A catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy: from the INTEGRAL to the Gaia era
arxiv(2024)
摘要
Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are high-energy sources that require
multi-wavelength follow up campaigns to be fully characterized. New transients
associated to LMXBs are regularly discovered, and previously known systems are
often revisited by astronomers to constrain their intrinsic parameters. All of
this information compiled into a catalogue may build up to a useful tool for
subsequent studies on LMXBs and their population. We provide an update on past
LMXB catalogues dating back 16 years and propose to the community a database on
Galactic LMXBs with the most complete manually curated set of parameters and
their original references. On top of a fixed version accessible through Vizier,
we propose to host the catalogue independently on our GitHub collaboration,
side-by-side with our previous catalogue on high-mass X-ray binaries. The
database will be regularly updated based on new publications and community
inputs. We build a working base by cross-matching previous LMXB catalogues and
supplementing them with lists of hard X-ray sources detected in the past 20
years. We compile information from Simbad on LMXBs as a starting point for a
thorough, manual search in the literature to retrieve important parameters that
characterize LMXBs. We retrieve newly detected LMXBs and candidates directly
from literature searches. Counterparts to these LMXBs are compiled from hard
X-rays to infrared and radio domains. Every piece of information presented on
the LMXBs is curated and backed by accurate references. We present a catalogue
of 339 Galactic LMXBs listing their coordinates, companion star spectral type,
systemic radial velocity, component masses and compact object nature, the
presence of type I X-ray bursts as well as orbital data. Coordinates and
identifiers of counterparts at various wavelengths are given, including 140
LMXBs detected in Gaia DR3.
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