- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/473/4937
- Title:
- AllWISE ctp to ROSAT/2RXS & XMMSLEW2 catalogs
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/473/4937
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We release the AllWISE counterparts and Gaia matches to 106573 and 17665 X-ray sources detected in the ROSAT 2RXS and XMMSL2 surveys with |b|>15{deg}. These are the brightest X-ray sources in the sky, but their position uncertainties and the sparse multi-wavelength coverage until now rendered the identification of their counterparts a demanding task with uncertain results. New all-sky multi-wavelength surveys of sufficient depth, like AllWISE and Gaia, and a new Bayesian statistics based algorithm, NWAY, allow us, for the first time, to provide reliable counterpart associations. NWAY extends previous distance and sky density based association methods and, using one or more priors (e.g. colours, magnitudes), weights the probability that sources from two or more catalogues are simultaneously associated on the basis of their observable characteristics. Here, counterparts have been determined using a Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) colour-magnitude prior. A reference sample of 4524 XMM/Chandra and Swift X-ray sources demonstrates a reliability of 94.7 per cent (2RXS) and 97.4 per cent (XMMSL2). Combining our results with Chandra-COSMOS data, we propose a new separation between stars and AGN in the X-ray/WISE flux-magnitude plane, valid over six orders of magnitude. We also release the NWAY code and its user manual. NWAY was extensively tested with XMM-COSMOS data. Using two different sets of priors, we find an agreement of 96 per cent and 99 per cent with published Likelihood Ratio methods. Our results were achieved faster and without any follow-up visual inspection. With the advent of deep and wide area surveys in X-rays (e.g. SRG/eROSITA, Athena/WFI) and radio (ASKAP/EMU, LOFAR, APERTIF, etc.) NWAY will provide a powerful and reliable counterpart identification tool. See for all the options the Nway manual at https://github.com/JohannesBuchner/nway/raw/master/doc/nway-manual.pdf
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AN/319/201
- Title:
- Alpha Per cluster low-mass members. I.
- Short Name:
- J/AN/319/201
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Following the work of Randich et al. (1996A&A...305..785R) involving a ROSAT raster scan survey of the {alpha} Persei open cluster, we present here the results of a photometric/spectroscopic program examining the possible optical counterparts to a group of 73 X-ray sources in the raster survey which were not matched to catalogued stars. Of the 73 sources investigated, ~40 have an optical counterpart with photometry acceptable for cluster membership and ~20 of these also have radial velocities consistent with membership. We discuss the X-ray properties of these potential new members and why they may not have been identified in earlier membership surveys of this cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AN/319/215
- Title:
- Alpha Per cluster low-mass members. II.
- Short Name:
- J/AN/319/215
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The present investigation examines possible optical counterparts to 130 X-ray sources in the region of the alpha Persei open cluster (d~170pc, age~50Myr) resulting from the analysis of three 22-25ksec ROSAT PSPC pointings. In the same manner as for 73 X-ray sources from a raster survey in alpha Per (Prosser & Randich, 1998, Cat. <J/AN/319/201>), CCD photometry is employed to obtain magnitudes and colors for stars/objects close to the X-ray positions, with additional echelle and low-dispersion Halpha spectra provided for some stars. For almost 60 X-ray sources, an optical counterpart with photometry acceptable for cluster membership is identified, some of which can be excluded from membership on the basis of discrepant radial velocity or X-ray characteristics. On the order of 30 new members or likely members associated with X-ray sources have been identified based on available data. A photometric rotation period has been obtained for one rapid rotator identified in X-rays.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/714/25
- Title:
- AMUSE-Virgo survey. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/714/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We complete the census of nuclear X-ray activity in 100 early-type Virgo galaxies observed by the Chandra X-ray Telescope as part of the AMUSE-Virgo survey, down to a (3{sigma}) limiting luminosity of 3.7x10^38^erg/s over 0.5-7keV. The stellar mass distribution of the targeted sample, which is mostly composed of formally "inactive" galaxies, peaks below 10^10^M_{sun}_, a regime where the very existence of nuclear supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is debated. Out of 100 objects, 32 show a nuclear X-ray source, including 6 hybrid nuclei which also host a massive nuclear cluster as visible from archival Hubble Space Telescope images. After carefully accounting for contamination from nuclear low-mass X-ray binaries based on the shape and normalization of their X-ray luminosity function (XLF), we conclude that between 24% and 34% of the galaxies in our sample host an X-ray active SMBH (at the 95% confidence level). This sets a firm lower limit to the black hole (BH) occupation fraction in nearby bulges within a cluster environment.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/2202
- Title:
- Analysis of {gamma}-ray bursts
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/418/2202
