The ROSAT International X-ray/Optical Survey (RIXOS): source catalogue

We describe the ROSAT International X-ray/Optical Survey (RIXOS), a medium-sensitivity survey and optical identification of X-ray sources discovered in ROSAT high Galactic latitude fields (|b|>28°) and observed with the Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) detector. The survey made use...

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Autores: Mason, Keith O., Carrera Troyano, Francisco Jesús|||0000-0003-2135-9023, Hasinger, Günther H., Andernach, Heinz, Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso, Barcons Jaúregui, Francesc Xavier|||0000-0003-1081-8861, Bower, Richard G., Brandt, William Nielsen, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Burgos Martín, Jesús, Cabrera Guerra, Fernando, Carballo Fidalgo, Ruth, Castander, Francisco Javier, Ellis, Richard S., González Serrano, José Ignacio|||0000-0003-0795-3026, Martínez González, Enrique, Martín Mirones, José María, McMahon, Richard G., Mittaz, Jonathan P. D., Nicholson, K. L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/1978
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/1978
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Surveys
Stars: late-type
Galaxies: active
Galaxies: clusters: general
Quasars: general
X-rays: general
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Sumario:We describe the ROSAT International X-ray/Optical Survey (RIXOS), a medium-sensitivity survey and optical identification of X-ray sources discovered in ROSAT high Galactic latitude fields (|b|>28°) and observed with the Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) detector. The survey made use of the central 17 arcmin of each ROSAT field. A flux limit of 3×10−14 erg cm−2 s−1 (0.5–2 keV) was adopted for the survey, and a minimum exposure time of 8000 s was required for qualifying ROSAT observations. X-ray sources in the survey are therefore substantially above the detection threshold of each field used, and many contain enough counts to allow the X-ray spectral slope to be estimated. Spectroscopic observations of potential counterparts were obtained of all sources down to the survey limit in 64 fields, totalling a sky area of 15.77 deg2. Positive optical identifications are made for 94 per cent of the 296 sources thus examined. A further 18 fields (4.44 deg2), containing 105 sources above the 3×10−14 erg cm−2 s−1 survey limit, are completely optically identified to a higher flux of 8×10−14 erg cm−2 s−1 (0.5–2 keV). Optical spectroscopic data are supplemented by deep CCD imaging of many sources to reveal the morphology of the optical counterparts, and objects too faint to register on Sky Survey plates. The faintest optical counterparts have R∼22. This paper describes the survey method, and presents a catalogue of the RIXOS sources and their optical identifications. Finding charts based on Sky Survey data are given for each source, supplemented by CCD imaging where necessary.

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