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1. The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. V. The Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue

Author

Watson, M. G., Schröder, A. C., Fyfe, D., Page, C. G., Lamer, G., Mateos, S., Pye, J., Sakano, M., Rosen, S., Ballet, J., Barcons, X., Barret, D., Boller, T., Brunner, H., Brusa, M., Caccianiga, A., Carrera, F. J., Ceballos, M., Della Ceca, R., Denby, M., Denkinson, G., Dupuy, S., Farrell, S., Fraschetti, F., Freyberg, M. J., Guillout, P., Hambaryan, V., Maccacaro, T., Mathiesen, B., McMahon, R., Michel, L., Motch, C., Osborne, J. P., Page, M., Pakull, M. W., Pietsch, W., Saxton, R., Schwope, A., Severgnini, P., Simpson, M., Sironi, G., Stewart, G., Stewart, I. M., Stobbart, A-M., Tedds, J., Warwick, R., Webb, N., West, R., Worrall, D., and Yuan, W.

Subjects
Astrophysics
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Aims: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and characteristics of the 2XMM catalogue. Methods: The 2XMM catalogue has been compiled from a new processing of the XMM-Newton EPIC camera data. The main features of the processing pipeline are described in detail. Results: The catalogue, the largest ever made at X-ray wavelengths, contains 246,897 detections drawn from 3491 public XMM-Newton observations over a 7-year interval, which relate to 191,870 unique sources. The catalogue fields cover a sky area of more than 500 sq.deg. The non-overlapping sky area is ~360 sq.deg. (~1% of the sky) as many regions of the sky are observed more than once by XMM-Newton. The catalogue probes a large sky area at the flux limit where the bulk of the objects that contribute to the X-ray background lie and provides a major resource for generating large, well-defined X-ray selected source samples, studying the X-ray source population and identifying rare object types. The main characteristics of the catalogue are presented, including its photometric and astrometric properties ., Comment: 27 pages (plus 8 pages appendices), 15 figures. Minor changes following referee's comments; now accepted for publication in A & A. Note that this paper "V", not paper "VI" in the series. Previous posting was incorrect in this regard

Published
2008
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2. The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue

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Watson, M. G., Pye, J. P., Denby, M., Osborne, J. P., Barret, D., Boller, Th., Brunner, H., Ceballos, M. T., DellaCeca, R., Fyfe, D. J., Lamer, G., Maccacaro, T., Michel, L., Motch, C., Pietsch, W. N., Saxton, R. D., Schroeder, A. C., Stewart, I. M., Tedds, J. A., and Webb, N.

Subjects
Astrophysics
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We describe the production, properties and scientific potential of the XMM-Newton catalogue of serendipitous X-ray sources. The first version of this catalogue is nearing completion and is planned to be released before the end of 2002., Comment: Proceedings of the "X-ray surveys, in the light of the new observatories" workshop, Astronomische Nachrichten, in the press (4 pages, 3 eps figures, uses an.cls)

Published
2002
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3. Status of the EPIC/MOS calibration

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Ferrando, P., Abbey, A. F., Altieri, B., Arnaud, M., Bennie, P., Dadina, M., Denby, M., Ghizzardi, S., Griffiths, R. G., La Palombara, N., de Luca, A., Lumb, D., Molendi, S., Neumann, D., Sauvageot, J. L., Saxton, R. D., Sembay, S., Tiengo, A., and Turner, M. J. L.

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

The XMM-Newton observatory has the largest collecting area flown so far for an X-ray imaging system, resulting in a very high sensitivity over a broad spectral range. In order to exploit fully these performances, a very accurate calibration of the XMM-Newton instruments is required, and has led to an extensive ground and flight calibration program. We report here on the current status of the EPIC/MOS cameras calibrations, highlighting areas for which a reasonably good accuracy has been achieved, and noting points where further work is needed., Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Symposium `New Visions of the X-ray Universe in the XMM-Newton and Chandra era', 26-30 November 2001, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Published
2002

4. XMM-Newton survey of the low-metallicity open cluster NGC 2516

Author

Sciortino, S., Micela, G., Damiani, F., Flaccomio, E., Briggs, K., Denby, M., Pye, J., Grosso, N., Read, A. M., Gondoin, P., and Jeffries, R. D.

