The<i>XMM-Newton</i>serendipitous survey

2016336 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

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S. R. Rosen · University of Leicester

N. A. Webb · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

M. G. Watson · University of Leicester

J. Ballet · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

D. Barret · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

V. Braito · University of Leicester

F. J. Carrera

Abstract

Context. Thanks to the large collecting area (3 ×~1500 cm2 at 1.5 keV) and wide field of view (30′ across in full field mode) of the X-ray cameras on board the European Space Agency X-ray observatory XMM-Newton, each individual pointing can result in the detection of up to several hundred X-ray sources, most of which are newly discovered objects. Since XMM-Newton has now been in orbit for more than 15 yr, hundreds of thousands of sources have been detected.

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Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 590, pp. A1-A1

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526416

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The<i>XMM-Newton</i>serendipitous survey

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