Year: 2008
Type: article
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.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: M. G. Watson, A. C. Schröder, D. Fyfe, C. G. Page, G. Lamer, S. Mateos, J. Pye, M. Sakano, S. Rosen, J. Ballet, X. Barcons, D. Barret, T. Boller, H. Brunner, M. Brusa, A. Caccianiga, F. J. Carrera, M. Ceballos, R. Della Ceca, M. Denby, G. Denkinson, S. Dupuy, S. Farrell, F. Fraschetti, M. J. Freyberg, P. Guillout, V. Hambaryan, T. Maccacaro, B. Mathiesen, R. McMahon, L. Michel, C. Motch, J. P. Osborne, M. Page, M. W. Pakull, W. Pietsch, R. Saxton, A. Schwope, P. Severgnini, M. Simpson, G. Sironi, G. Stewart, I. M. Stewart, A.-M. Stobbart, J. Tedds, R. Warwick, N. Webb, R. West, D. Worrall, W. Yuan
Institutions: University of Leicester, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation, CEA Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers, Universidad de Cantabria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Brera Astronomical Observatory, National Institute for Astrophysics, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, University of Cambridge, University College London, European Space Astronomy Centre, University of Manchester, University of Bristol, Yunnan Observatories, National Astronomical Observatories
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California Institute of Technology, Space Telescope Science Institute, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council
OpenAlex ID: W4292026935