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The $\textit{NuSTAR}$ Extragalactic Surveys: Source Catalogs from the Extended $\textit{Chandra}$ Deep Field-South and the $\textit{Chandra}$ Deep Field-North

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-08-29 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We present a routinized and reliable method to obtain source catalogs from the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array\textit{Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array} (NuSTAR\textit{NuSTAR}) extragalactic surveys of the Extended Chandra\textit{Chandra} Deep Field-South (E-CDF-S) and Chandra\textit{Chandra} Deep Field-North (CDF-N). The NuSTAR\textit{NuSTAR} E-CDF-S survey covers a sky area of 30×30\approx30'\times30' to a maximum depth of \sim 230 ks corrected for vignetting in the 3--24 keV band, with a total of 58 sources detected in our E-CDF-S catalog; the NuSTAR\textit{NuSTAR} CDF-N survey covers a sky area of 7×10\approx7'\times10' to a maximum depth of \sim 440 ks corrected for vignetting in the 3--24 keV band, with a total of 42 sources detected in our CDF-N catalog that is produced for the first time. We verify the reliability of our two catalogs by crossmatching them with the relevant catalogs from the Chandra\textit{Chandra} X-ray observatory, and find that the fluxes of our NuSTAR\textit{NuSTAR} sources are generally consistent with that of their Chandra\textit{Chandra} counterparts. Our two catalogs are produced following the exactly same method and made publicly available, thereby providing a uniform platform that facilitates further studies involving these two fields. Our source-detection method provides a systematic approach for source cataloging in other NuSTAR\textit{NuSTAR} extragalactic surveys.

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@article{arxiv.2303.14767,
  title  = {The $\textit{NuSTAR}$ Extragalactic Surveys: Source Catalogs from the Extended $\textit{Chandra}$ Deep Field-South and the $\textit{Chandra}$ Deep Field-North},
  author = {Tianyi Zhang and Yongquan Xue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.14767},
  year   = {2023}
}

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26 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in JUSTC; click "Full text" & "Supplements" for catalogs in https://doi.org/10.52396/JUSTC-2023-0032