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

We present the first results of an XMM-Newton EPIC survey of NGC 2516, a southern low-metallicity open cluster with an age close to the Pleiades. The attained limiting sensitivity is of ~ 2.4 10^-15 erg sec^-1} cm^-2 in the 0.1--4.0 keV bandpass. This has been achieved by summing the data of the MOS and PN cameras of two distinct observations for a total exposure time of ~ 33 ks and by analyzing the summed data set with the wavelet detection algorithm developed at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPA) that has yielded over 200 X-ray detections. Using data just from a single exposure or from a single camera would have reduced by a factor 2--4 our limiting sensitivity and would have resulted in 25--40% less X-ray detections. To date, 129 detections have as counterparts one or more of the 540 photometrically selected cluster members in the surveyed region, for a total of 147 likely detected members, with unique identification in 112 cases. We derive the X-ray luminosity functions (XLF) of NGC 2516 members of different spectral types and compare them with those of the more metal rich, approximately coeval Pleiades cluster, finding the NGC 2516 photometrically selected dG and dK stars less luminous than the Pleiades. The XLFs of the NGC 2516 and of the Pleiades dM stars are indistinguishable. We compare the XMM-Newton results with those recently obtained with Chandra., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures (in 11 postscript files)

Published
2000
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6. Early Results from the Rosat Wide Field Camera

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Barstow, M. A., Abbey, A. F., Cole, R. E., Denby, M., Page, C. G., Pankiewicz, G. S., Pounds, K. A., Pye, J. P., Sansom, A. E., Sims, M. R., Spragg, J. E., Watson, D. J., Wells, A. A., Willingale, R., Courtier, G. M., Gourlay, J. A., Harris, A. W., Kent, B. J., Reading, D. H., Richards, A. G., Swinyard, B. M., Wright, J. S., Goodall, C. V., Bentley, R. D., Breeveld, E. R., Guttridge, P. R., Huckle, H. E., McCalden, A. J., Bewick, A., Rochester, G. K., Sumner, T. J., Vauclair, Gérard, editor, and Sion, Edward, editor

Published
1991
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8. White Shield Cultural Center, White Shield, North Dakota (Blueprints)

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Deegan, Denby M., Hulsing and Associates Architects (Dickinson, N.D.), Dickinson (N.D.), Deegan, Denby M., Hulsing and Associates Architects (Dickinson, N.D.), and Dickinson (N.D.)

Abstract

Architectural plans (21 sheets) for the White Shield Cultural Center, in White Shield, North Dakota, located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Drawing index lists, Architectural: T1.0 Title Sheet, SS1 Site Survey, C1.0 Site Plan, A1.0 Floor Plan, A1.1 Large Scale Plan, A2.0 Door and Room Schedules, A3.0 Building Elevations, A4.0 Building Sections, A4.1 Wall Sections, A6.0 Reflected Ceiling Plan, A7.0 Interior Casework Elevations. Structural: S1.0 Foundation Plan, Details & General Structural Notes. Mechanical: M1.0 Piping Plans, M2.0 HVAC Plans, M3.0 Details and Schedules. Electrical: E1.0 Electrical Site Plan, E2.0 Lighting Plan, E2.1 Lighting Schedules and Details, E3.0 Power Plan, E3.1 Equipment Plan, E4.0 Systems Plan., Architectural drawings, 63 x 92 cm., Title supplied by staff., White Shield Cultural Center (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/Arikara-Cultural-Center-724522600942285

Published
2020

11. Rosat sky survey observations of the eclipsing binary V471 Tauri

Author

Barstow, M. A, Schmitt, J. H. M. M, Clemens, J. C, Pye, J. P, Denby, M, Harris, A. W, and Pankiewicz, G. S

Subjects
Astronomy
Abstract

Rosat observations of the DA white dwarf + K2V binary system V471 Tauri, obtained during the sky survey phase of the mission, are presented. A lower amplitude shorter time-scale variability is seen in both the soft X-ray and EUV bands. This is associated with the white dwarf pulsations previously discovered by Exosat and also observed at optical wavelengths. The minimum in the EUV light curve is found to coincide with the maximum in the optical. This direct comparison of the phases of the optical and EUV pulses confirms the prediction made by an earlier indirect comparison and shows conclusively that the V471 Tau oscillations cannot arise from nonradial g-mode pulsations in the white dwarf. They are argued to be caused by rotation of the white dwarf with accretion-darkened magnetic poles. On the basis of the EUV and optical pulse shapes, the accretion geometry is studied, and it is estimated that the rate of accretion onto the white dwarf is about (4-11) x 10 exp -13 solar mass/yr.