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To find out the astrophysical processes responsible for gamma-ray burst (GRB), it is crucial to discover and understand the relations between their observational properties. This work was performed in the GRB rest frames using a sample of 62 long Swift GRBs with known redshifts. Following the earlier analysis of the correlation between afterglow luminosity (L^*^a) and break time (T^*^a), we extend it to correlations between the afterglow and the prompt emission GRB physical parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/241/37
- Title:
- 1.4 and 5GHz deep JVLA radio survey of M33
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/241/37
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have performed new 1.4 and 5 GHz observations of the Local Group galaxy M33 with the Jansky Very Large Array. Our survey has a limiting sensitivity of 20{mu}Jy (4{sigma}) and a resolution of 5.9" (FWHM), corresponding to a spatial resolution of 24pc at 817kpc. Using a new multiresolution algorithm, we have created a catalog of 2875 sources, including 675 with well-determined spectral indices. We detect sources at the position of 319 of the X-ray sources in the Tullmann+ (2011, J/ApJS/193/31) Chandra survey of M33, the majority of which are likely to be background galaxies. The radio source coincident with M33 X-8, the nuclear source, appears to be extended. Along with numerous HII regions or portions of HII region complexes, we detect 155 of the 217 optical supernova remnants (SNRs) included in the lists of Long+, 2010, J/ApJS/187/495 and Lee & Lee, 2014, J/ApJ/793/134, making this by far the largest sample of remnants at known distances with multiwavelength coverage. The remnants show a large dispersion in the ratio of radio to X-ray luminosity at a given diameter, a result that challenges the current generation of models for synchrotron radiation evolution in SNRs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/434/483
- Title:
- An XMM-Newton survey of M 31
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/434/483
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In an analysis of XMM archival observations of the bright Local Group spiral galaxy M 31 we study the population of X-ray sources (X-ray binaries, supernova remnants) down to a 0.2-4.5keV luminosity of 4.4x10^34^erg/s. EPIC hardness ratios and optical and radio information are used to distinguish between different source classes. The survey detects 856 sources in an area of 1.24 square degrees. We correlate our sources with earlier M 31 X-ray catalogues and use information from optical, infra-red and radio wavelengths. As sources within M 31 we detect 21 supernova remnants (SNR) and 23 SNR candidates, 18 supersoft source (SSS) candidates, 7 X-ray binaries (XRBs) and 9 XRB candidates, as well as 27 globular cluster sources (GlC) and 10 GlC candidates, which most likely are low mass XRBs within the GlC. Comparison to earlier X-ray surveys reveal transients not detected with XMM-Newton, which add to the number of M 31 XRBs. There are 567 sources classified as hard, which may either be XRBs or Crab-like SNRs in M 31 or background AGN. The number of 44 SNRs and candidates more than doubles the X-ray-detected SNRs. 22 sources are new SNR candidates in M 31 based on X-ray selection criteria. Another SNR candidate may be the first plerion detected outside the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds. On the other hand, six sources are foreground stars and 90 foreground star candidates, one is a BL Lac-type active galactic nucleus (AGN) and 36 are AGN candidates, one source coincides with the Local Group galaxy M 32, one with a background galaxy cluster (GCl) and another is a GCl candidate, all sources not connected to M31.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/357/401
- Title:
- An XMM-Newton view of M101
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/357/401
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the global X-ray properties of the point source population in the grand-design spiral galaxy M101, as seen with XMM-Newton. 108 X-ray sources are detected within the D25 ellipse of M101, of which ~24 are estimated to be background galaxies. Multiwavelength cross-correlations show that 20 sources are coincident with H II regions and/or supernova remnants (SNRs), seven have identified/candidate background galaxy counterparts, six are coincident with foreground stars and one has a radio counterpart.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/80/531
- Title:
- An X-ray catalog and atlas of galaxies.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/80/531
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An X-ray catalog and atlas of galaxies observed with the Einstein Observatory imaging instruments (IPC and HRI) are presented. The catalog comprises 493 galaxies, including targets of pointed observations, and RSA or RC2 galaxies serendipitously included in Einstein fields. A total of 450 of these galaxies were imaged well within the instrumental fields, resulting in 238 detections and 2123 sigma upper limits. The other galaxies were either at the edge of the visible field of view or confused with other X-ray sources. For these a rough measure of their X-ray emission is also given. The atlas shows X-ray contour maps of detected galaxies superposed on optical photographs and gives azimuthally averaged surface brightness profiles of galaxies detected with a high signal-to-noise ratio.
- 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%.