The XXL survey: First results and future
Journal article, 2017

The XXL survey currently covers two 25 deg2 patches with XMM observations of ?10 ks. We summarize the scientific results associated with the first release of the XXL dataset, which occurred in mid-2016. We review several arguments for increasing the survey depth to 40 ks during the next decade of XMM operations. X-ray (z < 2) cluster, (z < 4) active galactic nuclei (AGN), and cosmic background survey science will then benefit from an extraordinary data reservoir. This, combined with deep multi-? observations, will lead to solid standalone cosmological constraints and provide a wealth of information on the formation and evolution of AGN, clusters, and the X-ray background. In particular, it will offer a unique opportunity to pinpoint the z > 1 cluster density. It will eventually constitute a reference study and an ideal calibration field for the upcoming eROSITA and Euclid missions.

cosmological parameters

galaxies: clusters: general

galaxies: active

X-ray: general

Author

M. Pierre

C. Adami

M. Birkinshaw

L. Chiappetti

S. Ettori

A. Evrard

L. Faccioli

F. Gastaldello

P. Giles

Cathy Horellou

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics

A. Iovino

E. Koulouridis

C. Lidman

A. Le Brun

B. Maughan

S. Maurogordato

I. McCarthy

S. Miyazaki

F. Pacaud

S. Paltani

M. Plionis

T. Reiprich

T. Sadibekova

V. Smolcic

S. Snowden

J. Surdej

M. Tsirou

C. Vignali

J. Willis

S. Alis

B. Altiéri

N. Baran

C. Benoist

A. Bongiorno

M. Bremer

A. Butler

A. Cappi

C. Caretta

P. Ciliegi

N. Clerc

P. S. Corasaniti

J. Coupon

J. Delhaize

I. Delvecchio

J. Democles

Sh Desai

J. Devriendt

Y. Dubois

D. Eckert

A. Elyiv

A. Farahi

C. Ferraril

S. Fotopoulou

W. Forman

I. Georgantopoulos

V. Guglielmo

M. Huynh

N. Jerlin

Ch Jones

S. Lavoie

J. P. Le Fevre

M. Lieu

M. Kilbinger

F. MaruIli

A. Mantz

S. McGee

J. B. Melin

O. Melnyk

L. Moscardini

M. Novak

E. Piconcelli

B. Poggianti

D. Pomarede

E. Pompei

T. Ponman

M. E. Ramos Ceja

P. Rana

D. Rapetti

S. Raychaudhury

M. Ricci

H. Rottgering

M. Sahlen

J. L. Sauvageot

C. Schimd

M. Sereno

G. P. Smith

K. Umetsu

P. Valageas

A. Valotti

I. Valtchanov

A. Veropalumbo

B. Ascaso

D. Barnes

M. De Petris

F. Durret

M. Donahue

M. Ithana

M.J. Jarvis

M. Johnston-Hollitt

Astronomische Nachrichten

0004-6337 (ISSN) 1521-3994 (eISSN)

Vol. 338 2-3 334-341

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Subject Categories

Physical Sciences

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Infrastructure

Onsala Space Observatory

DOI

10.1002/asna.201713352

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Created

10/7/2017