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Detailed Description of J/A+A/455/1165 :
Catalogue of Galactic high-mass X-ray binaries (Liu+, 2006)

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Note : this is the description file of the original catalog. This HTML page corresponds well to the original description, but some minor changes in the format may have been introduced in the FITS output files in order to allow for arithmetic operations on quantities such as coordinates and times. h:m:s and d:m:s units are normally converted into degrees, and YYYY-MM-DD into julian days.
Similarly, some slight changes may have been introduced in the units; the value given in the HTML files supersedes the value indicated in the ReadMe file for this catalogue.
J/A+A/455/1165      Catalogue of Galactic high-mass X-ray binaries  (Liu+, 2006)
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Catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy (4th edition).
    Liu Q.Z., van Paradijs J., van den Heuvel E.P.J.
   <Astron. Astrophys. 455, 1165 (2006)>
   =2006A&A...455.1165L
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ADC_Keywords: Binaries, X-ray ; Photometry, UBV ; Cross identifications

Keywords: catalog - X-ray: binaries - stars, emission-line, Be -
          stars: binaries: general

Abstract:
    We present a new edition of the catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries
    in the Galaxy. The catalogue contains source name(s), coordinates,
    finding chart, X-ray luminosity, system parameters, and stellar
    parameters of the components and other characteristic properties of
    114 high-mass X-ray binaries, together with a comprehensive selection
    of the relevant literature. 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 (gamma-rays, UV, optical,
    IR, radio). About 60% of the high-mass X-ray binary candidates are
    known or suspected Be/X-ray binaries, while 32% are supergiant/X-ray
    binaries. Some sources, however, are only tentatively identified as
    high-mass X-ray binaries on the basis of their X-ray properties
    similar to the known high-mass X-ray binaries. Further identification
    in other wavelength bands is needed to finally determine the nature of
    these sources. In cases where there is some doubt about the high-mass
    nature of the X-ray binary this is mentioned. Literature published
    before 1 October 2005 has, as far as possible, been taken into
    account.

File Summary:

FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
× 80 . This file × ReadMe 80 . This file × table1.dat 321 114 Catalog of 114 HMXB candidates in the Galaxy × notes.dat 80 596 Individual notes × refs.dat 250 861 References × table1.tex 153 2263 LaTeX version of table1
See also: V/106 : Catalogue of X-ray binaries (Liu+ 2001) J/A+A/442/1135 : High-mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic Clouds (Liu+, 2005) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1- 21 A21 --- Name Source Name 23- 29 A7 --- Type [CEPRTU ?,] X-ray type (1) 31- 32 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000) 34- 35 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000) 37- 41 F5.2 s RAs ? Right ascension (J2000) 43 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000) 44- 45 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000) 47- 48 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000) 50- 53 F4.1 arcsec DEs ? Declination (J2000) 55- 60 F6.2 deg GLON ? Galactic longitude 62- 67 F6.2 deg GLAT ? Galactic latitude 69- 71 A3 --- Pos Type of observation from which the source position has been derived (2) 73- 86 A14 --- Opt Optical counterpart 88 A1 --- --- ([) 89- 95 A7 ---- r_Opt References for Optical counterpart (finding charts) 96 A1 --- --- (]) 98 A1 --- l_Vmag [>~] Limit flag on Vmag 99-103 F5.2 mag Vmag ? V magnitude 104 A1 --- --- [-] 105-109 F5.2 mag Vmagl ? Lower magnitude when interval 110 A1 --- u_Vmag Uncertainty flag on Vmag 112-116 F5.2 mag B-V ? B-V colour index 117 A1 --- u_B-V Uncertainty flag on B-V 118 A1 --- --- [-] 119-122 F4.2 mag B-Vl ? Lower B-V colour index when interval 124-128 F5.2 mag U-B ? U-B colour index 130-133 F4.2 mag E(B-V) ? Interstellar reddening 134 A1 --- --- [-] 135-137 F3.1 mag E(B-V)2 ? Second value of E(B-V) when interval 138 A1 --- u_E(B-V) Uncertainty flag on E(B-V) 140 A1 --- --- ([) 141-155 A15 --- r_Vmag Reference for UBV photometry 156 A1 --- --- (]) 158-163 F6.3 mag Jmag ? 2MASS J magnitude 165 A1 --- l_Hmag Limit flag on Hmag 166-171 F6.3 mag Hmag ? 2MASS H magnitude 173 A1 --- l_Kmag Limit flag on Kmag 174-179 F6.3 mag Kmag ? 2MASS K magnitude 181 A1 --- l_FX Limit flag on FX 182-189 F8.2 uJy FX ? Flux value or interval 190 A1 --- --- [-] 191-197 F7.1 uJy FXu ? Upper limit of X-ray flux when interval 199-212 A14 --- Range Energy range for flux if not 2-20keV 214 A1 --- --- ([) 215-225 A11 --- r_FX Reference for X-ray flux 226 A1 --- --- (]) 228-234 F7.3 d Porb ? Orbital period 235 A1 --- u_Porb [?] Uncertainty flag on Porb 237-246 F10.4 s Ppulse ? Pulse period for X-ray pulsars 247 A1 --- u_Ppulse [?] Uncertainty flag on Ppulse 249 A1 --- --- ([) 250-260 A11 --- r_Porb Reference for orbital and/or pulse period 261 A1 --- --- (]) 264-276 A13 --- SpType Spectral type 279-299 A21 --- Name2 Other name 300 A1 --- u_Name2 [?] Uncertainty flag on Name2 301-314 A14 --- Name3 Other name 316-321 A6 --- Name4 Other name
Note (1): Type as follows: P = X-ray pulsars T = transient X-ray source E = eclipsing system R = radio emitting HMXBs C = cyclotron resonance scattering feature at X-ray spectrum U = Ultra-soft X-ray spectrum. These sources include black-hole candidates (BHC); some 'extreme ultra-soft' (EUS) source may be white dwarf (WD) on whose surface steady nuclear burning takes place. Note (2): Type of observation as follows: o = optical x = X-ray r = radio IR = infrared
Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1- 21 A21 --- Name Source Name 23- 80 A58 --- Note Text of the note (1)
Note (1): Abbreviations used: o, optical; x, X-ray; r, radio; IR, infrared. A reference on the source position is given under 'pos.'.
Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1- 3 I3 --- Ref Reference number 5- 23 A19 --- BibCode BibCode 25- 56 A32 --- Aut Author's name 57-250 A194 --- Com Comments
Acknowledgements: Qingzhong Liu, <qzliu(at)pmo.ac.cn> ================================================================================ (End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 26-May-2006