J/A+A/587/A61 BlackCAT, stellar-mass BH in X-ray trans. (Corral-Santana+, 2016)
BlackCAT: A catalogue of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray transients.
Corral-Santana J.M., Casares J., Munoz-Darias T., Bauer F.E.,
Martinez-Pais I.G., Russell D.M.
<Astron. Astrophys. 587, A61 (2016)>
=2016A&A...587A..61C 2016A&A...587A..61C (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Binaries, X-ray ; Magnitudes ; Rotational velocities
Keywords: X-rays: binaries - stars: black hole - catalogs
Abstract:
During the last ∼50 years, the population of black hole candidates in
X-ray binaries has increased considerably, with 59 Galactic objects
being detected in transient low-mass X-ray binaries, as well as a few
in persistent systems (including ∼5 extragalactic binaries). We
collect near-infrared, optical, and X-ray information spread over
hundreds of references to study the population of black holes in X-ray
transients as a whole. We present the most updated catalogue of black
hole transients. This contains X-ray, optical, and near-infrared
observations, together with their astrometric and dynamical
properties. The catalogue provides new and useful information in both
statistical and observational parameters and provides a thorough and
complete overview of the black hole population in the Milky Way.
Analysing the distances and spatial distribution of the observed
systems, we estimate a total population of ∼1300 Galactic black hole
transients. This means that we have only discovered less than ∼5% of
the total Galactic distribution. The complete version of this
catalogue will be continuously updated online and in the Virtual
Observatory, including finding charts and data in other wavelengths.
Description:
Astrometric, observational and dynamical parameters of the 59 black
hole transients discovered since 1966 in the Galaxy. For each object,
we provide: year of discovery, name(s), right ascension (hms) and
declination (dms) in equinox J2000 with uncertainty and wavelength
range of the source of coordinates, Galactic longitude and latitude
(deg), distance and scale height (kpc), number of outbursts, ID number
for cross-correlation with the online version, X-ray flux at the peak
of the outburst (erg/s/cm2) in the range 2-10keV, magnitude at the
peak of the outburst and in quiescence in AB, reddening (mag), orbital
period (h) and their corresponding references. In addition, for the
sample of dynamically confirmed black holes, we provide: up to 4
optical and 3 infrared magnitudes in quiescence (AB), the spectral
type of the companion star, the orbital period (h), the radial
velocity of the companion star (km/s), the mass function (M☉),
the mass of the black hole (M☉), the mass ratio, the inclination
(deg) and the rotational broadening (km/s) with their corresponding
references.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
tablea1.dat 219 57 Astrometric properties, number of outbursts and
orbital periods of all the black hole transients
tablea2.dat 230 59 Peak X-ray flux and optical/NIR photometric
parameters
tablea3.dat 171 36 Photometric magnitudes of the sample of
dynamical black holes
tablea4.dat 252 18 Dynamical parameters of the sample of dynamical
black holes
notes1.dat 80 95 Notes to tablea1.dat
notes2.dat 80 53 Notes to tablea2.dat
refs.dat 167 374 References
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: tablea1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 yr Year Year of detection
6- 28 A23 --- Name Name
30- 31 I2 --- n_Name ? Note on Name, in notes1.dat file
32 A1 --- f_Name [*] * indicates dynamical BHs
33- 64 A32 --- Ctp Counterpart name
65- 66 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
68- 69 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
71- 76 F6.3 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
78 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
79- 80 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
82- 83 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
85- 90 F6.3 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
91- 92 A2 --- Type Source of coordinates (1)
93 A1 --- leRAs Limit flag on positional error
94-104 F11.6 arcsec e_RAs ? Error in RA
105 A1 --- --- [,]
106-112 F7.5 arcsec e_DEs ? Error in DE
114-121 F8.4 deg GLON Galactic longitude
123-130 F8.4 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
132 A1 --- l_Dist [~><] Limit flag on Dist
133-137 F5.2 kpc Dist ? Distance from Sun
