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Table B.1

Description of columns in the LMXB catalogue table.

No Column name Unit Description
1 ’Name’ Object name, which is the most common name in the literature.
2 ’RAdeg’ deg Right Ascension in degrees (ICRS).
3 ’DEdeg’ deg Declination in degrees (ICRS).
4 ’PosErr’ arcsec Positional error in arcseconds.
5 ’Coord_Ref’ The source from which the position of the object is taken.
6 ’GLON’ deg Galactic longitude in degrees.
7 ’GLAT’ deg Galactic latitude in degrees.
8 ’Xray_Type’ List of the X-ray types assigned to the object. For more information see Sect. 2.1.
9 ’Porb’ day Orbital period of the binary system in days.
10 ’Ppulse’ s Pulsation period (spin) of a NS in seconds.
11 ’Alt_Name’ Most frequently used alternative name.
12 ’SpType’ Spectral type of the optical counterpart.
13 ’Vmag’ mag Optical magnitude in V-band according to SIMBAD database and literature.
14 ’e_Vmag’ mag Corresponding magnitude error in V-band.
15 ’Gaia_DR3_ID’ Name in Gaia DR3(eDR3) catalogue.
16 ’Gmag’ mag Optical magnitude in G-band according to a Gaia catalogue or the literature.
17 ’e_Gmag’ mag Corresponding magnitude error in G-band.
18 ’BP-RP’ mag BP-RP colour.
19 ’2MASS_ID’ Name in 2MASS catalogue.
20 ’Jmag’ mag IR magnitude in J-band according to 2MASS or the literature.
21 ’e_Jmag’ mag Corresponding magnitude error in J-band according to 2MASS or the literature.
22 ’Hmag’ mag IR magnitude in H-band according to 2MASS or the literature.
23 ’e_Hmag’ mag Corresponding magnitude error in H-band according to 2MASS or the literature.
24 ’Kmag’ mag IR magnitude in K-band according to 2MASS or literature.
25 ’e_Kmag’ mag Corresponding magnitude error in K-band according to 2MASS or the literature.
26 ’WISE_ID’ Name in CatWISE, AllWISE, or WISE catalogue.
27 ’W1mag’ mag IR magnitude in W1 WISE band.
28 ’e_W1mag’ mag Corresponding magnitude error in W1 WISE band.
29 ’W2mag’ mag IR magnitude in W2 WISE band.
30 ’e_W2mag’ mag Corresponding magnitude error in W2 WISE band.
31 ’N_H’ 1022cm−2 Neutral hydrogen column density.
32 ’MinSoftFlux’ 10−12erg/s/cm2 Minimum flux (absorbed) from a source in soft X-ray.
33 ’MaxSoftFlux’ 10−12erg/s/cm2 Maximum flux (absorbed) from a source in soft X-ray.
34 ’Soft_Xray_Var Ratio of maximal soft X-ray flux and minimal soft X-ray flux.
35 ’Soft_Xray_Range’ keV Soft X-ray flux energy range used.
36 ’MinHardFlux’ 10−12erg/s/cm2 Minimum flux (absorbed) from a source in hard X-ray.
37 ’MaxHardFlux’ 10−12erg/s/cm2 Maximum flux (absorbed) from a source in hard X-ray.
38 ’Hard_Xray_Var’ Ratio of maximal hard X-ray flux and minimal hard X-ray flux.
39 ’Hard_Xray_Range’ keV Hard X-ray flux energy range used.
40 ’AG’ mag G-band absorption AG.
41 ’Mean_Dist’ pc Mean estimate of the distance to the binary system.
42 ’Low_Dist’ pc The lowest (minimum) estimate of the distance to the binary system.
43 ’High_Dist’ pc The highest (maximum) estimate of the distance to the binary system.
44 ’Incl’ deg Binary system inclination.
45 ’Mx’ M⊙ Mass of the compact object.
46 ’Mopt’ M⊙ Mass of the optical counterpart.
47 ’B-V’ mag B-V colour index.
48 ’E(B-V)’ mag E(B-V) colour excess.
49 ’tMSP_Flag’ tMSP flag, which can take one of the two values, indicating that the source is:
1 – one of the three solidly considered tMSPs.
2 – a tMSP candidate.
50 ’Liu07_IDX’ Ordinal number of the source in the table of Liu07 LMXB catalogue.
51 ’RK03_IDX’ Ordinal number of the source in the table of RK03 LMXB catalogue.
52 ’Orb_Ref’ Orbital period origin reference.
53 ’Pulse_Ref’ Spin (pulsation) period of the NS origin reference.
54 ’Spect_Ref’ Reference to the origin of the optical spectral type of the star.
55 ’Vmag_Ref’ Reference to the origin of the V-band magnitude.
56 ’Gmag_Ref’ Reference to the origin of the G-band magnitude.
57 ’JHK_Ref’ Reference to the origin of the JHK information.
58 ’WISE_Ref’ Reference to the WISE IR catalogue used (CatWISE, AllWISE or WISE).
59 ’N_H_Ref’ NH value origin reference.
60 ’AG_Ref’ Reference to the origin of the G-band absorption AG.
61 ’Dist_Ref’ Reference to the origin of the distance estimations.
62 ’Mass_Ref’ Reference to the origin of the mass estimations.

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