The XMM-SERVS survey: XMM-Newton point-source Catalogs for the W-CDF-S and ELAIS-S1 fields

Qingling Ni*, W. N. Brandt, Chien-ting Chen, Bin Luo, Kristina Nyland, Guang Yang, Fan Zou, James Aird, David M. Alexander, Franz Erik Bauer, Mark Lacy, Bret D. Lehmer, Labani Mallick, Mara Salvato, Donald P. Schneider, Paolo Tozzi, Iris Traulsen, Mattia Vaccari, Cristian Vignali, Fabio VitoYongquan Xue, Manda Banerji, Kate Chow, Andrea Comastri, Agnese Del Moro, Roberto Gilli, James Mullaney, Maurizio Paolillo, Axel Schwope, Ohad Shemmer, Mouyuan Sun, John D. Timlin III, Jonathan R. Trump

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We present the X-ray point-source catalogs in two of the XMM-Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (XMM-SERVS) fields, W-CDF-S (4.6 deg2) and ELAIS-S1 (3.2 deg2), aiming to fill the gap between deep pencil-beam X-ray surveys and shallow X-ray surveys over large areas. The W-CDF-S and ELAIS-S1regions were targeted with 2.3 Ms and 1.0 Ms of XMM-Newton observations, respectively; 1.8 Ms and 0.9 Ms exposures remain after flare filtering. The survey in W-CDF-S has a flux limit of 1.0 x 10-14 erg cm-2 s-1 over 90% of its area in the 0.5–10 keV band; 4053 sources are detected in total. The survey in ELAIS-S1 has a flux limit of 1.3 x 10-14 erg cm -2 s-1 over 90% of its area in the 0.5–10 keV band; 2630 sources are detected in total. Reliable optical-to-IR multiwavelength counterpart candidates are identified for ≈ 89% of the sources in W-CDF-S and ≈ 87% of the sources in ELAIS-S1. 3186 sources in W-CDF-S and 1985 sources in ELAIS-S1 are classified as AGNs. We also provide photometric redshifts for X-ray sources; ≈ 84% of the 3319/2001 sources in W-CDF-S/ELAIS-S1 with optical-to-NIR forced photometry available have either spectroscopic redshifts or high-quality photometric redshifts. The completion of the XMM-Newton observations in the W-CDF-S and ELAIS-S1 fields marks the end of the XMM-SERVS survey data gathering. The ≈ 12,000 point-like X-ray sources detected in the whole ≈ 13 deg2 XMM-SERVS survey will benefit future large-sample AGN studies.
Original languageEnglish
Article number21
JournalAstrophysical Journal Supplement
Volume256
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2021

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