The XMM-BCS galaxy cluster survey. I. The X-ray selected cluster catalog from the initial 6 deg 2

• Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Main Authors: Šuhada, R., Song, J., Böhringer, H., Mohr, J. J., Chon, G., Finoguenov, A., Fassbender, R., Desai, S., Armstrong, R., Zenteno, A., Barkhouse, W. A., Bertin, E., Buckley-Geer, E. J., Hansen, S. M., High, F. W., Lin, H., Mühlegger, M., Ngeow, C. C., Pierini, D., Pratt, G. W., Verdugo, M., Tucker, D. L.
• Other Authors: Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: large-scale structure of Universe; galaxies: clusters: general; surveys; catalogs; Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Blanco; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03645930; https://hal.science/hal-03645930/document; https://hal.science/hal-03645930/file/aa17214-11.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117214

International audience The XMM-Newton-Blanco Cosmology Survey project (XMM-BCS) is a coordinated X-ray, optical and mid-infrared cluster survey in a field also covered by Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) surveys by the South Pole Telescope and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. The aim of the proj...