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1. An X-Ray Survey of Galaxies in Pairs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/511/595
Title:
An X-Ray Survey of Galaxies in Pairs
Short Name:
J/ApJ/511/595
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Results are reported from the first survey of X-ray emission from galaxies in pairs. The sample consists of 52 pairs of galaxies from the Catalog of Paired Galaxies (Cat. <VII/77>) whose coordinates overlap the ROSAT Position Sensitive Proportional Counter pointed observations. The mean observed log(L_x_) for early-type pairs is 41.35+/-0.21, while the mean log(L_x_) predicted using the (L_X_-L_b_) relationship for isolated early-type galaxies is 42.10+/-0.19. With 95% confidence, the galaxies in pairs are underluminous in the X-ray, compared with isolated galaxies, for the same L_b_. A significant fraction of the mixed pair sample also appears similarly underluminous. A spatial analysis shows that the X-ray emission from pairs of both types typically has an extent of 10 - 50 kpc, much smaller than the group intergalactic medium, and thus likely originates from the galaxies. CPG 564, the most X-ray luminous early-type pair, 4.7x10^42^ergs/s, is an exception. The extent of its X-ray emission, greater than 169 kpc, and HWHM, {~}80 kpc, is comparable to that expected from an intergalactic medium. The sample shows only a weak correlation, {~}81% confidence, between L_X_ and L_b_, presumably due to variations in gas content within the galaxies. No correlation between L_X_ and the pair velocity difference ({delta}v), separation ({delta}r), or far-infrared luminosity (L_fir_) is found, although the detection rate is low, 22%.
2. Bright SHARC survey cluster catalog
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/126/209
Title:
Bright SHARC survey cluster catalog
Short Name:
J/ApJS/126/209
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the Bright SHARC (Serendipitous High-Redshift Archival ROSAT Cluster) Survey, which is an objective search for serendipitously detected extended X-ray sources in 460 deep ROSAT PSPC pointings. The Bright SHARC Survey covers an area of 178.6 deg^2^ and has yielded 374 extended sources. We discuss the X-ray data reduction, the candidate selection and present results from our on-going optical follow-up campaign. The optical follow-up concentrates on the brightest 94 of the 374 extended sources and is now 97% complete. We have identified 37 clusters of galaxies, for which we present redshifts and luminosities. The clusters span a redshift range of 0.0696<z<0.83 and a luminosity range of 0.065<L_X_< 8.3x10^44^ergs/s [0.5-2.0keV] (assuming H_0_=50km/s/Mpc and q_0_=0.5). Twelve of the clusters have redshifts greater than z=0.3, eight of which are at luminosities brighter than L_X_=3x10^44^ergs/s. Seventeen of the 37 optically confirmed Bright SHARC clusters have not been listed in any previously published catalog. We also report the discovery of three candidate "fossil groups" of the kind proposed by Ponman et al. (1994Natur.369..462P)
3. Catalog of ROSAT galaxy clusters
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/502/558
Title:
Catalog of ROSAT galaxy clusters
Short Name:
J/ApJ/502/558
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalog of 203 clusters of galaxies serendipitously detected in 647 ROSAT PSPC high Galactic latitude pointings covering 158deg^2^. This is one of the largest X-ray-selected cluster samples, comparable in size only to the ROSAT All-Sky Survey sample of nearby clusters (Ebeling et al., 1997ApJ...479L.101E). We detect clusters in the inner 175 of the ROSAT PSPC field of view using the spatial extent of their X-ray emission. Fluxes of detected clusters range from 1.6x10^-14^ to 8x10^-12^ergs/s/cm^2^ in the 0.52keV energy band. X-ray luminosities range from 10^42^ergs/s, corresponding to very poor groups, to ~5x10^44^ergs/s, corresponding to rich clusters. The cluster redshifts range from z=0.015 to z>0.5. The catalog lists X-ray fluxes, core radii, and spectroscopic redshifts for 73 clusters and photometric redshifts for the remainder.
4. Catalogue of ROSAT White Dwarfs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/316/147
Title:
Catalogue of ROSAT White Dwarfs
Short Name:
J/A+A/316/147
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Table1 lists all white dwarf stars, both previously-catalogued and newly discovered, which have been detected in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey. The positions and count rates of the X-ray sources associated with each star are given, as well as spectral types and other star names for those stars which have been previously catalogued. Table2 lists distances estimated via Balmer line profile fitting, corrected (for IS absorption) X-ray luminosities, and each star's contribution to the X-ray luminosity function for all DA white dwarfs which were detected in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey.
5. Cha X-ray sources & optical identifications
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/114/109
Title:
Cha X-ray sources & optical identifications
Short Name:
J/A+AS/114/109
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the observations of the ROSAT all-sky survey (RASS) in the direction of the Chamaeleon cloud complex, as well as the spectroscopic identifications of the detected X-ray sources. The main purpose of this identification program was the search for low mass pre-main sequence stars. Sixteen previously known PMS stars were detected with high confidence by ROSAT. Eight are classical T Tauri stars and eight are weak-line T Tauri stars. Seventy-seven new weak-line T Tauri stars were identified on the basis of the presence of strong Li {lambda}6707 absorption, spectral type later than F0 and chromospheric emission. We give coordinates and count rates of the X-ray sources, and present optical spectra and finding charts for the sources identified optically as new pre-main sequence stars. Optical UBV(RI)c and near-infrared JHKLM photometry for this sample of stars is also provided. In addition, 6 new dKe-dMe candidates are found among the RASS sources.