Published
1992

12. Detection of a stellar flare at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths

Author

Barstow, M. A, Denby, M, Pye, J. P, Pankiewicz, G. S, Bromage, G. E, and Gonzalez-Riestra, R

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

During the all-sky survey conducted by the Rosat Wide Field Camera, the binary flare star system BY Draconis was monitored with coverage by the IUE satellite far-UV and optical observations and by the Rosat X-ray telescope for part of the time. A stellar flare was detected in all four wavebands. This is the first unambiguous EUV detection of a flare and one of the widest simultaneous wavelength-range coverages obtained. The peak luminosity and total energy of this flare in the photon energy range 0.08-0.18 keV are comparable with the values obtained for a number of flares integrated over a larger energy range by Exosat satellite observations in 1983-86. It is concluded that radiation in the EUV carries away a substantial fraction of the total flare energy.

Published
1991
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13. The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS Cameras

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Turner, M., Abbey, A., Arnaud, M., Balasini, M., Belsole, E., Bennie, P., Bernard, J., Bignami, G., Boer, M., Briel, U., Butler, I., Cara, C., Chabaud, C., Cole, R., Collura, A., Conte, M., Cros, A., Denby, M., Dhez, P., Di Coco, G., Dowson, J., Ferrando, P., Ghizzardi, S., Gianotti, F., Goodall, C., Gretton, L., Griffiths, R., Hainaut, O., Hochedez, J., Holland, A., Jourdain, E., Kendziorra, E., Lagostina, A., Laine, R., La Palombara, N., Lortholary, M., Lumb, D., Marty, P., Molendi, S., Pigot, C., Poindron, E., Pounds, K., Reeves, J., Reppin, C., Rothenflug, R., Salvetat, P., Sauvageot, J., Schmitt, D., Sembay, S., Short, A., Spragg, J., Stephen, J., Strüder, L., Tiengo, A., Trifoglio, M., Trümper, J., Vercellone, S., Vigroux, L., Villa, G., Ward, M., Whitehead, S., Zonca, E., BARBERA, Marco, Turner, M., Abbey, A., Arnaud, M., Balasini, M., Barbera, M., Belsole, E., Bennie, P., Bernard, J., Bignami, G., Boer, M., Briel, U., Butler, I., Cara, C., Chabaud, C., Cole, R., Collura, A., Conte, M., Cros, A., Denby, M., Dhez, P., Di Coco, G., Dowson, J., Ferrando, P., Ghizzardi, S., Gianotti, F., Goodall, C., Gretton, L., Griffiths, R., Hainaut, O., Hochedez, J., Holland, A., Jourdain, E., Kendziorra, E., Lagostina, A., Laine, R., La Palombara, N., Lortholary, M., Lumb, D., Marty, P., Molendi, S., Pigot, C., Poindron, E., Pounds, K., Reeves, J., Reppin, C., Rothenflug, R., Salvetat, P., Sauvageot, J., Schmitt, D., Sembay, S., Short, A., Spragg, J., Stephen, J., Strüder, L., Tiengo, A., Trifoglio, M., Trümper, J., Vercellone, S., Vigroux, L., Villa, G., Ward, M., Whitehead, S., and Zonca, E.

Subjects
Physics, Instrumentation: detector, Photon, Spectrometer, business.industry, Dynamic range, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Field of view, Astrophysics, X-rays: general, Optics, Cardinal point, Space and Planetary Science, Calibration, Spectral resolution, business, Focus (optics)
Abstract

The EPIC focal plane imaging spectrometers on XMM-Newton use CCDs to record the images and spectra of celestial X-ray sources focused by the three X-ray mirrors. There is one camera at the focus of each mirror; two of the cameras contain seven MOS CCDs, while the third uses twelve PN CCDs, defining a circular field of view of 30 arcmin diameter in each case. The CCDs were specially developed for EPIC, and combine high quality imaging with spectral resolution close to the Fano limit. A filter wheel carrying three kinds of X-ray transparent light blocking filter, a fully closed, and a fully open position, is fitted to each EPIC instrument. The CCDs are cooled passively and are under full closed loop thermal control. A radio-active source is fitted for internal calibration. Data are processed on-board to save telemetry by removing cosmic ray tracks, and generating X-ray event files; a variety of different instrument modes are available to increase the dynamic range of the instrument and to enable fast timing. The instruments were calibrated using laboratory X-ray beams, and synchrotron generated monochromatic X-ray beams before launch; in-orbit calibration makes use of a variety of celestial X-ray targets. The current calibration is better than 10% over the entire energy range of 0.2 to 10 keV. All three instruments survived launch and are performing nominally in orbit. In particular full field-of-view coverage is available, all electronic modes work, and the energy resolution is close to pre-launch values. Radiation damage is well within pre-launch predictions and does not yet impact on the energy resolution. The scientific results from EPIC amply fulfil pre-launch expectations., Comment: 9 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in the A&A Special Issue on XMM-Newton

