The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - II. First results from the AXIS high galactic latitude medium sensitivity survey

X Barcons; FJ Carrera; MG Watson; RG McMahon; B Aschenbach; MJ Freyberg; K Page; MJ Page; TP Roberts; MJL Turner; D Barret; H Brunner; MT Ceballos; R Della Ceca; P Guillout; G Hasinger; T Maccacaro; S Mateos; C Motch; I Negueruela; JP Osborne; I Perez-Fournon; A Schwope; P Severgnini; GP Szokoly; NA Webb; PJ Wheatley; DM Worrall

The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - II. First results from the AXIS high galactic latitude medium sensitivity survey

X Barcons, FJ Carrera, MG Watson, RG McMahon, B Aschenbach, MJ Freyberg, K Page, MJ Page, TP Roberts, MJL Turner, D Barret, H Brunner, MT Ceballos, R Della Ceca, P Guillout, G Hasinger, T Maccacaro, S Mateos, C Motch, I NegueruelaJP Osborne, I Perez-Fournon, A Schwope, P Severgnini, GP Szokoly, NA Webb, PJ Wheatley, DM Worrall

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We present the first results on the identifications of a medium sensitivity survey (X-ray flux limit 2 x 10(-14) erg cm(-2) s(-1) in the 0.5-4.5 keV band) at high galactic latitude (\b\ > 20degrees) carried out with the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory within the AXIS observing programme. This study is being conducted as part of the XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre activities towards the identification of the sources in the X-ray serendipitous sky survey. The sample contains 29 X-ray sources in a solid angle of 0.26 deg(2) (source density 113 +/- 21 sources deg(-2)), out of which 27 (93%) have been identified. The majority of the sources are broad-line AGN (19), followed by narrow emission line X-ray emitting galaxies (6, all of which turn out to be AGN), 1 nearby non-emission line galaxy (NGC 4291) and 1 active coronal star. Among the identified sources we find 2 broad-absorption line QSOs (z similar to 1.8 and z similar to 1.9), which constitute similar to10% of the AGN population at this flux level, similar to optically selected samples. Identifications of a further 10 X-ray sources fainter than our survey limit are also presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	522-536
Number of pages	15
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	382
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Feb 2002

Keywords

X-rays : general, galaxies, stars
galaxies : active
PHOTON IMAGING CAMERA
DEEP ROSAT SURVEY
X-RAY
EMISSION-LINE
HARD SOURCES
SKY SURVEY
GALAXIES
NUCLEI
MAGNITUDES
SPECTRUM

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Barcons, X., Carrera, FJ., Watson, MG., McMahon, RG., Aschenbach, B., Freyberg, MJ., Page, K., Page, MJ., Roberts, TP., Turner, MJL., Barret, D., Brunner, H., Ceballos, MT., Della Ceca, R., Guillout, P., Hasinger, G., Maccacaro, T., Mateos, S., Motch, C., ... Worrall, DM. (2002). The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - II. First results from the AXIS high galactic latitude medium sensitivity survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 382(2), 522-536.

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The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - II. First results from the AXIS high galactic latitude medium sensitivity survey

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