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, Mohr, J J, Desai, S, Israel, H, Allam, S, Benoit-Lévy, A, Brokks, 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, E, Swanson, M E C, Tarle, G, The DES Collaboration
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2017
• Subjects: QC Physics; Source Peaks; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/72581/; http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/72581/1/__smbhome.uscs.susx.ac.uk_bw233_Desktop_SRO_SRO%20-%20Kathy%20Romer_stx2929.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2929

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...