J/ApJS/127/79 BATSE occultation catalog of Gamma-Ray sources (Ling+, 2000)
A BATSE Earth occultation catalog of 0.03-1.8 MeV Gamma-Ray source spectra and
light curves for phases 1-3 (1999-1994)
Ling J.C., Wheaton W. A., Wallyn P., Skelton R.T., Mahoney W.A.,
Radocinski R.G., Callas J.L., Ling N.F., Tumer E., Shubert R.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 127, 79 (2000)>
=2000ApJS..127...79L 2000ApJS..127...79L
ADC_Keywords: Fundamental catalog ; Gamma rays ; Occultations
Mission_Name: CGRO
Keywords: catalogs - gamma rays: observations
Abstract:
Using the powerful Earth-occultation technique, long-term, nearly
continuous monitoring of the entire low-energy gamma-ray sky is now
possible with the advent of BATSE, the Burst and Transient Source
Experiment on board the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). In this
paper, we present a catalog of 34 moderately strong gamma-ray sources
measured by BATSE. It consists of 0.03 - 1.8 MeV photon spectra
averaged over weeks and months, and light curves of the 35 - 200 keV
flux, with 1 day resolution, covering the first three phases of the
CGRO mission (1991 May through 1994 October). This database contains a
complete record of ∼1200 daily source count rates in 14 energy
channels along with the corresponding Poisson and systematic errors.
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table3.dat 166 686 Time averaged fluxes of 14 channel spectra of
34 Gamma-Ray sources
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See also:
J/ApJS/120/335 : Gamma-ray source catalog (Macomb+, 1999)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 22 A22 --- Name Object name
24- 25 I2 --- Channel BATSE Channel number
28- 31 I4 keV Emin Lower Energy range in Channel
33- 36 I4 keV Emax Upper Energy range in Channel
38- 44 I7 d P1Beg Beginning Julian date of Period 1
46- 52 I7 d P1End Ending Julian date of Period 1
54- 60 A7 --- P1Panel Panels in Figure 8 where data is shown
62- 71 E10.3 ct/cm2/s/keV P1Flux Period 1 Flux in Channel
73- 81 E9.2 ct/cm2/s/keV e_P1Flux Uncertainty in P1Flux
83- 89 I7 d P2Beg ? Beginning Julian date of Period 2
91- 97 I7 d P2End ? Ending Julian date of Period 2
99-105 A7 --- P2Panel Panel in Figure 8 where data is shown
107-116 E10.3 ct/cm2/s/keV P2Flux ? Period 2 Flux in Channel
118-126 E9.2 ct/cm2/s/keV e_P2Flux ? Uncertainty in P2Flux
128-134 I7 d P3Beg ? Beginning Julian date of Period 3
136-142 I7 d P3End ? Ending Julian date of Period 3
144-145 A2 --- P3Panel Panel in Figure 8 where data is shown
147-156 E10.3 ct/cm2/s/keV P3Flux ? Period 3 Flux in Channel
158-166 E9.2 ct/cm2/s/keV e_P3Flux ? Uncertainty in P3Flux
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History:
From ApJ electronic edition.
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS] 23-May-2000