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24851. X-ray sources near 2 bright {gamma}-ray sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/756/33
Title:
X-ray sources near 2 bright {gamma}-ray sources
Short Name:
J/ApJ/756/33
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present Chandra ACIS-I X-ray observations of 0FGL J1311.9-3419 and 0FGL J1653.4-0200, the two brightest high Galactic latitude (|b|>10{deg}) {gamma}-ray sources from the three-month Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) bright source list that are still unidentified. Both were also detected previously by EGRET, and despite dedicated multi-wavelength follow-up, they are still not associated with established classes of {gamma}-ray emitters like pulsars or radio-loud active galactic nuclei. X-ray sources found in the ACIS-I fields of view are cataloged, and their basic properties are determined. These are discussed as candidate counterparts to 0FGL J1311.9-3419 and 0FGL J1653.4-0200, with particular emphasis on the brightest of the 9 and 13 Chandra sources detected within the respective Fermi-LAT 95% confidence regions. Further follow-up studies, including optical photometric and spectroscopic observations, are necessary to identify these X-ray candidate counterparts in order to ultimately reveal the nature of these enigmatic {gamma}-ray objects.
24852. X-ray sources near Lockman Hole
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/434/801
Title:
X-ray sources near Lockman Hole
Short Name:
J/A+A/434/801
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have identified a large-scale structure traced by galaxies at z=0.8, within the Lockman Hole, by means of multi-object spectroscopic observations. By using deep XMM images we have investigated the soft X-ray emission from the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM) expected to be associated with this large-scale structure and we set a tight upper limit to its flux in the very soft 0.2-0.4keV band. The non-detection requires the WHIM at these redshifts to be cooler than 0.1keV. Combined with the WHIM emission detections at lower redshift, our result indicates that the WHIM temperature rapidly decreases with redshift, as expected in popular cosmological models.
24853. X-ray sources near soft gamma repeater in M31
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/681/1464
Title:
X-ray sources near soft gamma repeater in M31
Short Name:
J/ApJ/681/1464
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
GRB 070201 was a bright, short-duration, hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst detected by the Interplanetary Network. Its error quadrilateral, which has an area of 0.124deg^2^, intersects some prominent spiral arms of the nearby M31 (Andromeda) galaxy. Given the properties of this GRB, along with the fact that LIGO data argue against a compact binary merger origin in M31, it is an excellent candidate to have been an extragalactic soft gamma-ray repeater (SGR) giant flare, with an energy of 1.4x1045ergs. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that it was a short-duration GRB in the background. Analysis of ROTSE-IIIb visible-light observations of M31, taken 10.6hr after the burst and covering 42% of the GRB error region, does not reveal any optical transient down to a limiting magnitude of 17.1. We inspected archival and proprietary XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the intersection of the GRB error region and M31, obtained about 4 weeks prior to the outburst, in order to look for periodic variable X-ray sources. No SGR or anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) candidates (periods in the range 1-20s) were detected. We discuss the possibility of detecting extragalactic SGRs/AXPs by identifying their periodic X-ray light curves. Our simulations suggest that the probability of detecting the periodic X-ray signal of one of the known Galactic SGRs/AXPs, if placed in M31, is about 10% using a 50ks XMM-Newton exposure, increasing to 50% for a 2Ms observation.
24854. X-ray sources toward NGC 2808
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/490/641
Title:
X-ray sources toward NGC 2808
Short Name:
J/A+A/490/641
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using new Chandra X-ray observations and existing XMM-Newton X-ray and Hubble far ultraviolet observations, we aim to detect and identify the faint X-ray sources belonging to the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808 in order to understand their role in the evolution of globular clusters. We present a Chandra X-ray observation of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808. We classify the X-ray sources associated with the cluster by analysing their colours and variability. Previous observations with XMM-Newton and far ultraviolet observations with the Hubble Space Telescope are re-investigated to help identify the Chandra sources associated with the cluster. We compare our results to population synthesis models and observations of other Galactic globular clusters. We detect 113 sources, of which 16 fall inside the half-mass radius of NGC 2808 and are concentrated towards the cluster core.
24855. X-ray spectra in 13^H^ XMM/Chandra deep field
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/369/156
Title:
X-ray spectra in 13^H^ XMM/Chandra deep field
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/369/156
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the X-ray spectra of 86 optically identified sources in the 13^H^ XMM-Newton/Chandra deep field which have >70 X-ray counts. The majority of these sources have 2-10keV fluxes between 10-15 and 5x10^-14^erg/cm^2^/s. The sample consists of 50 broad-line active galactic nuclei (BLAGN), 25 narrow emission-line galaxies (NELGs), six absorption-line galaxies and five Galactic stars. The majority (42/50) of the BLAGN have X-ray spectra which are consistent with a power-law shape.
