The XXL survey: first results and future
Abstract
The XXL survey currently covers two 25 sq. deg. patches with XMM observations of ~10ks. We summarise the scientific results associated with the first release of the XXL data set, that occurred mid 2016. We review several arguments for increasing the survey depth to 40 ks during the next decade of XMM operations. X-ray (z<2) cluster, (z<4) AGN and cosmic background survey science will then benefit from an extraordinary data reservoir. This, combined with deep multi- observations, will lead to solid standalone cosmological constraints and provide a wealth of information on the formation and evolution of AGN, clusters and the X-ray background. In particular, it will offer a unique opportunity to pinpoint the z>1 cluster density. It will eventually constitute a reference study and an ideal calibration field for the upcoming eROSITA and Euclid missions.
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@article{arxiv.1610.01781,
title = {The XXL survey: first results and future},
author = {M. Pierre and C. Adami and M. Birkinshaw and L. Chiappetti and S. Ettori and A. Evrard and L. Faccioli and F. Gastaldello and P. Giles and C. Horellou and A. Iovino and E. Koulouridis and C. Lidman and A. Le Brun and B. Maughan and S. Maurogordato and I. McCarthy and S. Miyazaki and F. Pacaud and S. Paltani and M. Plionis and T. Reiprich and T. Sadibekova and V. Smolcic and S. Snowden and J. Surdej and M. Tsirou and C. Vignali and J. Willis and S. Alis and B. Altieri and N. Baran and C. Benoist and A. Bongiorno and M. Bremer and A. Butler and A. Cappi and C. Caretta and P. Ciliegi and N. Clerc and P. S. Corasaniti and J. Coupon and J. Delhaize and I. Delvecchio and J. Democles and Sh. Desai and J. Devriendt and Y. Dubois and D. Eckert and A. Elyiv and A. Farahi and C. Ferrari and S. Fotopoulou and W. Forman and I. Georgantopoulos and V. Guglielmo and M. Huynh and N. Jerlin and Ch. Jones and S. Lavoie and J. -P. Le Fevre and M. Lieu and M. Kilbinger and F. Marulli and A. Mantz and S. McGee and J. -B. Melin and O. Melnyk and L. Moscardini and M. Novak and E. Piconcelli and B. Poggianti and D. Pomarede and E. Pompei and T. Ponman and M. E. Ramos Ceja and P. Ranalli and D. Rapetti and S. Raychaudhury and M. Ricci and H. Rottgering and M. Sahlén and J. -L. Sauvageot and C. Schimd and M. Sereno and G. P. Smith and K. Umetsu and P. Valageas and A. Valotti and I. Valtchanov and A. Veropalumbo and B. Ascaso and D. Barnes and M. De Petris and F. Durret and M. Donahue and M. Ithana and M. Jarvis and M. Johnston-Hollitt and E. Kalfountzou and S. Kay and F. La Franca and N. Okabe and A. Muzzin and A. Rettura and F. Ricci and J. Ridl and G. Risaliti and M. Takizawa and P. Thomas and N. Truong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.01781},
year = {2017}
}
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Proceeding of the XMM Next Decade Workshop held at ESAC, 9-11 May 2016