Published
2000
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14. V. The Second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue

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Watson, M. G., Schröder, A. C., Fyfe, D., Page, C. G., Lamer, Georg, Mateos, Silvia, Pye, J. P., Sakano, M., Rosen, Simon, Ballet, J., Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Boller, Th., Brunner, H., Brusa, M., Caccianiga, A., Carrera, Francisco J., Ceballos, María Teresa, Della Ceca, R., Denby, M., Denkinson, G., Dupuy, S., Farrell, S. A., Fraschetti, F., Freyberg, M. J., Guillout, P., Hambaryan, V., Maccacaro, T., Mathiesen, B., McMahon, Richard G., Michel, L., Motch, C., Osborne, J. P., Page, M. J., Pakull, M. W., Pietsch, W., Saxton, R. D., Schwope, A., Severgnini, P., Simpson, M., Sironi, G., Stewart, G. C., Stewart, Ian M., Stobbart, A.-M., Tedds, J. A., Warwick, R. S., Webb, N. A., West, R. G., Worrall, D. M., Yuan, W., Max Planck Society, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), and Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España)

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Surveys, X-rays: general, Catalogues, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

[Aims]: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and characteristics of the 2XMM catalogue. [Methods]: The 2XMM catalogue has been compiled from a new processing of the XMM-Newton EPIC camera data. The main features of the processing pipeline are described in detail. [Results]: The catalogue, the largest ever made at X-ray wavelengths, contains 246 897 detections drawn from 3491 public XMM-Newton observations over a 7-year interval, which relate to 191 870 unique sources. The catalogue fields cover a sky area of more than 500 deg2. The non-overlapping sky area is ∼360 deg2 (∼1% of the sky) as many regions of the sky are observed more than once by XMM-Newton. The catalogue probes a large sky area at the flux limit where the bulk of the objects that contribute to the X-ray background lie and provides a major resource for generating large, well-defined X-ray selected source samples, studying the X-ray source population and identifying rare object types. The main characteristics of the catalogue are presented, including its photometric and astrometric properties., M. Ceballos, F. Carrera and X. Barcons acknowledge financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia under projects ESP2003-00812 and ESP2006-13608-C02-01. The French teams are grateful to CNES for supporting this activity. In Germany the XMM-Newton project is supported by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie/Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) and the Max Planck Society. Part of this work was supported by the DLR project numbers 50 OX 0201, 50 OX 0001, and 50 OG 0502. The Italian team acknowledges financial support from the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), the Ministero dell’ Istruzione, Università e Ricerca (MIUR) and the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) over the last years; they are currently supported by the grant PRIN-MIUR 2006-02-5203 and by the ASI grants n.I/088/06/0 and n.I/023/05/0. UK authors thank STFC for financial support.

Published
2009

15. The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey

Author

Watson, M. G., Schröder, A. C., Fyfe, D., Page, C. G., Lamer, Georg, Mateos, Silvia, Pye, J. P., Sakano, M., Rosen, Simon, Ballet, J., Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Boller, Th., Brunner, H., Brusa, M., Caccianiga, A., Carrera, Francisco J., Ceballos, María Teresa, Della Ceca, R., Denby, M., Denkinson, G., Dupuy, S., Farrell, S. A., Fraschetti, F., Freyberg, M. J., Guillout, P., Hambaryan, V., Maccacaro, T., Mathiesen, B., McMahon, Richard G., Michel, L., Motch, C., Osborne, J. P., Page, M. J., Pakull, M. W., Pietsch, W., Saxton, R. D., Schwope, A., Severgnini, P., Simpson, M., Sironi, G., Stewart, G. C., Stewart, Ian M., Stobbart, A.-M., Tedds, J. A., Warwick, R. S., Webb, N. A., West, R. G., Worrall, D. M., Yuan, W., Max Planck Society, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), and Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España)

