Galaxy groups and low mass clusters at z<0.6: A perspective from the XMM Large Scale Structure survey

2006/10/26 by J. P. Willis, Willis, J. P., F. Pacaud +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0610800

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Abstract

Galaxy groups and low-mass clusters provide important laboratories in which to study X-ray gas physics and the interplay between galaxy evolution and environmental effects. The X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) Large Scale Structure (LSS) survey has currently imaged 5 deg2 to a nominal extended source flux limit of order 10e-14 ergs/s/cm2 and is dominated numerically by low-mass groups and clusters at redshifts 0.2 &lt; z &lt; 0.6. We discuss the generation of the XMM-LSS cluster sample, initial results on the physics of groups and low-mass clusters and the prospects for detailed follow-up studies of these systems.

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