6. Extended ROSAT Bright Cluster Sample
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/318/333
Title:
Extended ROSAT Bright Cluster Sample
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/318/333
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a low-flux extension of the X-ray-selected ROSAT Brightest Cluster Sample (BCS) published in Paper I of this series. Like the original BCS and employing an identical selection procedure, the BCS extension is compiled from ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) data in the northern hemisphere ({delta}>=0{deg}) and at high Galactic latitudes (|b|>=20{deg}). It comprises 99 X-ray-selected clusters of galaxies with measured redshifts z<=0.3 (as well as eight more at z>0.3) and total fluxes between 2.8x10^-12^ and 4.4x10^-12^erg/cm^2^/s in the 0.1-2.4keV band (the latter value being the flux limit of the original BCS). The extension can be combined with the main sample published in 1998 to form the homogeneously selected extended BCS (eBCS), the largest and statistically best understood cluster sample to emerge from the RASS to date. The nominal completeness of the combined sample (defined with respect to a power-law fit to the bright end of the BCS logN-logS distribution) is relatively low at 75per cent (compared with 90per cent for the high-flux sample of Paper I). However, just as for the original BCS, this incompleteness can be accurately quantified, and thus statistically corrected for, as a function of X-ray luminosity and redshift. In addition to its importance for improved statistical studies of the properties of clusters in the local Universe, the low-flux extension of the BCS is also intended to serve as a finding list for X-ray-bright clusters in the northern hemisphere which we hope will prove useful in the preparation of cluster observations with the next generation of X-ray telescopes such as Chandra and XMM-Newton.
7. F, G and K stars BVRI photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/131/197
Title:
F, G and K stars BVRI photometry
Short Name:
J/A+AS/131/197
Date:
15 Dec 2021 08:12:40
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present accurate BV(RI)c photometry for a sample of F, G and K stars detected in selected areas of the ROSAT all-sky survey (RASS). We have used the photometry, in addition to low-resolution spectroscopy, to estimate spectral classifications, distances and X-ray luminosities. The log(L_X_/L_V_) in the sample lies below -2. Although the sample contains also nearby, inactive stars, it is dominated by active objects. The median X-ray luminosity in our sample is <L_X_>=29.88 and the mean value of the hardness ratios <HR1>=0.13+/-0.35. We compare the derived X-ray luminosity function with similar functions obtained from the serendipitous samples of the Einstein Observatory medium sensitivity survey (EMSS, Cat. <IX/15>) and EXOSAT (Cat. <J/A+AS/115/41>). Our sample is completely consistent with the EMSS sample of solar type stars, indicating that both our sources and the EMSS sources are representative of the high galactic latitude X-ray stellar population. We do not find extremely active stars (log(L_X_)>=32), as are found in the EMSS sample, and we argue that these objects are rare.
8. Giants and supergiants ROSAT data
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/127/251
Title:
Giants and supergiants ROSAT data
Short Name:
J/A+AS/127/251
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present X-ray data for all late-type (A,F,G,K,M) giants and supergiants (luminosity classes I to III-IV) listed in the Bright Star Catalogue that have been detected in the ROSAT all-sky survey. The selection of the sample stars, the data analysis, the criteria for an accepted match between star and X-ray source, and the determination of X-ray fluxes are described.
9. 10 globular cluster ROSAT observations
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/309/116
Title:
10 globular cluster ROSAT observations
Short Name:
J/A+A/309/116
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present X-ray observations of ten globular clusters observed with the ROSAT PSPC. The clusters were chosen to have large core radii and to be nearby. Three clusters contain X-ray sources which are probably associated with the cluster. One is the previously discovered X-ray transient H1825-331 in NGC 6652. The other two, in NGC 6366 and NGC 6809, are new members of the class of low-luminosity sources, with luminosities in the region of 10^32^erg/s. Upper limits can be placed on the source temperatures of both sources, making them similar to sources found in other globular clusters by ROSAT.
10. High-resolution spectra south of Taurus
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/325/647
Title:
High-resolution spectra south of Taurus
Short Name:
J/A+A/325/647
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Listed are results from our high-resolution data for all stars in our study area which were listed by either Magazzu et al. (1997A&AS..124..449M) or Alcala et al. (1996A&AS..119....7A), i.e. T Tauri candidates from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey. In table 1, we list all stars for which lithium was found either by Magazzu et al. (1997A&AS..124..449M) or in our CASPEC spectra, as well as two stars identified as wTTS by Alcala et al. (1996A&AS..119....7A). Listed are the designation, number of single-order echelle spectra taken, effective temperatures, projected rotational velocities, mean heliocentric radial velocities with errors, radial velocities in the local standard of rest, and remarks on variability in radial velocity as found in our high-resolution spectra. For comparison, we also list the results on spectral types of the stars (with `e' for H{alpha} emission) as found by Magazzu et al. (1997A&AS..124..449M) (or Alcala et al., 1996A&AS..119....7A) with low- and medium-resolution spectroscopy. In the last two columns, we list the (NLTE) lithium abundance (given on a scale where logN(H)=12) and the lithium excess above the relevant Pleiades upper envelope; upper limits indicate stars where the Magazzu et al. (1997A&AS..124..449M) spectra suffer from either low S/N or low resolution. In table 2, we list all stars where no lithium was detected -- neither by Magazzu et al. (1997A&AS..124..449M) nor in our CASPEC spectra.