XMM-Newton OB Stars Catalog

The X-ray spectra of O stars are represented well by low (< 1 keV) temperature components and seem to indicate that an absorption column is present in addition to the interstellar contribution. The X-ray fluxes are well correlated with the bolometric fluxes, with a scatter comparable to that of the RASS studies and thus larger than found previously with XMM for some individual clusters. These results contrast with those of B stars that exhibit a large scatter in the L<sub>X</sub> - L<sub>bol</sub> relation, no additional absorption being found, and the fits indicate a plasma at higher temperatures.

Variability (either within one exposure or between multiple exposures) was also investigated whenever possible: short-term variations are far more rare than long-term ones (the former affects a few percent of the sample, while the latter concerns between one third and two thirds of the sources). This is a catalog of X-ray emitters amongst early-type stars following a correlation between the Reed (2003, AJ, 125, 2531) Catalog of galactic OB Stars and the 2XMMi Catalog (Watson et al. 2009, A&A, 493, 339).

See the reference paper for more details. This table was created by the HEASARC in November 2009 based on CDS table J/A+A/506/1055 file table1.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .