The XMM Cluster Survey: optical analysis methodology and the first data release

Nicola Mehrtens; A. Kathy Romer; Matt Hilton; E. J. Lloyd-Davies; Christopher J. Miller; S. A. Stanford; Mark Hosmer; Ben Hoyle; Chris A. Collins; Andrew R. Liddle; Pedro T. P. Viana; Robert C. Nichol; John P. Stott; E. Naomi Dubois; Scott T. Kay; Martin Sahlén; Owain Young; C. J. Short; L. Christodoulou; William A. Watson; Michael Davidson; Craig D. Harrison; Leon Baruah; Mathew Smith; Claire Burke; Julian A. Mayers; Paul-James Deadman; Philip J. Rooney; Edward M. Edmondson; Michael West; Heather C. Campbell; Alastair C. Edge; Robert G. Mann; Kivanc Sabirli; David Wake; Christophe Benoist; Luiz da Costa; Marcio A. G. Maia; Ricardo Ogando

The XMM Cluster Survey: optical analysis methodology and the first data release

Nicola Mehrtens, A. Kathy Romer, Matt Hilton, E. J. Lloyd-Davies, Christopher J. Miller, S. A. Stanford, Mark Hosmer, Ben Hoyle, Chris A. Collins, Andrew R. Liddle, Pedro T. P. Viana, Robert C. Nichol, John P. Stott, E. Naomi Dubois, Scott T. Kay, Martin Sahlén, Owain Young, C. J. Short, L. Christodoulou, William A. WatsonMichael Davidson, Craig D. Harrison, Leon Baruah, Mathew Smith, Claire Burke, Julian A. Mayers, Paul-James Deadman, Philip J. Rooney, Edward M. Edmondson, Michael West, Heather C. Campbell, Alastair C. Edge, Robert G. Mann, Kivanc Sabirli, David Wake, Christophe Benoist, Luiz da Costa, Marcio A. G. Maia, Ricardo Ogando

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The XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) is a serendipitous search for galaxy clusters using all publicly available data in the XMM-Newton Science Archive. Its main aims are to measure cosmological parameters and trace the evolution of X-ray scaling relations. In this paper we present the first data release from the XMM Cluster Survey (XCS-DR1). This consists of 503 optically confirmed, serendipitously detected, X-ray clusters. Of these clusters, 256 are new to the literature and 357 are new X-ray discoveries. We present 463 clusters with a redshift estimate (0.06 <z <1.46), including 261 clusters with spectroscopic redshifts. The remainder have photometric redshifts. In addition, we have measured X-ray temperatures (TX) for 401 clusters (0.4 < TX <14.7 keV). We highlight seven interesting subsamples of XCS-DR1 clusters: (i) 10 clusters at high redshift (z > 1.0, including a new spectroscopically confirmed cluster at z= 1.01); (ii) 66 clusters with high TX (>5 keV) (iii) 130 clusters/groups with low TX (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1024-1052
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	423
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2012

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techniques: photometric
techniques: spectroscopic
surveys
galaxies: clusters: individual: XMMXCS J091821.9+211446.0
galaxies: distances and redshifts
X-rays: galaxies: clusters

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Mehrtens, N., Romer, A. K., Hilton, M., Lloyd-Davies, E. J., Miller, C. J., Stanford, S. A., Hosmer, M., Hoyle, B., Collins, C. A., Liddle, A. R., Viana, P. T. P., Nichol, R. C., Stott, J. P., Dubois, E. N., Kay, S. T., Sahlén, M., Young, O., Short, C. J., Christodoulou, L., ... Ogando, R. (2012). The XMM Cluster Survey: optical analysis methodology and the first data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 423, 1024-1052. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.423.1024M

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The XMM Cluster Survey: optical analysis methodology and the first data release

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