Subjects
general [X-rays], Surveys, Catalogues
Abstract

[Aims]: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and characteristics of the 2XMM catalogue. [Methods]: The 2XMM catalogue has been compiled from a new processing of the XMM-Newton EPIC camera data. The main features of the processing pipeline are described in detail. [Results]: The catalogue, the largest ever made at X-ray wavelengths, contains 246 897 detections drawn from 3491 public XMM-Newton observations over a 7-year interval, which relate to 191 870 unique sources. The catalogue fields cover a sky area of more than 500 deg2. The non-overlapping sky area is ∼360 deg2 (∼1% of the sky) as many regions of the sky are observed more than once by XMM-Newton. The catalogue probes a large sky area at the flux limit where the bulk of the objects that contribute to the X-ray background lie and provides a major resource for generating large, well-defined X-ray selected source samples, studying the X-ray source population and identifying rare object types. The main characteristics of the catalogue are presented, including its photometric and astrometric properties. M. Ceballos, F. Carrera and X. Barcons acknowledge financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia under projects ESP2003-00812 and ESP2006-13608-C02-01. The French teams are grateful to CNES for supporting this activity. In Germany the XMM-Newton project is supported by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie/Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) and the Max Planck Society. Part of this work was supported by the DLR project numbers 50 OX 0201, 50 OX 0001, and 50 OG 0502. The Italian team acknowledges financial support from the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), the Ministero dell’ Istruzione, Università e Ricerca (MIUR) and the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) over the last years; they are currently supported by the grant PRIN-MIUR 2006-02-5203 and by the ASI grants n.I/088/06/0 and n.I/023/05/0. UK authors thank STFC for financial support.

Published
2009

16. The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey

Author

Watson, M. G., Auguères, J.-L., Ballet, J., Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Boer, M., Boller, Th., Bromage, G. E., Brunner, H., Carrera, Francisco J., Cropper, M. S., Denby, M., Ehle, M., Elvis, M., Fabian, A. C., Freyberg, M. J., Guillout, P., Hameury, J.-M., Hasinger, Günther, Hinshaw, D. A., Maccacaro, T., Mason, Keith O., McMahon, Richard G., Michel, L., Mirioni, L., Mittaz, J. P. D., Motch, C., Olive, J.-F., Osborne, J. P., Page, C. G., Pakull, M. W., Perry, B. H., Pierre, M., Pietsch, W., Pye, J. P., Read, A. M., Roberts, T. P., Rosen, Simon, Sauvageot, J.-L., Schwope, A., Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, Stewart, G. C., Stewart, Ian M., Valtchanov, Iván, Ward, M. J., Warwick, R. S., West, R. G., White, N. E., Worrall, D. M., Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Royal Astronomical Society, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)

Subjects
general [X-rays], Surveys, data analysis [Methods], stars [X-rays], galaxies [X-rays]
Abstract

This paper describes the performance of XMM-Newton for serendipitous surveys and summarises the scope and potential of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. The role of the Survey Science Centre (SSC) in the XMM-Newton project is outlined. The SCC's follow-up and identification programme for the XMM-Newton serendipitous survey is described together with the presentation of some of the first results. Support for the SSC project provided by the following agencies: Deutsches Zentrum f¨ur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) under grant numbers 50 OR 9908 0 & 50 OX 9701 5; PPARC (UK); CNES (France) and NASA (via the HEASARC). TM thanks the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for financial support.

Published
2001
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17. The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey

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Max Planck Society, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España), Watson, Mike, Schröder, A. C., Fyfe, D., Page, C. G., Lamer, Georg, Mateos, Silvia, Pye, J. P., Sakano, M., Rosen, Simon, Ballet, Jean, Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Boller, Th., Brunner, H., Brusa, M., Caccianiga, A., Carrera, Francisco J., Ceballos, María Teresa, Della Ceca, R., Denby, M., Denkinson, G., Dupuy, S., Farrell, S. A., Fraschetti, F., Freyberg, Michael, Guillout, P., Hambaryan, V., Maccacaro, T., Mathiesen, B., McMahon, Richard G., Michel, Laurent, Motch, Christian, Osborne, J. P., Page, Matt, Pakull, M. W., Pietsch, W., Saxton, R. D., Schwope, Axel, Severgnini, P., Simpson, M., Sironi, G., Stewart, G. C., Stewart, Ian M., Stobbart, A.-M., Tedds, J. A., Warwick, R. S., Webb, Natalie A., West, R. G., Worrall, D. M., Yuan, W., Max Planck Society, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España), Watson, Mike, Schröder, A. C., Fyfe, D., Page, C. G., Lamer, Georg, Mateos, Silvia, Pye, J. P., Sakano, M., Rosen, Simon, Ballet, Jean, Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Boller, Th., Brunner, H., Brusa, M., Caccianiga, A., Carrera, Francisco J., Ceballos, María Teresa, Della Ceca, R., Denby, M., Denkinson, G., Dupuy, S., Farrell, S. A., Fraschetti, F., Freyberg, Michael, Guillout, P., Hambaryan, V., Maccacaro, T., Mathiesen, B., McMahon, Richard G., Michel, Laurent, Motch, Christian, Osborne, J. P., Page, Matt, Pakull, M. W., Pietsch, W., Saxton, R. D., Schwope, Axel, Severgnini, P., Simpson, M., Sironi, G., Stewart, G. C., Stewart, Ian M., Stobbart, A.-M., Tedds, J. A., Warwick, R. S., Webb, Natalie A., West, R. G., Worrall, D. M., and Yuan, W.

