J/A+A/418/927 RXTE All-Sky Slew Survey catalog, |b|>10° (Revnivtsev+, 2004)
RXTE All-Sky Slew Survey. Catalog of X-ray sources at |b|>10°.
Revnivtsev M., Sazonov S., Jahoda K., Gilfanov M.
<Astron. Astrophys. 418, 927 (2004)>
=2004A&A...418..927R 2004A&A...418..927R
ADC_Keywords: X-ray sources ; Surveys
Mission_Name: RXTE
Keywords: X-rays: general - catalogs - surveys
Abstract:
We report results of a serendipitous hard X-ray (3-20keV), nearly
all-sky (|b|>10°) survey based on RXTE/PCA observations performed
during satellite reorientations in 1996-2002. The survey is 80% (90%)
complete to a 4σ limiting flux of ∼1.8 (2.5)x10-11erg/s/cm2
in the 3-20keV band. The achieved sensitivity in the 3-8keV and
8-20keV subbands is similar to and an order of magnitude higher than
that of the previously record HEAO-1 A1 and HEAO-1 A4 all-sky surveys,
respectively. A combined 7x103∼sq.deg area of the sky is sampled to
flux levels below 10-11erg/s/cm2 (3-20keV). In total 294 sources
are detected and localized to better than ∼1°. 236 (80%) of these
can be confidently associated with a known astrophysical object;
another 22 likely result from the superposition of 2 or 3 closely
located known sources. 35 detected sources remain unidentified,
although for 12 of these we report a likely soft X-ray counterpart
from the ROSAT all-sky survey bright source catalog. Of the reliably
identified sources, 63 have local origin (Milky Way, LMC or SMC), 64
are clusters of galaxies and 100 are active galactic nuclei (AGN). The
fact that the unidentified X-ray sources have hard spectra suggests
that the majority of them are AGN, including highly obscured ones
(NH>1023cm-2). For the first time we present a logN-logS diagram
for extragalactic sources above 4x10-12erg/s/cm2 at 8-20keV.
Description:
Catalog of sources detected by RXTE All Sky Slew Survey (XSS) at
galactic latitudes higher than |b|>10° is presented. XSS is based
on the data obtained by the RXTE/PCA during reorientation of the
satellite. For each source its XSS name, position and its uncertainty
in galactic coordinates, fluxes in energy band 3-8keV and 8-20keV,
its identification are given.
File Summary:
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table2.dat 141 321 Parameters of sources (including multiple
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 A3 --- --- [XSS]
5- 15 A11 --- XSS Name of a source in XSS catalog, JHHMMm-DDMM
17- 22 F6.2 deg GLON Galactic longitude of a source
24- 29 F6.2 deg GLAT Galactic latitude of a source
31- 32 I2 arcmin errPos Uncertainty radius of a source position
34- 41 F8.2 ct/s F3-8keV Source count rate in 3-8keV energy band,
in ct/s/PCU
43- 47 F5.2 ct/s e_F3-8keV 1σ error of a source flux in 3-8keV
energy band, in ct/s/PCU
49- 56 F8.2 ct/s F8-20keV Source count rate in 8-20 keV energy band,
in ct/s/PCU
58- 62 F5.2 ct/s e_F8-20keV 1σ error of a source flux in 8-20keV
energy band, in ct/s/PCU
64 A1 --- l_Sp-Index Limit flag on Sp-Index
65- 69 F5.2 --- Sp-Index Effective photon index between two broad
energy channels
71- 74 F4.2 --- e_Sp-Index ? 1σ error of a photon index
76-118 A43 --- CName Possible source identification
(there may be several)
120-124 A5 --- Class1 General astrophysical type of the associated
object (1)
126-131 A6 --- Class2 More detailed classification of object (2)
133-138 F6.4 --- z ? Redshift of object
140-141 I2 --- Rem [1/13]? Remarks (3)
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Note (1): General astrophysical type:
L: local (source in the Milky Way, LMC or SMC)
A: active galactic nucleus
C: cluster of galaxies
G: non-active galaxy
O: other - afterglow of a gamma-ray burst
Note (2): More detailed description of "Class2":
For AGN (A):
Q: quasar
RQQ: radio-quite quasar
RLQ: radio-loud quasar
BL: blasar (BL Lac object or flat-spectrum radio quasar)
S1: Seyfert 1 galaxy (types 1, 1.2 and 1.5)
NLS1: narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy
S2: Seyfert 2 galaxy (types 1.8, 1.9 and 2)
RG: radio galaxy, BLRG -- broad-line radio galaxy
NLRG: narrow-line radio galaxy
LLAGN: low luminosity AGN
AGN classification is mostly adopted from NED, otherwise references
are provided.
For "`local"' sources (L):
XB: X-ray binary
P: polar
IP: intermediate polar
DN: dwarf nova of SU, UG or ZC type
NL: nova-like of VY type
S: hot star
RS CVn: RS CVn variable star
SS: symbiotic star
Note (3): Remarks:
1: Veron-Cetty et al., 2001, Cat. VII/224
2: Direct examination of the ROSAT all-sky survey map reveals a
source coinciding with the AGN
3: Veron-Cetty Veron, 2003, Cat. VII/235
4: or BL Lac object, Fischer et al., 1998, Cat. IX/32
5: located in LMC
6: Alcala et al., 1995, Cat. J/A+AS/114/109
7: Pellegrini et al., 2000A&A...360..878P 2000A&A...360..878P
8: Schmid et al., 2003A&A...404..505S 2003A&A...404..505S,
Della Ceca et al., 1990, Cat. VII/181
9: Brinkmann et al., 1997, Cat. J/A+A/319/413
10: Simpson et al., 1996MNRAS.281..509S 1996MNRAS.281..509S
11: Imanishi et al., 2001ApJ...557..747I 2001ApJ...557..747I
12: Laurent-Muehleisen et al., 1997, Cat. J/A+AS/122/235
13: Lara et al., 1999NewAR..43..643L 1999NewAR..43..643L
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Acknowledgements: Mikhail Revnivtsev
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 26-Feb-2004