J/A+A/442/1135 High-mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic Clouds (Liu+, 2005)
High-mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic Clouds.
Liu Q.Z., van Paradijs J., van den Heuvel E.P.J.
<Astron. Astrophys. 442, 1135 (2005)>
=2005A&A...442.1135L 2005A&A...442.1135L
ADC_Keywords: Magellanic Clouds ; Binaries, X-ray ; Photometry, UBV
Keywords: stars: early-type stars - X-ray: binaries - Magellanic Clouds -
catalogues
Abstract:
We present a catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic
Clouds. The catalogue lists source name(s), coordinates, apparent
magnitudes, orbital parameters, and X-ray luminosity of 128 high-mass
X-ray binaries, together with stellar parameters of the components,
other characteristic properties and a comprehensive selection of the
relevant literature. The aim of this catalogue is to provide easy
access to the basic information on the X-ray sources and their
counterparts in other wavelength ranges (UV, optical, IR, radio). Most
of the sources are identified to be Be/X-ray binaries. Some sources,
however, are only tentatively identified as high-mass X-ray binaries
on the basis of a transient character and/or a hard X-ray spectrum.
Further identification in other wavelength bands is needed to finally
determine the nature of these sources. In cases where there is some
doubt about the high-mass nature of the X-ray binary this is
mentioned. Literature published before 1 May 2005 has, as far as
possible, been taken into account.
Description:
Table 1 and Table 2 list the 92 HMXBs in the SMC and 36 HMXBs in the
LMC, respectively. In the tables the sources are ordered according to
right ascension of sources; part of the (mainly numerical) information
on a source is arranged in six columns, below which for each source
additional information is provided in the form of key words with
reference numbers [in square brackets].
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 275 92 High Mass X-ray binaries in Small Magellanic Cloud
notes1.dat 80 353 Individual notes for table1.dat
table2.dat 271 36 High Mass X-ray binaries in Large Magellanic Cloud
notes2.dat 80 129 Individual notes for table2.dat
refs.dat 206 273 References
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See also:
B/cb : Cataclysmic Binaries, LMXBs, and related objects (Ritter+, 2005)
V/106 : Catalogue of X-ray binaries (Liu+ 2001)
V/123 : Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables (Downes+ 2001-2005)
J/A+A/429/1125 : Catalog of Ultraluminous X-ray sources (Liu+, 2005)
J/ApJS/157/59 : Ultraluminous X-ray sources in nearby galaxies (Liu+, 2005)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 22 A22 --- Name Source name (1)
24- 26 A3 --- Type [TUP ] Type (2)
28- 29 I2 h RAh ? Right ascension (J2000) (3)
31- 32 I2 min RAm ? Right ascension (J2000)
34- 38 F5.2 s RAs ? Right ascension (J2000)
40 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
41- 42 I2 deg DEd ? Declination (J2000) (3)
44- 45 I2 arcmin DEm ? Declination (J2000)
47- 50 F4.1 arcsec DEs ? Declination (J2000)
52- 56 F5.1 deg GLON ? Galactic longitude (4)
59- 63 F5.1 deg GLAT ? Galactic latitude (4)
65- 77 A13 --- Opt Optical counterpart designation
79- 91 A13 --- Opt2 Second optical counterpart designation (5)
93 A1 --- --- ([)
94-103 A10 --- r_Opt Reference for Optical counterpart (finding
charts)
105 A1 --- l_Vmag [~] Limit flag on Vmag
106-111 F6.3 mag Vmag ? V (or B) magnitude
112 A1 --- --- [-]
113-116 F4.1 mag Vmagu ? Upper limit of V mag when interval
117 A1 --- n_Vmag [B] B if B magnitude in Vmag
119-124 F6.3 mag B-V ? B-V colour index (or R magnitude)
125 A1 --- n_B-V [R] R if R magnitude in B-V
127-131 F5.2 mag U-B ? U-B colour index
133-143 A11 --- SpType MK spectral index
145-148 F4.2 mag E(B-V) ? Interstellar reddening
149 A1 --- --- [-]
150-153 F4.2 mag E(B-V)u ? Upper limit of E(B-V) interval
155 A1 --- --- ([)
156-171 A16 --- r_Vmag References for UBV photometry
173 A1 --- l_Fx [~<] Limit flag on Fx
174-181 F8.4 uJy Fx ? Average X-ray flux (2-10keV)
182 A1 --- --- [-]
183-188 F6.3 uJy Fxu ? Upper limit of X-ray flux when interval
190-203 A14 --- Range Energy range for flux if not 2-20keV
205 A1 --- --- ([)
206-217 A12 --- r_Fx References for X-ray flux
219-225 F7.3 d Porb ? Orbital period
226 A1 --- u_Porb [?] Uncertainty flag on Porb
228-236 F9.4 s Ppulse ? Pulse period for X-ray pulsars
238 A1 --- --- ([)
239-253 A15 ---- r_Ppulse References for Pulse period
255-275 A21 --- Name2 Other name (5)
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Note (1): Source name, with rough information on its sky location,
according to the conventional source nomenclature of space satellites
in which the source was detected, hhmm±ddd, or hhmm.m±ddmm. Here
hh, mm and ss indicate the hours, minutes and seconds of right
ascension, ddd the declination in units of 0.1 degree (in a small
number of cases, the coordinates shown in the name are given with
more, or fewer, digits). The prefix J indicates a name based on J2000
coordinates. Otherwise, 1950 coordinates were used in the name.
Note (2): Type is defined as follows:
P = X-ray pulsar (47 in the SMC and 7 in the LMC)
T = transient X-ray source
U = ultra-soft X-ray spectrum. These sources include black-hole
candidates; some 'extreme ultra-soft' (EUS) source may be white
dwarf (WD) on whose surface steady nuclear burning takes place.
Note (3): The right ascension is given to an accuracy of 0.1s,
declination to an accuracy of 1" (in a small number of cases,
the coordinates are given with more, or fewer, digits).
Note (4): Galactic longitude and latitude are given to an accuracy of 0.1°
Note (5): An asterisk followed by a number or letter refers to star
numbers used in the finding chart; "star" refers a star in the finding
chart that has not been assigned a number or letter. Many optical
counterparts have been indicated with a Halpha emission-line object in
the SMC by Meyssonier & Azzopardi (1993, Cat. J/A+AS/102/451 here
after MA93) and a Small Magellanic Cloud member star by Azzopardi &
Vigneau (1982A&AS...50..291A 1982A&AS...50..291A, hereafter AzV), or a number in a
well-known catalogue (e.g., GSC, 2MASS, OGLE, MACHO etc.).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes1.dat notes2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 22 A22 --- Name Source name
24- 99 A76 --- Note Text of the note
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 I3 --- Ref [1/273] Reference number
5- 23 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
25- 53 A29 --- Aut Author's name
55-206 A152 --- Com Comments
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Acknowledgements: Qingzhong Liu, qzliu(at)pmo.ac.cn
History:
* 29-Jul-2005: Original version
* 15-Dec-2010: reference '213a' changed into '273'
(to keep only numeric references)
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 29-Jul-2005