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X-ray and optical properties of X-ray sources in the 13hr XMM-Newton/Chandra deep survey
Page, M. J.; Sasseen, T.; Mason, K. O. +8 more
The 13hr XMM-Newton/Chandra deep survey is the first of two extremely deep XMM-Newton fields observed by the XMM-OM consortium. A 120 ks Chandra mosaic, covering 0.2 deg2, provides sensitive, confusion-free point source detection with sub-arcsecond positions, while the 200 ks XMM-Newton observation provides high quality X-ray spectrosco…
XMM-Newton observation of the galactic centre - evidence against the X-ray reflection nebulae model?
Costantini, E.; Hasinger, G.; Predehl, P. +1 more
We present preliminary results of a 50 ksec \XMM observation of the Galactic Centre. Due to the excellent spectral resolution of \XMM combined with its high throughput at energies even beyond 7 keV, the iron line complex could be resolved into individual components (neutral, ionized, both in Kalpha and Kbeta ) in the spectra of a number of sources…
The XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue
Pietsch, W.; Motch, C.; Boller, Th. +17 more
We describe the production, properties and scientific potential of the XMM-Newton catalogue of serendipitous X-ray sources. The first version of this catalogue is nearing completion and is planned to be released in early 2003.
The source content of low galactic latitude XMM-Newton surveys
Motch, C.; Guillout, P.; Herent, O.
We present results from a project conducted by the Survey Science Center of the XMM-Newton satellite and aiming at the identification and characterisation of serendipitous EPIC sources at low galactic latitudes. Deep multi-colour optical imaging and spectroscopic observations have been obtained in the framework of several observing campaigns carri…
Deep XMM survey of M33
Pietsch, W.; Haberl, F.; Ehle, M. +2 more
In an XMM raster observation of the bright local group spiral galaxy M33 we study the population of X-ray sources (X-ray binaries, supernova remnants, super-shells) down to a 0.5-10 keV luminosity of \oergs{35} - more than a factor of 10 deeper than earlier ROSAT observations. EPIC spectra and hardness ratios are used to distinguish between differ…
XMM-Newton view of the Hubble Deep Field-North and Groth-Westphal strip regions
Griffiths, R. E.; Miyaji, T.; Lumb, D. +2 more
We report the progress on our analysis of two deep XMM observations in the areas of Hubble Deep Field-North and the Groth-Westphal Strip field. We present the source detection method, Monte-Carlo simulation on source detection, and our preliminary Log N - Log S relations. Comparing these two fields and other fields in literature, we find up to ∼ 3…
The XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre Medium Sensitivity Survey
Pérez-Fournon, I.; Page, M. J.; Barcons, X. +5 more
We present preliminary results on the XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre medium sensitivity survey, with 0.5-4.5 keV flux limit 2x 10-14 erg cm-2 s-1. At present, 19 fields have been examined with a total of 239 X-ray sources. Identifications for about 2/3 of these reveal that type 1 AGN dominate, but type 2 AGN, abs…
XMM-Newton local bubble and galactic halo survey
Freyberg, M. J.; Breitschwerdt, D.
Optical identifications in the Marano field XMM-Newton survey
Hasinger, G.; Mignoli, M.; Zamorani, G. +4 more
The ``Marano field'', a deep optical quasar survey field, has been observed by the XMM Newton EPIC camera with 16 overlapping pointings totalling at ~ 120 ksec integration time. Source detection in the merged observations resulted in more than 600 X-ray sources. Here we present the status of optical follow up observations which were undertaken to …
Radio observations of the XMM-Newton/Chandra 13hr deep survey field
Page, M. J.; Seymour, N.; Sasseen, T. +9 more
Our VLA observations of the XMM-Newton/Chandra 13hr deep survey field (see Page et al., this proceedings) result in one of the two deepest 1.4GHz radio maps ever made. Within the 15' radius field covered by the deep X-ray data (0.19 deg2), a total of 556 radio sources are detected, down to a 4sigma flux limit of 28mu Jy. Of the 214 Chan…