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A serendipitous galaxy cluster survey with XMM: expected catalog properties and scientific applications
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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:27 authored by Kathy RomerKathy Romer, Pedro T P Viana, Andrew R Liddle, Robert G MannThis paper describes a serendipitous galaxy cluster survey that we plan to conduct with the XMM X-ray satellite. We have modeled the expected properties of such a survey for three di†erent cosmological models, using an extended Press-Schechter formalism combined with a detailed characterization of the expected capabilities of the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) camera on board XMM. We estimate that, over the 10 yr design lifetime of XMM, the EPIC camera will image a total of ^800 deg2 in Ðelds suitable for the serendipitous detection of clusters of galaxies. For the presently favored low-density model with a cosmological constant, our simulations predict that this survey area would yield a catalog of more than 8000 clusters, ranging from poor to very rich systems, with around 750 detections above z\ 1. A low-density open universe yields similar numbers, though with a di†erent redshift distribution, while a critical-density universe gives considerably fewer clusters. This dependence of catalog properties on cosmology means that the proposed survey will place strong constraints on the values of and The survey would also facilitate a variety of follow-up projects, including the quan- )0 )" . tiÐcation of evolution in the cluster X-ray luminosity-temperature relation, the study of high-redshift galaxies via gravitational lensing, follow-up observations of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich e†ect, and foreground analyses of cosmic microwave background maps.
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Astrophysical JournalISSN
0004-637XPublisher
American Astronomical SocietyExternal DOI
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1Volume
547Page range
594-608Pages
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Describes a detailed concept study for the XMM Cluster Survey. It presents realistic predictions for the size and redshift range of a serendipitous cluster catalogue and previews several science applications. I was responsible for the majority of the material presented in the paper, and am now collaboration PI.Full text available
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