X-ray Selected BL Lacertae Objects: Catalogue and Statistical Properties

TL;DR

This paper compiles a catalogue of 312 X-ray selected BL Lac objects, analyzing their statistical properties and correlations, revealing trends in variability and differences from radio-selected BL Lacs.

Contribution

It provides the first comprehensive catalogue and statistical analysis of X-ray selected BL Lac objects, including correlations among various observational properties.

Findings

Flux variability increases with frequency.

XBLs are less active in intra-night optical variability than RBLs.

A list of 106 XBL candidates is also presented.

Abstract

This talk focuses on the statistical properties of X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects (XBLs) whose catalogue has been compiled. It consists of 312 sources from different X-ray surveys, unambiguously identified to mid-2010. Results of the statistical research of different observational quantities (redshift, muliwavelength luminosities, host/nucleus absolute Magnitudes, central black hole masses, synchrotron peak frequencies, broadband spectral indices) are also provided and existence of the correlation between them is proved. Overall flux variability shows an increasing trend towards greater frequencies. XBL are found to be much less active in point of intra-night optical variability compared to radio-selected BL Lacs (RBLs). A separate list of 106 XBL candidates is also created including the same characteristics for each source as in the case of XBL catalogue.