A multicomponent matched filter cluster confirmation tool for eROSITA: initial application to the RASS and DES-SV data sets

• Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Main Authors: Klein, M, Desai, Shantanu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2018
• Subjects: Physics; Source Peaks; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/4758/; https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2929; http://raiith.iith.ac.in/4758/1/MNRAS_474_2018.pdf

We describe a multicomponent matched filter (MCMF) cluster confirmation tool designed for the study of large X-ray source catalogues produced by the upcoming X-ray all-sky survey mission eROSITA. We apply the method to confirm a sample of 88 clusters with redshifts 0.05 < z < 0.8 in the recent...