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V/106 Catalogue of X-ray binaries (Liu+ 2001)
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A catalogue of high- and low- mass X-ray binaries
Liu Q.Z., van Paradijs J., van den Heuvel E.P.J.
=2000A&AS..147...25L
=2001A&A...368.1021L
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ADC_Keywords: Binaries, X-ray ; Photometry, UBV ; Cross identifications
Keywords: stars: massive star - stars: X-ray - stars: binaries
Abstract:
We present a catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries. The catalogue is
an updated version of the catalogue of van Paradijs (1995, Cat.
).
The new high-mass catalogue contains 130 sources, 61 new high-mass
X-ray binaries in addition to the 69 sources listed in van Paradijs'
catalogue. Most of the new 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 features of these sources.
The new low-mass catalogue contains 150 sources, 31 new low-mass X-ray
binaries in addition to the 119 sources listed in van Paradijs'
catalogue.
The aim of this catalogue is to provide the reader with some basic
information on the X-ray sources and their counterparts in other
wavelength ranges (UV, optical, IR, radio). In cases where there is
some doubt about the high or low-mass nature of the X-ray binary this
is mentioned. Some doubtful cases have not been included in the
catalogue although they had been suggested by some authors to be
high-mass X-ray binaries, for example GRS 1915+105 and 1WGA
J1958.2+3232.
Notes about the electronic version of the calatogue:
All positions were converted to J2000.0 (the original catalogue lists
B1950 or J2000 positions, depending of the source names).
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
hmxbcat.dat 359 130 High-mass X-ray binaries catalog
lmxbcat.dat 348 150 Low-mass X-ray binaries catalog
hmxbnote.dat 80 425 Individual notes (HMXB)
lmxbnote.dat 80 780 Individual notes (LMXB)
hmxbrefs.dat 176 814 References (HMXB)
lmxbrefs.dat 174 1472 References (LMXB)
hmxb.tex 185 2524 LaTeX version of the hmxb catalog
lmxb.tex 202 2062 LaTeX version of the lmxb catalog
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See also:
V/99 : Cataclysmic Binaries and LMXB Catalogue (Ritter+ 1998)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: hmxbcat.dat lmxbcat.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 16 A16 --- Name Source Name (1)
18- 23 A6 --- Type [ABTUDGPVZ (?)] X-ray type (2)
25- 26 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000.0) (9)
28- 29 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000.0) (9)
31- 36 F6.3 s RAs ? Right ascension (J2000.0) (9)
37 A1 --- u_RAs Uncertainty flag on RAs
38 A1 --- DE- Declination sign
39- 40 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000.0) (9)
42- 43 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000.0) (9)
45- 49 F5.2 arcsec DEs ? Declination (J2000.0) (9)
50 A1 --- u_DEs Uncertainty flag on DEs
52- 57 F6.2 deg GLON Galactic longitude
59- 66 F8.4 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
68- 71 A4 --- Pos Type of observation from which the source
position has been derived (3)
73- 79 F7.2 arcsec e_Pos ? Accuracy of the position (4)
81- 97 A17 --- Opt Optical counterpart (5)
99 A1 --- --- ([)
100-114 A15 --- r_Opt References for Optical counterpart (finding
charts) (in [lh]mxbrefs.dat files)
115 A1 --- --- (])
117-122 F6.3 mag Vmag ? V magnitude (6)
123 A1 --- --- [-]
124-128 F5.2 mag Vmagl ? Lower magnitude when interval
129 A1 --- u_Vmag Uncertainty flag on Vmag
131-136 F6.3 mag B-V ? B-V colour index
137 A1 --- u_B-V Uncertainty flag on B-V
138 A1 --- --- [-]
139-142 F4.2 mag B-Vl ? Lower B-V colour index when interval
144-148 F5.2 mag U-B ? U-B colour index
