The XMM Large Scale Structure (XMM-LSS) Survey: X-ray analysis and first results

2004/01/06 by A. M. Read, Read, A. M.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Scientific Research and Discoveries #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0401054

To appear in proceedings of the "XMM-Newton EPIC Consortium meeting, Palermo, 2003 October 14-16", published in Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana

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Abstract

Thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity and large field of view, XMM occupies a leading position as a survey instrument. The XMM-LSS survey is a medium-deep large-area X-ray survey, and greatly extends the cosmological tests attempted using earlier studies. While a wealth of complementary multiwavelength studies are taking place, I concentrate here on the XMM-EPIC data, describing aspects of the X-ray pipeline and analysis, and selected first results, including the deepest wide-angle X-ray image of the cosmos to date.

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