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, Matthias, Mohr, Joseph J., Desai, S., Israel, H., Allam, S., Benoit-Levy, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Cunha, C. E., da Costa, L. N., Dietrich, J. P., Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Frieman, J., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Lima, M., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Plazas, A. A., Reil, K., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, Eric, Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Source Peaks; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1422381; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1422381; https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2929

Here, 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...