The XMM-Newton Bright Serendipitous Survey: First Extragalactic Results
Wolter, Anna; Maccacaro, Tommaso; Braito, Valentina; Ceca, Roberto Della; Caccianiga, Alessandro; Severgnini, Paola
Italy
Abstract
We present here some initial results from the ongoing XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey. The survey is aimed at selecting and spectroscopically identifying a large and statistically representative sample of bright (fx ≳ 7× 10‑14 c.g.s) serendipitous X-ray sources in the 0.5–4.5 keV energy band (BSS) and a complementary (smaller) sample in the 4.5–7.5 keV energy band (HBSS).