RASS2MASS - ROSAT All-Sky Survey BSC/2MASS PSC Cross-Associations XID II Catalog

Overview

The 18,806 ROSAT All Sky Survey Bright Source Catalog (RASS/BSC) X-ray sources are quantitatively cross-associated with near-infrared (NIR) sources from the Two Micron All Sky Survey Point Source Catalog (2MASS/PSC). An association catalog is presented, listing the most likely counterpart for each RASS/BSC source, the probability P_id (called id_prob in the HEASARC version of this catalog) that the NIR source and X-ray source are uniquely associated, and the probability P_no-id (called no_id_prob in the HEASARC version of this catalog) that none of the 2MASS/PSC sources are associated with the X-ray source. The catalog includes 3853 high quality (P_id>0.98) X-ray-NIR matches, 2280 medium quality (0.98 >= P_id > 0.9) matches, and 4153 low quality (0.9 >= P_id > 0.5) matches. Of the high quality matches, 1418 are associations that are not listed in the SIMBAD database, and for which no high quality match with a USNO-A2 optical source was presented for the RASS/BSC source in previous work (Rutledge et al. 2000, ApJS, 131, 335). The present work offers a significant number of new associations with RASS/BSC objects that will require optical/NIR spectroscopy for classification. For example, of the 6133 P_id > 0.9 2MASS/PSC counterparts presented in the association catalog, 2411 have no classification listed in the SIMBAD database. These 2MASS/PSC sources will likely include scientifically useful examples of known source classes of X-ray emitters (white dwarfs, coronally active stars, active galactic nuclei), but they may also contain previously unknown source classes. It is determined that all coronally active stars in the RASS/BSC should have a counterpart in the 2MASS/PSC, and that the unique association of these RASS/BSC sources with their NIR counterparts thus is confusion limited.

Catalog Bibcode

2009ApJS..184..138H

References

XID II: Statistical Cross-Association of ROSAT Bright Source Catalog X-ray
Sources with 2MASS Point Source Catalog Near-Infrared Sources.
      Haakonsen, C.B., Rutledge, R. E.
     <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 184, 138 (2209)>
     =2009ApJS..184..138H

Provenance

This table was created by the HEASARC in October 2009 based on an electronic version of Table 3 (the 'Association Catalog') from the paper which were obtained from the Astrophysical Journal web site.

Parameters

Name
The RASS name of the X-ray source using the recommended '1RXS' prefix and the J2000 equatorial coordinates of the source.

RA
The Right Ascension of the X-ray source in the selected equinox. This was constructed (by the HEASARC) from its position-based name.

Dec
The Declination of the X-ray source in the selected equinox. This was constructed (by the HEASARC) from its position-based name

LII
The Galactic Longitude of the X-ray source.

BII
The Galactic Latitude of the X-ray source.

SIMBAD_Type_Rass
The SIMBAD source type of the RASS/BSC source.

Count_Rate
The RASS/BSC X-ray source count rate, in ct/s.

Count_Rate_Error
The RASS/BSC X-ray source count rate uncertainty, in ct/s.

No_Id_Prob
The probability that none of the off-band (2MASS/PSC) sources within 75 arcseconds of the X-ray source position are associated with the X-ray source.

TwoMASS_Name
The 2MASS/PSC near-infrared source designation of the most likely (highest value of id_prob) counterpart to the X-ray source.

SIMBAD_Type_2MASS
The SIMBAD source type of the 2MASS/PSC source.

Jmag
The 2MASS/PSC source J-band magnitude of the most likely (highest value of id_prob) counterpart to the X-ray source

ID_Prob
The probability that the most likely off-band (2MASS/PSC) source is uniquely associated with the X-ray source.

Class
The HEASARC Browse object classification, based on the Simbad type of the 2MASS source, else on the Simbad type of the RASS source

Contact Person

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