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The XXL Survey: First Results and FutureThe XXL survey currently covers two 25 deg2 patches with XMM observations of approximately 10 ks. We summarize the scientific results associated with the first release of the XXL dataset, which occurred in mid-2016.We review several arguments for increasing the survey depth to 40 ks during the next decade of XMM operations. X-ray(zeta less than 2) cluster, (zeta less than 4) active galactic nuclei (AGN), and cosmic background survey science will then benefit from an extraordinary data reservoir. This, combined with deep multi-lambda observations, will lead to solid standalone cosmological constraints and provide a wealth of information on the formation and evolution of AGN, clusters, and the X-ray background. In particular, it will offer a unique opportunity to pinpoint the zeta greater than1 cluster density. It will eventually constitute a reference study and an ideal calibration field for the upcoming eROSITA and Euclid missions.
Document ID
20170009870
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Pierre, M.
(CEA Saclay, Service d'Astrophysique Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Adami, C.
(Laboratoire d' Astrophysique de Marseille Marseille, France)
Birkinshaw, M.
(Bristol Univ. United Kingdom)
Chiappetti, L.
(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (INAF-IASF) Milan, Italy)
Ettori, S.
(Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna, Italy)
Evrard, A.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Faccioli, L.
(Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique Saclay, France)
Gastaldello, F.
(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (INAF-IASF) Milan, Italy)
Giles, P.
(Bristol Univ. United Kingdom)
Horellou, C.
(Chalmers Univ. of Technology Onsala, Sweden)
Iovino, A.
(Brera Astronomical Observatory Milan, Italy)
Koulouridis, E.
(Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique Saclay, France)
Lidman, C.
(Australian Astronomical Observatory Epping, Australia)
Le Brun, A.
(Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique Saclay, France)
Maughan, B.
(Bristol Univ. United Kingdom)
Maurogordato, S.
(Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur Nice, France)
McCarthy, I.
(Liverpool Univ. United Kingdom)
Miyazaki, S.
(National Astronomical Observatory Tokyo, Japan)
Pacaud, F.
(Argelander Inst. for Astronomy Bonn, Germany)
Paltani, S.
(INTEGRAL Science Data Center for Astrophysics Versoix, Switzerland)
Plionis, M.
(Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki Greece)
Reiprich, T.
(Argelander Inst. for Astronomy Bonn, Germany)
Sadibekova, T.
(Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique Saclay, France)
Smolcic, V.
(Zagreb Univ. Zagreb, Croatia)
Snowden, A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Surdej, J.
(Liege Univ. Belgium)
Tsirou, M.
(Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique Saclay, France)
Vignali, C.
(Bologna Univ. Italy)
Willis, J.
(Victoria Univ. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
Alis, S.
(Istanbul Univ. Turkey)
Altieri, B.
(European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Madrid, Spain)
Baran, N.
(Zagreb Univ. Zagreb, Croatia)
Benoist, C.
(Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur Nice, France)
Bongiorno, A.
(Osservatorio Astronomico Rome, Italy)
Bremer, M.
(Bristol Univ. United Kingdom)
Butler, A.
(University of Western Australia Australia)
Cappi, A.
(Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna, Italy)
Caretta, C.
(Laboratoire d' Astrophysique de Marseille Marseille, France)
Ciliegi, P.
(Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna, Italy)
Clerc, N.
(Max-Planck-Inst. for Extraterrestrial Physics Garching, Germany)
Corasaniti, P. S.
(Observatoire de Paris France)
Coupon, J.
(Geneva Observatory Switzerland)
Delhaize, J.
(Zagreb Univ. Zagreb, Croatia)
Delvecchio, I.
(Zagreb Univ. Zagreb, Croatia)
Democles, J.
(HSCenter for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Desai, Sh.
(Indian Inst. of Tech. Hyderabad, India)
Devriendt, J.
(Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom)
Dubois, Y.
(Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom)
Eckert, D.
(Geneva Observatory Switzerland)
Elyiv, A.
(Liege Univ. Belgium)
Farahi, A.
(Uppsala Univ. Uppsala, Sweden)
Ferraril, C.
(Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur Nice, France)
Fotopoulou, S.
(Geneva Observatory Switzerland)
Forman, W.
(HSCenter for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Georgantopoulos, I.
(National Observatory of Athens Greece)
Guglielmo, V.
(Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova Padova, Italy)
Huynh, M.
(University of Western Australia Australia)
Jerlin, N.
(Zagreb Univ. Zagreb, Croatia)
Jones, Ch.
(HSCenter for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Lavoie, S.
(Victoria Univ. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
Le Fevre, J.-P.
(Service d'Informatique du CEA Saclay, France)
Lieu, M.
(European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Madrid, Spain)
Kilbinger, M.
(European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Saclay, France)
Marulli, F.
(Bologna Univ. Italy)
Mantz, A.
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
McGee, S.
(Birmingham Univ. United Kingdom)
Melin, J.-B.
(Service de Physique des Particules du CEA Saclay, France)
Melnyk, O.
(Zagreb Univ. Zagreb, Croatia)
Moscardini, L.
(Bologna Univ. Italy)
Novak, M.
(Zagreb Univ. Zagreb, Croatia)
Piconcelli, E.
(Osservatorio Astronomico Rome, Italy)
Poggianti, B.
(Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova Padova, Italy)
Pomarede, D.
(Service d'Informatique du CEA Saclay, France)
Pompei, E.
(European Southern Observatory Garching, Germany)
Ponman, T.
(Birmingham Univ. United Kingdom)
Ramos Ceja, M. E.
(Argelander Inst. for Astronomy Bonn, Germany)
Rana, P.
(Lund Univ. Hospital Lund, Sweden)
Rapetti, D.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Raychaudhury, S.
(Birmingham Univ. United Kingdom)
Ricci, M.
(Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur Nice, France)
Rottgering, H.
(Leiden Univ. Netherlands)
Sahlen, M.
(Uppsala Univ. Uppsala, Sweden)
Sauvageot, J.-L.
(Service d'Informatique du CEA Saclay, France)
Schimd, C.
(Laboratoire d' Astrophysique de Marseille Marseille, France)
Sereno, M.
(Bologna Univ. Italy)
Smith, G. P.
(Birmingham Univ. United Kingdom)
Umetsu, K.
(Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics Taipei, Taiwan)
Valageas, P.
(Institut de Physique Theorique du CEA Saclay, France)
Valotti, A
(Service d'Astrophysique du CEA Saclay, France)
Valtchanov, I.
(European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Madrid, Spain)
Veropalumbo, A.
(Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna, Italy)
Ascaso, B.
(Universite Paris Diderot Paris, France)
Barnes, D.
(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Manchester, United Kingdom)
De Petris, M.
(La Sapienza Univ. Rome, Italy)
Durret, F.
(Institut d'Astrophysique Paris, France)
Donahue, M.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Ithana, M.
(Yamagata Univ. Japan)
Jarvis, M.
(Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom)
Johnston-Hollitt, M.
(Victoria Univ. Wellington, New Zealand)
Kalfountzou, E.
(European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Madrid, Spain)
Kay, S.
(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Manchester, United Kingdom)
La Franca, F.
(Universita degli Studi Roma Tre Rome, Italy)
Okabe, N.
(Hiroshima Univ. Japan)
Muzzin, A.
(York Univ. Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Rettura, A.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ricci, F.
(Universita degli Studi Roma Tre Rome, Italy)
Ridl, J.
(Max-Planck-Inst. for Extraterrestrial Physics Garching, Germany)
Risaliti, G.
(Observatorie Astofisico di Arcetri Florence, Italy)
Takizawa, M.
(Yamagata Univ. Japan)
Thomas, P.
(Sussex Univ. Brighton, United Kingdom)
Truong, N.
(Rome II Univ. Rome, Italy)
Date Acquired
October 11, 2017
Publication Date
March 29, 2017
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Notes
Publisher: Wiley
Volume: 338
Issue: 3-Feb
ISSN: 0004-6337
e-ISSN: 1521-3994
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN47027
Distribution Limits
Public
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Other
Keywords
general
cosmological parameter
X-ray

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