150 A1 --- l_E(B-V) [~<>] Limit flag on E(B-V)
151-156 F6.3 mag E(B-V) ? Interstellar reddening
157 A1 --- --- [-]
158-159 A2 --- l_E(B-V)2 [>= ] Limit flag on E(B-V)2
160-163 F4.2 mag E(B-V)2 ? Second value of E(B-V) when interval
164 A1 --- u_E(B-V) [:P] Uncertainty flag on E(B-V)
166 A1 --- --- ([)
167-182 A16 --- r_Vmag References for UBV photometry,
in [lh]mxbrefs.dat files
183 A1 --- --- (])
185 A1 --- l_Fx Limit flag on Fx
186-196 F11.3 uJy Fx ? Average X-ray flux (2-10keV)
197 A1 --- --- [-]
198-205 F8.2 uJy Fxu ? Upper limit of X-ray flux when interval
207-220 A14 --- Range Energy range for flux if not 2-20keV
222 A1 --- --- ([)
223-240 A18 --- r_Fx References for X-ray flux,
in [lh]mxbrefs.dat files
241 A1 --- --- (])
243-252 F10.6 d Porb ? Orbital period
253 A1 --- --- [-]
254-257 F4.1 d Porb2 ? Second value of Porb when interval
258 A1 --- u_Porb [?:d] Uncertainty flag on Porb
260-270 F11.5 s Ppulse ? Pulse period for X-ray pulsars
271 A1 --- u_Ppulse [?] Uncertainty flag on Ppulse
273 A1 --- --- ([)
274-288 A15 --- r_Ppulse References for Pulse period,
in [lh]mxbrefs.dat files
289 A1 --- --- (])
291-315 A25 --- Cat Survey catalogues and experiments in which the
source was listed and detected, respectively (7)
317-328 A12 --- SpType Spectral type
330-342 A13 --- Name2 Other name
343 A1 --- u_Name2 [?] Uncertainty flag on Name2
344 A1 --- --- [,]
345-359 A15 --- Name3 Other name (8)
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Note (1): Source name, with rough information on its sky location according
to the convention hhmm+/-ddd. Here hh and mm indicate the hours and
minutes 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). However, for a ROSAT source the
name is always given in the form of hhmm.m+/-ddmm. The prefix J
indicates a name based on J2000 coordinates. Otherwise, 1950
coordinates were used in the name.
Note (2): Type:
P: X-ray pulsars
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.
V: variable
A: atoll source
B: X-ray burst source
D: "dipping" low-mass X-ray binary
G: globular-cluster X-ray source
Z: Z-type
Note (3): o: optical; x: X-ray; r: radio; IR: infrared
Note (4): We give an indication of the accuracy of this position, in the
form of equivalent (90 percent confidence level) error radii, but in
several cases this can only be considered an approximation (e.g. when
the error box is not circular). When no accuracy is quoted, it is
about one arcsecond or better.
Note (5): Name of the optical counterpart.
An asterisk followed by a number or letter refers to star number used
in the finding chart; "star" refers a star in the finding chart that
has not been assigned a number or letter.
Note (6): Individual notes for magnitudes:
In hmxb.dat:
J0529.8-6556: B=14.5,R=13.3
J0532.4-6535: J=11.9,H=11.1, K=10.7
2030+407 : I=20.0
In lmxb.dat:
1550-631 Bmag >=20.
1552-645 Bmag = 17.5
1636-550 Imag ~ 18.2
1756-365 Kmag = 15.1
J1810.8-2609: B=21.5, R=19.5
1811-171 Kmag = 12
1820-303 Bmag = 18.7
1837+049 Bmag = 19.2
1915+105 Imag = 23.4
Note (7): Survey catalogues and experiments abbreviations:
A: Ariel V sky survey
AS: ASCA
B: BeppoSAX
C: Compton {gamma}-ray Observatory
E: Einstein Observatory
Exo: Exosat
G: Ginga
Gr: Granat
H: HEAO A-1 sky survey
Ha: Hakucho
I: Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment (IXAE)
K: Kvant
M: Mit OSO-7 sky survey
OAO: Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
R: ROSAT
S: SAS 3
SL: Space Lab
T: Tenma
U: Uhuru sky survey
V: Vela-5 and -6 satellites
X: Rossi XTE
Note (8): In hmxb.dat:
For 1258-613, No. 2 in Mason et al., 1978MNRAS.184P..45M
For 1538-522, No. 12 in Schwartz et al., 1978Natur.275..517S
Note (9): The printed table gives positions in J2000 or B1950,
depending whether the source name stars by a 'J' or not.
