detection. The current catalog is preliminary, the goal of the catalog authors being to make the SIS source list available as quickly as possible. To accomplish this, they took an incremental approach and placed their "work in progress" on-line, warts and all. They urge caution in using and citing these preliminary results, as they point out that the information is not, as yet, 100% reliable. This catalog was generated in January 1997 by Drs. Eric Gotthelf and Nicholas White and resulted from their search for point-like sources in all of the then-available SIS data files in the HEASARC's Public ASCA Data Archive as of 24 Oct 1996. The catalog is populated with both targeted and serendipitous sources that were present in the SIS field-of-view. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/55/161
- Title:
- ASCA sources in the SMC
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/55/161
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We made 22 observations on the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and covered full regions of the main body and the eastern wing by the end of the ASCA mission. We detected 106 discrete sources with a criterion of S/N>5 and performed systematic analyses on all of the sources. We determined the source positions with an ~40" error radius (90% confidence) for sources detected in the central 20' radius of the GIS. We detected coherent pulsations from 17 sources. Among them, eight were newly discovered during this study. We classified most of these pulsars as X-ray binary pulsars (XBPs) based on their properties, such as the flux variability and the existence of an optical counterpart. We detected X-ray emission from eight supernova remnants (SNRs). Based on these ASCA results and further information from ROSAT, SAX, RXTE, CGRO, Chandra, and XMM-Newton, we compiled comprehensive catalogues of discrete X-ray sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/133/1
- Title:
- GIS catalog project : source catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/133/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first X-ray source catalog of the ASCA Medium Sensitivity Survey (AMSS, or the GIS catalog project), constructed from data at Galactic latitudes |b|>10{deg} observed between 1993 May and 1996 December. The catalog utilizes 368 combined fields and contains 1343 sources with the detection significance above 5{sigma} either in the survey bands of 0.7-7keV, 2-10keV, or 0.7-2keV, including target sources. For each source, the ASCA source name, position, a 90% error radius, count rates in the three bands, detection significances, fluxes, and a hardness ratio are provided. With extensive simulations, we carefully evaluate the data quality of the catalog. Results from cross-correlation with other existing catalogs are briefly summarized.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/161/185
- Title:
- GIS catalog project : source catalog II
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/161/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In succession to the first ASCA Medium Sensitivity Survey catalog (AMSS-I), we present the second X-ray source catalog (AMSS-II), constructed from the Gas Imaging Spectrometer (GIS) data covering Galactic latitudes |b|>10{deg} observed between 1997 January and 2000 May. The AMSS-II catalog uses 306 fields and contains a total of 1190 sources detected with significance of >5{sigma} in either the 0.7-7, 2-10, or 0.7-2keV band. The AMSS-I and AMSS-II catalogs list a total of 2533 sources from an area of 278{deg}^2^ and provides a unique database of X-ray sources in the flux range of 10^-13^-10^-11^ergs/cm^2^/s (0.7-10keV). We summarize statistical properties of a complete X-ray sample consisting of 1969 serendipitous selected from AMSS-I and AMSS-II.