2023ApJS..268...17K -
Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 268, 17 (2023/September-0)
The Chandra Source Catalog Normal Galaxy Sample.
KIM D.-W., CASSITY A., BHATT B., FABBIANO G., MARTINEZ GALARZA J.R., O'SULLIVAN E. and ROTS A.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the extensive and well-characterized Chandra X-ray Galaxy Catalog (CGC) of 8547 galaxy candidates in the redshift range z ∼ 0.04-0.7, optical luminosity 1010-1011Lr⊙, and X-ray luminosity (0.5-7 keV) LX = 2 × 1040-2 × 1043 erg s–1. We estimate a ∼5% false-match fraction and contamination by quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). The CGC was extracted from the Chandra Source Catalog version 2 (CSC2) by cross-correlating with optical and IR all-sky survey data, including the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Pan-STARRS, DESI Legacy, and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Our selection makes use of two main criteria that we have tested on the subsample with optical spectroscopical identification. (1) A joint selection based on X-ray luminosity (LX) and X-ray-to-optical flux ratio (FXO), which recovers 63% of the spectroscopically classified galaxies with a small contamination fraction (7%), which is a significant improvement over methods using LX or FXO alone (<50% recovery). (2) A joint W1-W2 (W12) WISE color and LX selection that proves effective in excluding QSOs and improves our selection by recovering 72% of the spectroscopically classified galaxies and reducing the contamination fraction (4%). Of the CGC, 24% was selected by means of optical spectroscopy; 30% on the basis of LX, FXO, and W12; and 46% by using either the LX-FXO or the LX-W12 selection criteria. We have individually examined the data for galaxies with z < 0.1, which may include more than one CSC2 X-ray source, leading to the exclusion of 110 local galaxies. Our catalog also includes near-IR and UV data and galaxy morphological types.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Galaxies
VizieR on-line data:
<Available at CDS (J/ApJS/268/17): cgc.dat>
Simbad objects:
2157
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