(All positions were converted to J2000 in the electronic version at CDS)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: [lh]mxbnote.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 16 A16 --- Name Source name
18- 80 A63 --- Note Text of the note (1)
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Note (1): The following abbreviations have been used:
o, optical; x, X-ray; r, radio; IR, infrared.
A reference on the source position is given under 'pos.'.
The references code are from [lh]mxbrefs.dat files
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: [lh]mxbrefs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- Ref Reference number
5 A1 --- m_Ref [abc] Multiplicity index on Ref for
associated reference
7- 25 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
27- 63 A37 --- Aut Author's name
64-176 A113 --- Com Comments
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Acknowledgements: Qingzhong Liu
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(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 27-Mar-2001
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V/90 Catalogue of X-Ray Binaries (van Paradijs 1995)
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A Catalogue of X-Ray Binaries
van Paradijs J.
=1995........536.v
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ADC_Keywords: Binaries, X-ray; X-ray sources
Missions: Ariel-5, CGRO, Exosat, Ginga, Granat, HEAO-1, HEAO-2, Hakucho
OSO-7, OAO, Rosat, SAS-3, Tenma, Uhuru, Vela-5, Vela-6
Description:
The objects described in this catalog are X-Ray binaries, i.e.,
semi-detached binary stars in which matter is transferred from
a usually more or less normal star to a neutron star or black hole.
Thus, cataclysmic variables are not included. The tables provide
basic information of the systems as well as selected references.
The tables contain 124 low-mass and 69 high mass X-ray binaries.
See Also:
5082: Cataclysmic Variables (Ritter)
File Summary:
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File Name lrecl records explanation
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 269 124 low mass X-ray binaries (LMXB)
tab1ref.dat 108 681 notes and references to table1.dat
table2.dat 269 69 high mass X-ray binaries (HMXB)
tab2ref.dat 95 445 notes and references to table2.dat
table3.dat 29 141 cross references from often used nomenclature
refs.dat 80 1339 references
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Byte-by-byte description of: table1.dat, table2.dat
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bytes format units label explanations
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1- 12 A12 --- ID *source name (as hhmm+/-ddd)
13- 25 A13 --- alt alternate source name
26- 37 A12 --- opt_src1 *Opt. counterpart name or location in finding
chart
38- 48 A11 --- opt_src2 *Opt. counterpart name or location in finding
chart
49- 50 I2 h RAh Right Ascension -hours (B1950)
53- 54 I2 min RAm Right Ascension -minutes
55- 58 F4.1 s RAs ?Right Ascension - seconds (accurate to 0.1s)
59- 59 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (B1950)
60- 61 I2 deg DEd Declination degrees
62- 63 I2 arcmin DEm ?Declination arc minutes
64- 65 I2 arcsec DEs ?Declination arc seconds (accurate to 1arcsec)
66- 72 F7.2 deg GLON Galactic Longitude (accurate to 0.1 deg)
73- 78 F6.2 deg GLAT Galactic Latitude
79- 84 A6 --- src_info *combination of src_pos and acc_pos, where
src_pos = spectral region for positional data
acc_pos = positional accuracy indication
85- 89 A5 --- type * [ABDGPTUZ ] source type code
90- 98 A9 --- origin * [ACExoGrHaKMORSLTUV ] catalogs/experiments
listing/detecting source
99- 99 A1 --- LMX_HMXB [LH]! L = LMXB ; H = HMXB
100-114 A15 --- r_chart reference code to finding chart
115-123 A9 mag Vmag visual magnitude optical counterpart
124-132 A9 mag B-V (B-V) color index optical counterpart
133-137 A5 mag U-B (U-B) color index optical counterpart
138-141 A4 mag Other_mag Other magnitude value
142-157 A16 --- ID_Other_mag identification of the Other_mag
158-168 A11 --- Sp Spectral type optical counterpart (HMXB only)
169-176 A8 mag E(B-V) Estimate for interstellar reddening
177-187 A11 uJy F(X) * X-ray flux
188-192 A5 uJy F(X)lo * X-ray flux lower limit range
193-196 A4 uJy F(X)hi * X-ray flux upper limit range
197-203 A7 --- P Orbital period (unit in unit_P field)
204-204 A1 s Ppulse Pulse period for pulsars
205-224 A20 --- unit_P unit of Orbital period
225-242 A18 --- r_photometry reference codes for the photometry
243-256 A14 --- r_F(X) reference codes for the X-ray fluxes
257-271 A15 --- r_P reference codes for Orbital and Pulse periods
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Note on ID:
The source name gives rough information on its B1950 position
using the convention hhmm+ddd where hh and mm are the hours and
minutes of right ascention, ddd the declanation in units of 0.1
degree. In some cases more or less accurate positions were given.