24856. X-ray spectral analysis of AGNs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/443/1999
Title:
X-ray spectral analysis of AGNs
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/443/1999
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results from an X-ray spectral analysis of active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the Chandra Deep Field-South, All-wavelength Extended Groth-strip International Survey (AEGIS)-Deep X-ray survey (XD) and Chandra-Cosmic Evolution Surveys (COSMOS), focusing on the identification and characterization of the most heavily obscured, Compton thick (CT, NH>10^24^cm^-2^) sources. Our sample is comprised of 3184 X-ray selected extragalactic sources, which has a high rate of redshift completeness (96.6 per cent), and includes additional spectroscopic redshifts and improved photometric redshifts over previous studies. We use spectral models designed for heavily obscured AGN which self-consistently include all major spectral signatures of heavy absorption. We validate our spectral fitting method through simulations, identify CT sources not selected through this method using X-ray colours and take considerations for the constraints on NH given the low count nature of many of our sources. After these considerations, we identify a total of 100 CT AGN with best-fitting NH >10^24^cm^-2^ and NH constrained to be above 10^23.5^cm^-2^ at 90 per cent confidence. These sources cover an intrinsic 2-10keV X-ray luminosity range of 10^42^-3x10^45^erg/s and a redshift range of z=0.1-4. This sample will enable characterization of these heavily obscured AGN across cosmic time and to ascertain their cosmological significance. These survey fields are sites of extensive multiwavelength coverage, including near-infrared Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) data and far-infrared Herschel data, enabling forthcoming investigations into the host properties of CT AGN. Furthermore, by using the torus models to test different covering factor scenarios, and by investigating the inclusion of the soft scattered emission, we find evidence that the covering factor of the obscuring material decreases with LX for all redshifts, consistent with the receding torus model, and that this factor increases with redshift, consistent with an increase in the obscured fraction towards higher redshifts. The strong relationship between the parameters of obscuration and LX points towards an origin intrinsic to the AGN; however, the increase of the covering factor with redshift may point towards contributions to the obscuration by the host galaxy. We make NH, {GAMMA} (with uncertainties), observed X-ray fluxes and intrinsic 2-10keV luminosities for all sources analysed in this work publicly available in an online catalogue.
24857. X-ray spectral analysis of 107 MW sight lines
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/862/34
Title:
X-ray spectral analysis of 107 MW sight lines
Short Name:
J/ApJ/862/34
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The formation mechanism of the hot gaseous halo associated with the Milky Way is still under debate. We report new observational constraints on the gaseous halo using 107 lines of sight of the Suzaku X-ray observations at 75{deg}<l<285{deg} and |b|>15{deg} with a total exposure of 6.4Ms. The gaseous halo spectra are represented by a single-temperature plasma model in collisional ionization equilibrium. The median temperature of the observed fields is 0.26keV (3.0x10^6^K) with a typical fluctuation of ~30%. The emission measure varies by an order of magnitude and marginally correlates with the Galactic latitude. Despite the large scatter of the data, the emission measure distribution is roughly reproduced by a disk-like density distribution with a scale length of ~7kpc, a scale height of ~2kpc, and a total mass of ~5x10^7^M_{sun}_. In addition, we found that a spherical hot gas with the {beta}-model profile hardly contributes to the observed X-rays but that its total mass might reach >~10^9^M_{sun}_. Combined with indirect evidence of an extended gaseous halo from other observations, the hot gaseous halo likely consists of a dense disk-like component and a rarefied spherical component; the X-ray emissions primarily come from the former, but the mass is dominated by the latter. The disk-like component likely originates from stellar feedback in the Galactic disk due to the low scale height and the large scatter of the emission measures. The median [O/Fe] of ~0.25 shows the contribution of the core-collapse supernovae and supports the stellar feedback origin.
24858. X-ray spectral analysis of Swift/BAT AGNs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/763/111
Title:
X-ray spectral analysis of Swift/BAT AGNs
Short Name:
J/ApJ/763/111
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of the non-beamed, hard X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the northern Galactic cap of the 58 month Swift Burst Alert Telescope (Swift/BAT) catalog, consisting of 100 AGNs with b>50{deg}. This sky area has excellent potential for further dedicated study due to a wide range of multi-wavelength data that are already available, and we propose it as a low-redshift analog to the "deep field" observations of AGNs at higher redshifts (e.g., CDFN/S, COSMOS, Lockman Hole). We present distributions of luminosity, absorbing column density, and other key quantities for the catalog. We use a consistent approach to fit new and archival X-ray data gathered from XMM-Newton, Swift/XRT, ASCA, and Swift/BAT. We probe to deeper redshifts than the 9 month BAT catalog (<z>=0.043 compared to <z>=0.03 for the 9 month catalog), and uncover a broader absorbing column density distribution. The fraction of obscured (logN_H_>=22) objects in the sample is ~60%, and 43%-56% of the sample exhibits "complex" 0.4-10keV spectra. We present the average 1-10keV spectrum for the sample, which reproduces the 1-10keV X-ray background slope as found for the brighter 9 month BAT AGN sample.
24859. X-ray spectra of bursting neutron stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/376/161
Title:
X-ray spectra of bursting neutron stars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/376/161
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
X-ray burst sources represent a class of accreting neutron stars in close binary systems which do not exhibit any traces of the magnetic field. We present new method of hot model atmosphere computations with account of Compton scattering on free electrons and computed set of plane-parallel hydrogen-helium atmospheres and X-ray spectra of bursting neutron stars. Models were computed with precise angle-dependent radiative transfer under constrains of radiative and hydrostatic equilibrium. Compton scattering opacity included both the Klein-Nishina corrections and the effects of relativistic Maxwellian thermal motion of scattering electrons. Compton redistribution function allows for large energy exchange between X-ray photons and scattering electrons.
24860. X-ray spectra of 4 cool stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/416/281
Title:
X-ray spectra of 4 cool stars
Short Name:
J/A+A/416/281
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
These tables include the observed fluxes of the lines identified in the X-ray spectra of four cool stars (Procyon, epsilon Eri, lambda And and V851 Cen). The spectra were taken using different configurations (Chandra/LETG, Chandra/HETG and XMM/RGS). The tables list the observed fluxes at Earth, and a comparison with the fluxes predicted for a given thermal coronal structure (the Emission Measure Distribution, EMD), the emissivities provided by the Astrophysical Plasma Emission Model (APED) and column density of absorbing material in the interstellar medium towards the star. A list of the most important (at least a 5% of the flux predicted for the line) blends that have been considered for each line is included.

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