The XMM Cluster Survey: X-ray analysis methodology

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 418, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-53

  Lloyd Davies, E J ^a   Romer, A Kathy ^a   Mehrtens, Nicola ^a   Hosmer, Mark ^a   Davidson, Michael ^b   Sabirli, Kivanc ^c   Mann, Robert G ^b   Hilton, Matt ^d,e   Liddle, Andrew R ^a   Viana, Pedro T P ^f,g   Campbell, Heather C ^a,h   Collins, Chris A ⁱ   Dubois, E Naomi ^a   Freeman, Peter ^c   Harrison, Craig D ^j   Hoyle, Ben ^h,k,l,m   Kay, Scott T ⁿ   Kuwertz, Emma ^a   Miller, Christopher J ^j   Nichol, Robert C ^h   Sahlén, Martin ^o   Stanford, S A ^p,q   Stott, John P ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRO DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^l CSIC   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^o STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium; Surveys; X rays: galaxies: clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055140110     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19117.x     Document Type: Article

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