A prefix J indicated that the name was based on J2000 coordinates.
Note on origin:
The following codes were used [with reference codes]:
A: Ariel V sky survey [795,1255]
C: Compton gamma-ray Observatory
E: Einstein Observatory
Exo: Exosat
G: Ginga
Gr: Granat
H: HEAO 1 A-1 sky survey [1305]
Ha: Hakucho
K: Kvant
M: MIT OSO-7 sky survey [754]
OAO: Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
R: Rosat
S: SAS-3
SL: Space Lab
T: Tenma
U: Uhuru sky survey [333]
V: Vela-5 and -6 satellites.
Note on type:
Codes for source type:
A: atoll source (11 LMXBs) [437]
B: X-ray burst source (42 LMXBs)
D: 'dipping' LMXBs (9)
G: globular cluster X-ray source (12 LMXBs)
P: X-ray pulsar (3 LMXBs, 29 HMXBs)
T: transient X-ray source (41 LMXBs, 30 HMXBs)
U: ultrasoft X-ray spectrum (17 LMXBs, 3 HMXBs). These sources
include black-hole candidates; some extreme ultra-soft (EUS)
source may be white dwarfs on whose surface steady nuclear burning
takes place [1184]
Z: Z-type (6 LMXBs)
Note on src_info:
src_pos:
Spectral region that observations were taken for position determination:
o: optical
x: X-ray
r: radio
IR: infrared
A reference on the source position is given in tab1ref.dat after the
key 'pos'. Also included is an indication of the accuracy of that
position, in the form of an equivalent (90% confidence level) error
radius which can only be considered and approximation (e.g. when the
error box is not circular). When no accuracy is quoted it is about
one arcsec or better.
Note on opt_src1, opt_src2:
Names of optical counterpart, or an asterisk followed by a star number
which refers to the star numbers used in the finding chart; the word
'star' refers to a star in the finding chart that has not been given a
number or letter. The r_chart column contains the reference to the
finding chart. Many optical counterparts have been indicated with a
variable-star name, as given in the 'General Catalogue of Variable
Stars' (ADC ID's: 2139B, 2172B, 2195) and in recent name lists of
variable stars as published in the 'IAU Information Bulletin on
Variable Stars', or a number in a well-known catalogue (e.g., HD,
SAO). For X-ray sources in globular clusters, the cluster name is
given, in addition to the name of a stellar counterpart.
Note on F(X), F(X)hi, F(X)lo:
The flux is given in units of 1 micro Jansky , which is
10**(-29) erg cm**(-2) s**(-1) Hz**(-1)
= 2.4 x 10**(-12) erg cm-**(2) s-**(1) keV**(-1)
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Byte-by-byte description of: tab?ref.dat
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bytes format units label explanations
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1- 12 A12 --- ID Source identification
17-108 A92 --- note notes to the table for the source
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Byte-by-byte description of: table3.dat
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bytes format units label explanations
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1- 13 A13 --- alt Variable star, GX number, Globular Cluster or
constellation
15- 26 A12 --- ID Source identification
28 A1 -- table table number
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Byte-by-byte description of: refs.dat
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bytes format units label explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- refcode code number for reference
7- 80 A74 --- reftext text of reference
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History:
The catalog was received by the ADC in the form of the original tables.
All formatting characters were removed, the notes were placed in a
separate file and the data fields were reorganized. The RA and DEC in the
tables were reformatted to conform to the same format by expanding
decimals where necessary into minutes or seconds. In this process some
indication of the positional accuracy has been lost. The tables were
checked for consistency with the data format tables. Please report any
data that differ from the published tables in any other respects.
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(End) N. Paul Kuin NASA/ADC (9 Jan 1997)