我们提出了河外偶发性雨燕调查(ExSeSS),提供了一个新的定义明确的样本,从使用雨燕X射线望远镜进行的观测。ExSeSS样本包括在中等(1-2 keV)、硬(2-10 keV)或总(0.3-10 keV)能带中检测到的79,342个源,覆盖天空2086.6 deg $^{2}$,通量范围为$f_\mathrm{0.3-10keV}\sim10^{-15}-10^{-10}$ erg s $^{-1}$ cm $^{-2}$。使用新的ExSeSS样品,我们提出了测量的微分数计数的X射线源作为2-10千电子伏通量的函数,跟踪人口的活动星系核(AGN)在以前未探索的制度。我们发现,考虑到视线吸收列密度的微分计数测量的影响,是至关重要的,以获得与以前的结果一致。在硬带,我们得到了很好的协议之间的ExSeSS测量和以前的,更高的能量数据从NuSTAR和斯威夫特/BAT时,考虑到不同的列密度的ExSeSS样品以及X射线光谱参数的每个样品,我们正在比较。我们还发现ExSeSS测量和活动星系核人口合成模型之间的差异,表明在这个通量范围内的活动星系核人口的属性的变化,这是不完全描述当前的模型在这些能量,暗示在一个更大的,适度模糊的人口在低红移($z\lesssim0.2$)的模型目前没有考虑。
英文摘要:
We present the Extragalactic Serendipitous Swift Survey (ExSeSS), providing a new well-defined sample constructed from the observations performed using the Swift X-ray Telescope. The ExSeSS sample consists of 79,342 sources detected in the medium (1-2 keV), hard (2-10 keV) or total (0.3-10 keV) energy bands, covering 2086.6 deg$^{2}$ of sky across a flux range of $f_\mathrm{0.3-10keV}\sim10^{-15}-10^{-10}$ erg s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$. Using the new ExSeSS sample we present measurements of the differential number counts of X-ray sources as a function of 2-10 keV flux that trace the population of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in a previously unexplored regime. We find that taking the line-of-sight absorption column density into account has an effect on the differential number count measurements and is vital to obtain agreement with previous results. In the hard band, we obtain a good agreement between the ExSeSS measurements and previous, higher energy data from NuSTAR and Swift/BAT when taking into account the varying column density of the ExSeSS sample as well as the X-ray spectral parameters of each of the samples we are comparing to. We also find discrepancies between the ExSeSS measurements and AGN population synthesis models, indicating a change in the properties of the AGN population over this flux range that is not fully described by current models at these energies, hinting at a larger, moderately obscured population at low redshifts ($z\lesssim0.2$) that the models are not currently taking into account.
Is the Peculiar Galactic Center Transient Swift J174610.4-290018 A Nova Outburst?
School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University(南京大学天文与空间科学学院);Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education(南京大学现代天文与天体物理教育部重点实验室);Institute of Science and Technology for Deep Space Exploration, Suzhou Campus, Nanjing University(南京大学苏州校区深空探测科学与技术研究院)
Comprehensive X-ray Observations of the Exceptional Ultra-long X-ray and Gamma-ray Transient GRB 250702B with Swift, NuSTAR, and Chandra: Insights from the X-ray Afterglow Properties
Carnegie Mellon University(卡内基梅隆大学);The Open University of Israel(以色列开放大学);The Pennsylvania State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学);NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心);Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA/GSFC(空间科学与技术研究探索中心(NASA/GSFC));The Catholic University of America(美利坚天主教大学);The George Washington University(乔治华盛顿大学);Syracuse University(雪城大学);University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校);Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München(慕尼黑大学);Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)(格兰萨索科学研究所);California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院);Northwestern University(西北大学)
Representation Learning for Time-Domain High-Energy Astrophysics: Discovery of Extragalactic Fast X-ray Transient XRT 200515
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University(斯坦福大学计算与数学工程研究所);University of Cambridge(剑桥大学);Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian(哈佛-史密森天体物理中心);INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino(意大利国家天体物理研究所都灵天文台);The University of Sydney(悉尼大学)