Abstract

[Aims]: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and characteristics of the 2XMM catalogue. [Methods]: The 2XMM catalogue has been compiled from a new processing of the XMM-Newton EPIC camera data. The main features of the processing pipeline are described in detail. [Results]: The catalogue, the largest ever made at X-ray wavelengths, contains 246 897 detections drawn from 3491 public XMM-Newton observations over a 7-year interval, which relate to 191 870 unique sources. The catalogue fields cover a sky area of more than 500 deg2. The non-overlapping sky area is ∼360 deg2 (∼1% of the sky) as many regions of the sky are observed more than once by XMM-Newton. The catalogue probes a large sky area at the flux limit where the bulk of the objects that contribute to the X-ray background lie and provides a major resource for generating large, well-defined X-ray selected source samples, studying the X-ray source population and identifying rare object types. The main characteristics of the catalogue are presented, including its photometric and astrometric properties.

Published
2009

18. The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey

Author

Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Royal Astronomical Society, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Watson, M. G., Auguères, J.-L., Ballet, J., Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Boer, M., Boller, Th., Bromage, G. E., Brunner, H., Carrera, Francisco J., Cropper, M. S., Denby, M., Ehle, M., Elvis, M., Fabian, A. C., Freyberg, M. J., Guillout, P., Hameury, J.-M., Hasinger, Günther, Hinshaw, D. A., Maccacaro, T., Mason, Keith O., McMahon, Richard G., Michel, L., Mirioni, L., Mittaz, J. P. D., Motch, C., Olive, J.-F., Osborne, J. P., Page, C. G., Pakull, M. W., Perry, B. H., Pierre, M., Pietsch, W., Pye, J. P., Read, A. M., Roberts, T. P., Rosen, Simon, Sauvageot, J.-L., Schwope, A., Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, Stewart, G. C., Stewart, Ian M., Valtchanov, Iván, Ward, M. J., Warwick, R. S., West, R. G., White, N. E., Worrall, D. M., Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Royal Astronomical Society, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Watson, M. G., Auguères, J.-L., Ballet, J., Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Boer, M., Boller, Th., Bromage, G. E., Brunner, H., Carrera, Francisco J., Cropper, M. S., Denby, M., Ehle, M., Elvis, M., Fabian, A. C., Freyberg, M. J., Guillout, P., Hameury, J.-M., Hasinger, Günther, Hinshaw, D. A., Maccacaro, T., Mason, Keith O., McMahon, Richard G., Michel, L., Mirioni, L., Mittaz, J. P. D., Motch, C., Olive, J.-F., Osborne, J. P., Page, C. G., Pakull, M. W., Perry, B. H., Pierre, M., Pietsch, W., Pye, J. P., Read, A. M., Roberts, T. P., Rosen, Simon, Sauvageot, J.-L., Schwope, A., Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, Stewart, G. C., Stewart, Ian M., Valtchanov, Iván, Ward, M. J., Warwick, R. S., West, R. G., White, N. E., and Worrall, D. M.

Abstract

This paper describes the performance of XMM-Newton for serendipitous surveys and summarises the scope and potential of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. The role of the Survey Science Centre (SSC) in the XMM-Newton project is outlined. The SCC's follow-up and identification programme for the XMM-Newton serendipitous survey is described together with the presentation of some of the first results.

Published
2001

19. E.l.f./v.l.f. emissions observed on Ariel 4

Author

Bullough, K, Denby, M, Gibbons, W, Hughes, A. R. W, Kaiser, T. R, and Tatnall, A. R. L

Subjects
Geophysics
Abstract

The Ariel 4 satellite was designed to study wave-particle phenomena in the magnetosphere by measuring the electromagnetic wave fields over a wide frequency range and the fluxes and pitch angle distributions of energetic particles. We describe here the results of a preliminary study of the various v.l.f./e.l.f. electromagnetic wave phenomena which are observed. These include man-made signals from v.l.f. transmitters, impulsive noise originating in thunderstorms and emissions arising from magnetospheric energetic charged particles.

