The XMM-Newton Slew Survey: a wide-angle survey in the 0.2 - 12 keV band

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dc.creatorFreyberg, M. J.
dc.creatorAltieri, B.
dc.creatorBermejo, D.
dc.creatorEsquej, M. P.
dc.creatorLazaro, V.
dc.creatorRead, A. M.
dc.creatorSaxton, R. D.
dc.date2005-12-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:49:03Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:49:03Z
dc.descriptionThe scientific data collected during slews of the XMM-Newton satellite are used to construct a slew survey catalogue. This comprises of the order of 4000 sources detected in the EPIC-pn 0.2-12 keV band with exposures of less than 15s and a sky coverage of about 6300 square degrees (source density ~0.65 per square degree). Below 2 keV the sensitivity limit is comparable to the ROSAT PSPC All-Sky Survey and the XMM-Newton slew survey offers long-term variablity studies. Above 2 keV the survey will be a factor of 10 more sensitive than all previous all-sky X-ray surveys. The slew survey is almost complementary to the serendipitous survey compiled from pointed XMM-Newton observations. It is aimed to release the first source catalogue by the end of 2005. Later slew observations and detections will continuously be added. This paper discusses the XMM-Newton slew survey also in a historical context.
dc.description6 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the proceedings of "The X-ray Universe 2005", San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain), 26-30 September 2005
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0512157
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0512157
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/104194
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe XMM-Newton Slew Survey: a wide-angle survey in the 0.2 - 12 keV band
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