J/ApJ/675/1459 Compact Binary Coalescence Galaxy Catalog (Kopparapu+, 2008)
Host galaxies catalog used in LIGO searches for compact binary coalescence
events.
Kopparapu R.K., Hanna C., Kalogera V., O'Shaughnessy R., Gonzalez G.,
Brady P.R., Fairhurst S.
<Astrophys. J., 675, 1459-1467 (2008)>
=2008ApJ...675.1459K 2008ApJ...675.1459K
ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs
Keywords: binaries: close - catalogs -
galaxies: luminosity function, mass function - gravitational waves -
stars: neutron
Abstract:
An up-to-date catalog of nearby galaxies considered to be hosts of
binary compact objects is provided, with complete information about
sky position, distance, extinction-corrected blue luminosity, and
error estimates. With our current understanding of binary evolution,
rates of formation and coalescence for binary compact objects scale
with massive-star formation, and hence the (extinction-corrected) blue
luminosity of host galaxies. Coalescence events in binary compact
objects are among the most promising gravitational-wave sources for
ground-based gravitational-wave detectors such as LIGO. Our catalog
and associated error estimates are important for the interpretation of
analyses carried out for LIGO, in constraining the rates of compact
binary coalescence, given an astrophysical population model for the
sources considered.
Description:
The CBCG catalog is compiled from information provided in the
following four astronomical catalogs: (1) the Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) Key Project catalog used to measure the Hubble constant
(Freedman et al. 2001ApJ...553...47F 2001ApJ...553...47F), (2) Mateo's dwarf galaxies of
the local group catalog (Mateo, 2001ApJ...553...47F 2001ApJ...553...47F), (3) the HyperLeda
(LEDA) database of galaxies (Paturel et al. 2003A&A...412...45P 2003A&A...412...45P, Cat.
VII/237) and (4) an updated version of the Tully Nearby Galaxy Catalog
(B. Tully 2006, private communication).
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table1.dat 69 38757 Compact Binary Coalescence Galaxy (CBCG) Catalog
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 24 A24 --- Name Source name
26- 27 I2 h RAh Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
29- 33 F5.2 min RAm Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
35 A1 --- DE- Sign of the Declination (J2000)
36- 37 I2 deg DEd Degree of Declination (J2000)
39- 43 F5.2 arcmin DEm Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
45- 52 F8.1 kpc Dist Distance
54- 59 F6.3 10+10Sun Lum Blue luminosity (1)
61- 64 F4.2 mag errB Error in the B band magnitude (2)
66- 69 F4.2 kpc e_Dist Error in Dist
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Note (1): In units of 1010*LB☉ where LB☉ is the blue solar
luminosity, 2.16*1026W (2.16*1033^erg/s), derived from the blue
solar magnitude.
Note (2): Used to calculate the probability distribution for cumulative
luminosity, as given in Eq. 17.
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Patricia Vannier [CDS] 25-Jul-2010