XTEAO Catalog
The XTEAO database table contains the official observing program for the
Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. This list contains the targets
recommended by the review panels for the various Cycles of Guest Observer
(GO) proposals up to and including Cycle 15. Notice that not all entries in
this list will actually be observed, since it includes observations of
Targets of Opportunity (ToOs) which may never be triggered. Also note that
multiple pointings at a particular target are permitted.
XTEASMLONG Catalog
The XTEASMLONG table was created for the purpose of providing a complete
listing of RXTE's All-Sky Monitor (ASM) observations of sources.
It is based on information culled from the definitive 1-dwell long-term ASM
light curve data products. These data products are available for downloading
at https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/xte/data/archive/ASMProducts/definitive_1dwell/lightcurves/
XTEASSAGN Catalog
This table contains the RXTE All-Sky Slew Survey Catalog of AGN and AGN
candidates. The catalog authors compiled a sample of 95 AGNs which were
serendipitously detected in the 3-20 keV band at Galactic latitude |b| > 10
degrees during the RXTE Slew Survey (XSS, Revnivtsev et al., CDS Cat.
<J/A+A/418/927>), and utilized it to study the statistical properties of the
local population of AGN, including the X-ray luminosity function and
absorption distribution. They find that among low X-ray luminosity (LX <
1043.5 erg/s) AGN, the ratio of absorbed (characterized by intrinsic
absorption in the range 1022 cm-2 < NH < 1024 cm-2) and unabsorbed
(NH < 1022 cm-2) objects is 2:1, while this ratio drops to less than
1:5 for higher luminosity AGN. The summed X-ray output of AGN with LX >
1041 erg/s estimated here is smaller than the earlier estimated total X-ray
volume emissivity in the local Universe, suggesting that a comparable X-ray
flux may be produced together by lower luminosity AGN, non-active galaxies
and clusters of galaxies. The authors also presented a sample of 35 AGN
candidates, composed of unidentified XSS sources.
Most of these AGN belong to the local population (z < 0.1). For each
confirmed AGN source, the following information is provided: AGN class, the
count rate in two energy bands (3-8 keV and 8-20 keV), the observed and
intrinsic (absorption-corrected) luminosity in the 3 - 20keV band, and the
intrinsic absorption column density. For the AGN candidates, composed of
unidentified XSS sources, the following information is provided: the count
rate in two energy bands (3-8 keV and 8-20 keV), the estimated intrinsic
absorption column density, and information about RASS Bright Source Catalog
and HEAO A-1 X-ray source counterparts.
XTEASSCAT Catalog
The Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) All-Sky Survey Slew Catalog contains
the results of a serendipitous hard X-ray (3 - 20 keV), nearly all-sky
(|b|>10 degrees) survey based on observations by RXTE's Proportional Counter
Array (PCA) which were performed during satellite reorientations in the
period 1996 - 2002. The survey is 80% (90%) complete to a 4-sigma limiting
flux of ~1.8 (2.5)x10-11 erg/s/cm2 in the 3 - 20 keV band. The achieved
sensitivity in the 3 - 8 keV and 8 - 20 keV subbands is similar to and an
order of magnitude higher than that of the previously record HEAO-1 A1 and
HEAO-1 A4 all-sky surveys, respectively. A combined 7 x 103 square degree
area of the sky is sampled to flux levels below 10-11 erg/s/cm2 (3 - 20
keV). In total 294 sources are detected and localized to better than ~1
degree; 236 (80%) of these can be confidently associated with a known
astrophysical object; 22 of these sources have multiple counterparts (17 have
2 counterparts and 5 have 3 counterparts) with which they have been
identified, and as these are listed as separate entries, there are 321
entries in this table. 35 detected sources remain unidentified, although for
12 of these we report a likely soft X-ray counterpart from the ROSAT all-sky
survey bright source catalog. Of the reliably identified sources, 63 have a
local origin (Milky Way, LMC or SMC), 64 are clusters of galaxies and 100 are
active galactic nuclei (AGN). The fact that the unidentified X-ray sources
have hard spectra suggests that the majority of them are AGN, including
highly obscured ones (hydrogen column density > 1023 cm-2). This dataset
enabled the authors to present for the first time a log N - log S diagram for
extragalactic sources above 4 x 10-12 erg/s/cm2 at 8 - 20 keV.
XTEINDEX Catalog
The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) Index table was created for the
purpose of providing a concise and easily accessible tracking of RXTE
observations, both those already completed and those still scheduled to be
done. Each entry in this table corresponds to a specific proposal/target
combination or `complete observation', in contrast to the RXTE Master table
in which each entry corresponds to a specific proposal/target/ObsID
combination or `observing segment'. A complete observation can consist of
many (in some cases dozens) observing segments.
XTEMASTER Catalog
This database table was created for the purpose of providing a comprehensive,
accurate, and easily accessible tracking of Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer
(RXTE) pointed observations. It does not list observations made during slews:
those are listed in the XTESLEW database table.
The XTEMASTER table includes both observations that have already completed
and those still scheduled to be done.
XTEMLCAT Catalog
This table contains the RXTE Mission-Long Source Catalog. It is generated
from the RXTE Mission-Long Data Products, which are based on the standard
data products (StdProds) from the PCA and HEXTE, for over 200 sources that
have been observed many times with RXTE during its mission.
Please refer to the RXTE GOF documentation
for more information.
XTESLEW Catalog
This database table is a catalog of all the RXTE slew observations and is
based on information culled from the RXTE Data Archive's latest top-level FMI
(FITS Master Index) file that is created when data products are made publicly
available each week. ObsIDs listed in this table are available for download
from https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/xte/data/archive/.
See the parameter 'data_loc' for the relative location of specific ObsIDs.