139-142 F4.2 kpc e_Dist ? rms uncertainty on Dist
143 A1 --- u_Dist Uncertainty flag on Dist
145 A1 --- l_Z [≲>] Limit flag on Z
146-150 F5.2 kpc Z ? Distance above the plane plane
152-155 F4.2 kpc e_Z ? rms uncertainty on Z
157 A1 --- l_Noutb [~] Limit flag on Noutb
158-159 I2 --- Noutb ? Number of outbursts reported after the
discovery outburst
161-219 A59 ---- Refs References for detection, coordinates and
distance, in refs.dat file
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Note (1): Source of the coordinates as follows:
r = radio
e = interferometry in radio
o = optical
i = infrared
x = X-rays
or a combination of them
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: tablea2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- Seq Sequential number
4- 25 A22 --- Name Name
27- 28 I2 --- n_Name [1/24]? Note on Name, in notes2.dat file
29 A1 --- f_Name [*] *: dynamical BHs
30- 58 A29 --- Ctp Counterpart name
60- 67 E8.3 mW/m2 FX X-ray flux at the peak of the discovery
outburst in the 2-10 keV band
68 A1 --- n_FX [+D] Note on FX (1)
70- 73 A4 --- BandOut Name of the band in the original system for
outburst magnitude
74 A1 --- l_magOut [~≤>] Limit flag on magOut
75- 80 F6.3 mag magOut ? Outburst AB magnitude in BandOut
82- 85 F4.2 mag e_magOut ? rms uncertainty on magOut
86 A1 --- n_magOut [N] Note on magOut (1)
88- 89 A2 --- BandQui Name of the band in the original system for
quiescent magnitude
90- 91 A2 --- l_magQui [≥∼ ] Name of the band in the original system
for quiescent magnitude
92- 97 F6.3 mag magQui ? Quiescent AB magnitude in BandQui
99-103 F5.3 mag e_magQui ? rms uncertainty on magQui
105-106 A2 --- l_E(B-V) [≤≳ ] Limit flag on E(B-V)
107-112 F6.3 mag E(B-V) ? Reddening
113 A1 --- --- [-]
114-117 F4.2 mag E(B-V)u ? Upper value of E(B-V) when interval
118 A1 --- n_E(B-V) [S] Note on E(B-V) (1)
120-121 A2 --- l_Porb [≤> ~] Limit flag on Porb
122-132 F11.7 h Porb ? Orbital period
134-142 F9.7 h e_Porb ? rms uncertainty on Porb
143 A1 --- --- [-]
144-145 I2 h Porbu ? Upper value of Porb when interval
147-230 A84 --- Refs References, in refs.dat file
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Note (1): Notes as follows:
+ = These peak X-ray fluxes were provided by the ASM/RXTE teams at MIT and at
the RXTE SOF and GOF at NASA's GSFC
D = This peak X-ray flux was obtained from the MAXI SSC light curve
N = These values were not transformed in the AB system
S = This values are estimated with the Schlafly & Finkbeiner
(2011ApJ...737..103S 2011ApJ...737..103S) map of dust emission. Values for targets within
|b |<5° are rough estimates
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: tablea3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 18 A18 ---- Name Name
20 A1 --- n_Name [+1] Note on Name (1)
22- 38 A17 --- Ctp Counterpart name
40- 42 A3 ---- Bband Name of the blue band
43 A1 ---- l_Bband [≃] Limit flag on Bband
44- 48 F5.2 mag Bmag ? Magnitude in blue band Bmag
50- 53 F4.2 mag e_Bmag ? rms uncertainty on Bmag
54 A1 --- n_Bmag [*] *: these magnitudes were not transformed
into the AB system
56- 57 A2 --- Gband Name of the green band
58 A1 ---- l_Gmag [≃>] Limit flag on Gmag
59- 63 F5.2 mag Gmag ? Magnitude in green band Gband
65- 68 F4.2 mag e_Gmag ? rms uncertainty on Gmag
70- 71 A2 --- Rband Name of the red band
72 A1 ---- l_Bmag [≃] Limit flag on Rmag
73- 77 F5.2 mag Rmag ? Magnitude in red band Rmag
79- 82 F4.2 mag e_Rmag ? rms uncertainty on Rmag
84- 85 A2 --- IRband Name of the infrared band
86 A1 ---- l_IRmag [≃>] Limit flag on IRmag
87- 91 F5.2 mag IRmag ? Magnitude in infrared band IRmag
93- 96 F4.2 mag e_IRmag ? rms uncertainty on IRmag
98 A1 --- --- [J]
99 A1 --- l_Jmag [≃] Limit flag on Jmag
100-104 F5.2 mag Jmag ? J magnitude
106-109 F4.2 mag e_Jmag ? rms uncertainty on Jmag
111 A1 --- --- [H]
112 A1 --- l_Hmag [≃] Limit flag on Hmag
113-117 F5.2 mag Hmag ? H magnitude
119-122 F4.2 mag e_Hmag ? rms uncertainty on Hmag
124-125 A2 --- Kbnas [K Ks] Name of the K band
126 A1 --- l_Kmag [≃] Limit flag on Kmag
127-131 F5.2 mag Kmag ? K or Ks magnitude
133-136 F4.2 mag e_Kmag ? rms uncertainty on Kmag
137 A1 --- n_Jmag [*] note on JHK magnitude
139-171 A33 --- Refs References (in refs.dat file)
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Note (1): Notes as follows:
+ = Strictly speaking, SwiftJ1357.2-0933 is not a dynamical BHTs because it
lacks of detection of the secondary star but it has a robust mass
function determination.