Published
1975

20. The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey

Author

Watson, M. G., primary, Schröder, A. C., additional, Fyfe, D., additional, Page, C. G., additional, Lamer, G., additional, Mateos, S., additional, Pye, J., additional, Sakano, M., additional, Rosen, S., additional, Ballet, J., additional, Barcons, X., additional, Barret, D., additional, Boller, T., additional, Brunner, H., additional, Brusa, M., additional, Caccianiga, A., additional, Carrera, F. J., additional, Ceballos, M., additional, Della Ceca, R., additional, Denby, M., additional, Denkinson, G., additional, Dupuy, S., additional, Farrell, S., additional, Fraschetti, F., additional, Freyberg, M. J., additional, Guillout, P., additional, Hambaryan, V., additional, Maccacaro, T., additional, Mathiesen, B., additional, McMahon, R., additional, Michel, L., additional, Motch, C., additional, Osborne, J. P., additional, Page, M., additional, Pakull, M. W., additional, Pietsch, W., additional, Saxton, R., additional, Schwope, A., additional, Severgnini, P., additional, Simpson, M., additional, Sironi, G., additional, Stewart, G., additional, Stewart, I. M., additional, Stobbart, A.-M., additional, Tedds, J., additional, Warwick, R., additional, Webb, N., additional, West, R., additional, Worrall, D., additional, and Yuan, W., additional

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2008
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22. The XMM‐Newton serendipitous source catalogue

Author

Watson, M.G., primary, Pye, J.P., additional, Denby, M., additional, Osborne, J.P., additional, Barret, D., additional, Boller, Th., additional, Brunner, H., additional, Ceballos, M.T., additional, Dellaceca, R., additional, Fyfe, D.J., additional, Lamer, G., additional, Maccacaro, T., additional, Michel, L., additional, Motch, C., additional, Pietsch, W., additional, Saxton, R.D., additional, Schröder, A.C., additional, Stewart, I.M., additional, Tedds, J.A., additional, and Webb, N., additional

Published
2003
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23. The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS cameras

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Turner, M. J. L., primary, Abbey, A., additional, Arnaud, M., additional, Balasini, M., additional, Barbera, M., additional, Belsole, E., additional, Bennie, P. J., additional, Bernard, J. P., additional, Bignami, G. F., additional, Boer, M., additional, Briel, U., additional, Butler, I., additional, Cara, C., additional, Chabaud, C., additional, Cole, R., additional, Collura, A., additional, Conte, M., additional, Cros, A., additional, Denby, M., additional, Dhez, P., additional, Di Coco, G., additional, Dowson, J., additional, Ferrando, P., additional, Ghizzardi, S., additional, Gianotti, F., additional, Goodall, C. V., additional, Gretton, L., additional, Griffiths, R. G., additional, Hainaut, O., additional, Hochedez, J. F., additional, Holland, A. D., additional, Jourdain, E., additional, Kendziorra, E., additional, Lagostina, A., additional, Laine, R., additional, La Palombara, N., additional, Lortholary, M., additional, Lumb, D., additional, Marty, P., additional, Molendi, S., additional, Pigot, C., additional, Poindron, E., additional, Pounds, K. A., additional, Reeves, J. N., additional, Reppin, C., additional, Rothenflug, R., additional, Salvetat, P., additional, Sauvageot, J. L., additional, Schmitt, D., additional, Sembay, S., additional, Short, A. D. T., additional, Spragg, J., additional, Stephen, J., additional, Strüder, L., additional, Tiengo, A., additional, Trifoglio, M., additional, Trümper, J., additional, Vercellone, S., additional, Vigroux, L., additional, Villa, G., additional, Ward, M. J., additional, Whitehead, S., additional, and Zonca, E., additional

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2001
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25. The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey

Author

Watson, M. G., primary, Auguères, J.-L., additional, Ballet, J., additional, Barcons, X., additional, Barret, D., additional, Boer, M., additional, Boller, Th., additional, Bromage, G. E., additional, Brunner, H., additional, Carrera, F. J., additional, Cropper, M. S., additional, Denby, M., additional, Ehle, M., additional, Elvis, M., additional, Fabian, A. C., additional, Freyberg, M. J., additional, Guillout, P., additional, Hameury, J.-M., additional, Hasinger, G., additional, Hinshaw, D. A., additional, Maccacaro, T., additional, Mason, K. O., additional, McMahon, R. G., additional, Michel, L., additional, Mirioni, L., additional, Mittaz, J. P., additional, Motch, C., additional, Olive, J.-F., additional, Osborne, J. P., additional, Page, C. G., additional, Pakull, M., additional, Perry, B. H., additional, Pierre, M., additional, Pietsch, W., additional, Pye, J. P., additional, Read, A. M., additional, Roberts, T. P., additional, Rosen, S. R., additional, Sauvageot, J.-L., additional, Schwope, A. D., additional, Sekiguchi, K., additional, Stewart, G. C., additional, Stewart, I., additional, Valtchanov, I., additional, Ward, M. J., additional, Warwick, R. S., additional, West, R. G., additional, White, N. E., additional, and Worrall, D. M., additional

