The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. VI. The Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue Export

@misc{citeulike:2972916, abstract = {Aims: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and characteristics of the 2XMM catalogue. Methods: The 2XMM catalogue has been compiled from a new processing of the XMM-Newton EPIC camera data. The main features of the processing pipeline are described in detail. Results: The catalogue, the largest ever made at X-ray wavelengths, contains 246,897 detections drawn from 3491 public XMM-Newton observations over a 7-year interval, which relate to 191,870 unique sources. The catalogue fields cover a sky area of more than 500 sq.deg. The non-overlapping sky area is \~{}360 sq.deg. (\~{}1\% of the sky) as many regions of the sky are observed more than once by XMM-Newton. The catalogue probes a large sky area at the flux limit where the bulk of the objects that contribute to the X-ray background lie and provides a major resource for generating large, well-defined X-ray selected source samples, studying the X-ray source population and identifying rare object types. The main characteristics of the catalogue, including its photometric and astrometric properties are presented.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Watson, M. G. and Schr\&\#xf6;der, A. C. and Fyfe, D. and Page, C. G. and Lamer, G. and Mateos, S. and Pye, J. and Sakano, M. and Rosen, S. and Ballet, J. and Barcons, X. and Barret, D. and Boller, T. and Brunner, H. and Brusa, M. and Caccianiga, A. and Carrera, F. J. and Ceballos, M. and Della Ceca, R. and Denby, M. and Denkinson, G. and Dupuy, S. and Farrell, S. and Fraschetti, F. and Freyberg, M. J. and Guillout, P. and Hambaryan, V. and Maccacaro, T. and Mathiesen, B. and Mcmahon, R. and Michel, L. and Motch, C. and Osborne, J. P. and Page, M. and Pakull, M. W. and Pietsch, W. and Saxton, R. and Schwope, A. and Severgnini, P. and Simpson, M. and Sironi, G. and Stewart, G. and Stewart, I. M. and Stobbart, A. M. and Tedds, J. and Warwick, R. and Webb, N. and West, R. and Worrall, D. and Yuan, W.}, citeulike-article-id = {2972916}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1067}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0807.1067}, eprint = {0807.1067}, keywords = {2xmm, catalog}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2008-09-19 20:18:23}, priority = {2}, title = {The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. VI. The Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1067}, year = {2008} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:2972916 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2972916 N2 - Aims: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and characteristics of the 2XMM catalogue. Methods: The 2XMM catalogue has been compiled from a new processing of the XMM-Newton EPIC camera data. The main features of the processing pipeline are described in detail. Results: The catalogue, the largest ever made at X-ray wavelengths, contains 246,897 detections drawn from 3491 public XMM-Newton observations over a 7-year interval, which relate to 191,870 unique sources. The catalogue fields cover a sky area of more than 500 sq.deg. The non-overlapping sky area is ~360 sq.deg. (~1% of the sky) as many regions of the sky are observed more than once by XMM-Newton. The catalogue probes a large sky area at the flux limit where the bulk of the objects that contribute to the X-ray background lie and provides a major resource for generating large, well-defined X-ray selected source samples, studying the X-ray source population and identifying rare object types. The main characteristics of the catalogue, including its photometric and astrometric properties are presented. TI - The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. VI. The Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue KW - 2xmm KW - catalog AU - Watson, MG AU - Schröder, AC AU - Fyfe, D AU - Page, CG AU - Lamer, G AU - Mateos, S AU - Pye, J AU - Sakano, M AU - Rosen, S AU - Ballet, J AU - Barcons, X AU - Barret, D AU - Boller, T AU - Brunner, H AU - Brusa, M AU - Caccianiga, A AU - Carrera, FJ AU - Ceballos, M AU - Della Ceca, R AU - Denby, M AU - Denkinson, G AU - Dupuy, S AU - Farrell, S AU - Fraschetti, F AU - Freyberg, MJ AU - Guillout, P AU - Hambaryan, V AU - Maccacaro, T AU - Mathiesen, B AU - Mcmahon, R AU - Michel, L AU - Motch, C AU - Osborne, JP AU - Page, M AU - Pakull, MW AU - Pietsch, W AU - Saxton, R AU - Schwope, A AU - Severgnini, P AU - Simpson, M AU - Sironi, G AU - Stewart, G AU - Stewart, IM AU - Stobbart, AM AU - Tedds, J AU - Warwick, R AU - Webb, N AU - West, R AU - Worrall, D AU - Yuan, W PY - 2008/Jul/07/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1067 ER -