1 = Since this object has not reached the quiescent level again, the IR
magnitudes are values in outburst. The I-band magnitude reported by
Boer et al. (1996A&A...305..835B 1996A&A...305..835B) is estimated from a tentative optical
counterpart in the field.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: tablea4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 18 A18 --- Name Name of the dynamical black hole
20 A1 --- n_Name [+] Note on Name (1)
22- 31 A10 --- Ctp counterpart name
33- 39 A7 --- SpType MK spectral type of the companion star
41- 51 F11.7 h Porb Orbital period
53- 61 F9.7 h e_Porb rms uncertainty on Porb
63 A1 --- l_K2 Limit flag on K2
64- 68 F5.1 km/s K2 Secondary star's radial velocity amplitude
70- 73 F4.1 km/s e_K2 rms uncertainty on K2
76- 80 F5.2 Msun f(M1) Mass function
82- 85 F4.2 Msun e_f(M1) rms uncertainty on f(M1)
87- 88 A2 --- l_M1 [=<> ~] Limit flag on M1
89- 93 F5.2 Msun M1 Mass of the black hole
95- 97 F3.1 Msun E_M1 ? Error on M1 (upper value)
99-101 F3.1 Msun e_M1 ? Error on M1 (lower value)
102 A1 --- --- [-]
103-106 F4.1 Msun M1u ? Upper value of M1 interval
108-109 A2 --- l_q [=>< ~] Limit flag on q
110-114 F5.3 --- q ?=- Binary mass ratio
116-120 F5.3 --- E_q ?=- Error on q (upper value)
122-126 F5.3 --- e_q ?=- Error on q (lower value)
127 A1 --- --- [-]
128-132 F5.3 --- qu ? Upper value of q interval
134-135 A2 --- l_i [~>≤ ] Limit flag on i
136-139 F4.1 deg i ? Inclination angle of the system
141-143 F3.1 deg e_i ? rms uncertainty on i
144 A1 --- --- [-]
145-146 I2 deg iu ? Upper value of i interval
148-149 A2 --- l_vrotsini [≤ ] Limti flag on vrotsini
150-154 F5.1 km/s vrotsini ? Rotational velocity, vrot*sini
156-159 F4.1 km/s E_vrotsini ? Error on vrotsini (upper value)
160-163 F4.1 km/s e_vrotsini ? Error on vrotsini (lower value)
165-252 A88 --- Ref References, in refs.dat file
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Note (1): +: Strictly speaking, Swift J1357.2-0933 is not a dynamical BHTs
because it lacks of detection of the secondary star but it has a robust mass
function determination
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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- 2 I2 --- Note Note number
4- 80 A77 --- Text 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- 22 A22 --- Ref Reference code
24- 42 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
44- 71 A28 --- Aut Author's name
72-167 A96 --- Com Comments
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Acknowledgements:
Jesus Corral-Santana, jcorral(at)astro.puc.cl
(End) Jesus Corral-Santana [PUC, Chile], Patricia Vannier [CDS] 23-Nov-2015