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2001
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29. The ROSAT Wide Field Camera all-sky survey of extreme-ultraviolet sources – I. The Bright Source Catalogue

Author

Pounds, K. A., primary, Allan, D. J., additional, Barber, C., additional, Barstow, M. A., additional, Bertram, D., additional, Branduardi-Raymont, G., additional, Brebner, G. E. C., additional, Buckley, D., additional, Bromage, G. E., additional, Cole, R. E., additional, Courtier, M., additional, Cruise, A. M., additional, Culhane, J. L., additional, Denby, M., additional, Donoghue, D. O., additional, Dunford, E., additional, Georgantopoulos, I., additional, Goodall, C. V., additional, Gondhalekar, P. M., additional, Gourlay, J. A., additional, Harris, A. W., additional, Hassall, B. J. M., additional, Hellier, C., additional, Hodgkin, S., additional, Jeffries, R. D., additional, Kellett, B. J., additional, Kent, B. J., additional, Lieu, R., additional, Lloyd, C., additional, McGale, P., additional, Mason, K. O., additional, Matthews, L., additional, Mittaz, J. P. D., additional, Page, C. G., additional, Pankiewicz, G. S., additional, Pike, C. D., additional, Ponman, T. J., additional, Puchnarewicz, E. M., additional, Pye, J. P., additional, Quenby, J. J., additional, Ricketts, M. J., additional, Rosen, S. R., additional, Sansom, A. E., additional, Sembay, S., additional, Sidher, S., additional, Sims, M. R., additional, Stewart, B. C., additional, Sumner, T. J., additional, Vallance, R. J., additional, Watson, M. G., additional, Warwick, R. S., additional, Wells, A. A., additional, Willingale, R., additional, Willmore, A. P., additional, Willoughby, G. A., additional, and Wonnacott, D., additional

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1993
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30. The EUV mini-survey with the ROSAT wide field camera

Author

Pounds, K. A., primary, Abbey, A. F., additional, Barstow, M. A., additional, Bentley, R. D., additional, Bewick, A., additional, Breeveld, E. R., additional, Cole, R. E., additional, Courtier, G. M., additional, Deeley, M., additional, Denby, M., additional, Goodall, C. V., additional, Gourlay, J. A., additional, Guttridge, P. R., additional, Harris, A. W., additional, Huckle, H. E., additional, Kent, B. J., additional, Lieu, R., additional, McCalden, A. J., additional, Page, C. G., additional, Pankiewicz, G. S., additional, Ponman, T. J., additional, Pye, J. P., additional, Reading, D. H., additional, Richards, A. G., additional, Ricketts, M. J., additional, Rochester, G. K., additional, Sansom, A. E., additional, Sembay, S. E., additional, Sidher, S., additional, Sims, M. R., additional, Spragg, J. E., additional, Sumner, T. J., additional, Swinyard, B. M., additional, Vallance, R. J., additional, Watson, D. J., additional, Watson, M. G., additional, Wells, A. A., additional, Willingale, R., additional, and Wright, J. S., additional

Published
1991
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34. Status of the EPIC/MOS calibration

Author

Ferrando, P., Abbey, A. F., Altieri, B., Arnaud, M., Bennie, P., Dadina, M., Denby, M., Ghizzardi, S., Griffiths, R. G., La Palombara, N., Luca, A., Lumb, D., Molendi, S., Neumann, D., Sauvageot, J. L., Saxton, R. D., Sembay, S., Andrea Tiengo, and Turner, M. J. L.

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics
Abstract

The XMM-Newton observatory has the largest collecting area flown so far for an X-ray imaging system, resulting in a very high sensitivity over a broad spectral range. In order to exploit fully these performances, a very accurate calibration of the XMM-Newton instruments is required, and has led to an extensive ground and flight calibration program. We report here on the current status of the EPIC/MOS cameras calibrations, highlighting areas for which a reasonably good accuracy has been achieved, and noting points where further work is needed., 7 pages, 10 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Symposium `New Visions of the X-ray Universe in the XMM-Newton and Chandra era', 26-30 November 2001, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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