The XXL Survey II. The bright cluster sample: catalogue and luminosity function
Reviewartikel, 2016

Context. The XXL Survey is the largest survey carried out by the XMM-Newton satellite and covers a total area of 50 square degrees distributed over two fields. It primarily aims at investigating the large-scale structures of the Universe using the distribution of galaxy clusters and active galactic nuclei as tracers of the matter distribution. The survey will ultimately uncover several hundreds of galaxy clusters out to a redshift of similar to 2 at a sensitivity of similar to 10 (14) erg s (1) cm (2) in the [0.5-2] keV band. Aims. This article presents the XXL bright cluster sample, a subsample of 100 galaxy clusters selected from the full XXL catalogue by setting a lower limit of 3 x 10(-1)4 erg s(-1) cm(-2) on the source flux within a 1' aperture. Methods. The selection function was estimated using a mixture of Monte Carlo simulations and analytical recipes that closely reproduce the source selection process. An extensive spectroscopic follow-up provided redshifts for 97 of the 100 clusters. We derived accurate X-ray parameters for all the sources. Scaling relations were self-consistently derived from the same sample in other publications of the series. On this basis, we study the number density, luminosity function, and spatial distribution of the sample. Results. The bright cluster sample consists of systems with masses between M-500 = 7 x 10(13) and 3 x 10(14) M-circle dot, mostly located between z = 0.1 and 0.5. The observed sky density of clusters is slightly below the predictions from the WMAP9 model, and significantly below the prediction from the Planck 2015 cosmology. In general, within the current uncertainties of the cluster mass calibration, models with higher values of sigma(8) and/or Omega(M) appear more difficult to accommodate. We provide tight constraints on the cluster differential luminosity function and find no hint of evolution out to z similar to 1. We also find strong evidence for the presence of large-scale structures in the XXL bright cluster sample and identify five new superclusters. ELL GO, 1989, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, V70, P1

surveys

large-scale structure of Universe cosmological parameters

galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium

X-rays: galaxies: clusters

Författare

F. Pacaud

Universität Bonn

N. Clerc

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

P. Giles

University of Bristol

C. Adami

Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

T. Sadibekova

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

M. Pierre

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

B. Maughan

University of Bristol

M. Lieu

University of Birmingham

J. P. Le Fevre

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

S. Alis

Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS)

Istanbul Universitesi

B. Altiéri

European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)

F. Ardila

University of Florida

I. Baldry

Liverpool John Moores University

C. Benoist

Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS)

M. Birkinshaw

University of Bristol

L. Chiappetti

Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)

J. Democles

University of Birmingham

D. Eckert

Université de Genève

A. E. Evrard

University of Michigan

L. Faccioli

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

F. Gastaldello

Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)

L. Guennou

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Cathy Horellou

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radioastronomi och astrofysik

A. Iovino

Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)

E. Koulouridis

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

National Observatory of Athens

V. Le Brun

Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

C. Lidman

Australian Astronomical Observatory

J. Liske

European Southern Observatory (ESO)

S. Maurogordato

Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS)

F. Menanteau

University of Illinois

M. Owers

Macquarie University

Australian Astronomical Observatory

B. Poggianti

Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)

D. Pomarede

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

E. Pompei

European Southern Observatory Santiago

T. J. Ponman

University of Birmingham

D. Rapetti

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Niels Bohr Institute

T. H. Reiprich

Universität Bonn

G. P. Smith

University of Birmingham

R. Tuffs

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

P. Valageas

Institut de Physique Theorique

I. Valtchanov

European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)

J. Willis

University of Victoria

F. Ziparo

University of Birmingham

Astronomy and Astrophysics

0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)

Vol. 592 A2

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Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

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DOI

10.1051/0004-6361/201526891

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