The Galactic Plane Observed by XMM-Newton

dc.creatorHands, A.
dc.creatorWarwick, R.
dc.creatorWatson, M.
dc.creatorHelfand, D.
dc.date2002-02-08
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dc.descriptionIn A0-1 we proposed an ambitious long-term survey of selected regions of our Galaxy (the XGPS survey) using the EPIC CCD cameras on XMM-Newton. The first phase of the programme, which aims to survey a strip of the Galactic Plane in the Scutum region, is currently underway. Here we report on the preliminary results from the first 15 survey pointings. We show that the XGPS survey strategy of fairly shallow (5-10 ks) exposures but wide-angle coverage is well tuned to the goal of providing a large catalogue of predominantly Galactic sources at relatively faint X-ray fluxes in the hard 2-6 keV band.
dc.description4 pages, 6 figures. Proc. Symnposium ``New Visions of the X-ray Universe in the XMM-Newton and Chandra Era", 26-30 November 2001, ESTEC, The Netherlands
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0202180
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0202180
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4146
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Galactic Plane Observed by XMM-Newton
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