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astro-ph2000★ 115 cited

XMM-Newton observation of the Tycho Supernova Remnant

A. Decourchelle, J. L. Sauvageot, M. Audard +6

We present the observation of the Tycho supernova remnant obtained with the EPIC and RGS instruments onboard the XMM-Newton satellite. We compare images and azimuthally averaged ra…

astro-ph2000★ 250 cited

The ROSAT-ESO Flux Limited X-Ray (REFLEX) Galaxy Cluster Survey I: The Construction of the Cluster Sample

H. Boehringer, P. Schuecker, L. Guzzo +10

We describe the construction of an X-ray flux-limited sample of galaxy clusters, the REFLEX survey catalogue, to be used for cosmological studies. The survey is based on the ROSAT…

astro-ph2000★ 94 cited

Helium-like triplet density diagnostics: Applications to CHANDRA--LETGS X-ray observations of Capella and Procyon

J. U. Ness, R. Mewe, J. H. M. M. Schmitt +6

Electron density diagnostics based on the triplets of Helium-like CV, NVI, and OVII are applied to the X-ray spectra of Capella and Procyon measured with the Low Energy Transmissio…

astro-ph2000

Observations of YSO Circumstellar Discs

D. Ward-Thompson, P. Andre, O. P. Lay

We present the results of short baseline interferometry observations at submillimetre wavelengths, using a two-element interferometer comprising the JCMT and CSO, of circumstellar…

astro-ph2000★ 79 cited

The ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-Ray (REFLEX) Galaxy Cluster Survey III: The Power Spectrum

Peter Schuecker, Hans Boehringer, Luigi Guzzo +11

We present a measure of the power spectrum on scales from 15 to 800 Mpc/h using the ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-Ray(REFLEX) galaxy cluster catalogue. The REFLEX survey provides a samp…

astro-ph2000★ 57 cited

Numerical and Analytical Predictions for the Large-Scale Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Alexandre Refregier, Romain Teyssier

The hot gas embedded in the large-scale structures in the Universe produces secondary fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Because it is proportional to the gas p…

astro-ph2000

Terapixel Surveys for Cosmic Shear

Y. Mellier, L. van Waerbeke, M. Radovich +14

The recent detections of cosmic shear signal announced by several groups have demonstrated the feasibility of this challenging program and convinced astro- nomers of its potential…

astro-ph2000★ 60 cited

Source-lens clustering effects on the skewness of the lensing convergence

Takashi Hamana, Stephane T. Colombi, Aurelien Thion +3

The correlation between source galaxies and lensing potentials causes a systematic effect on measurements of cosmic shear statistics, known as the source-lens clustering (SLC) effe…

astro-ph2000★ 2.4k cited

The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS Cameras

M. J. L. Turner, A. Abbey, M. Arnaud

The EPIC focal plane imaging spectrometers on XMM-Newton use CCDs to record the images and spectra of celestial X-ray sources focused by the three X-ray mirrors. There is one camer…

astro-ph2000★ 135 cited

The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey I. The role of XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre

M. G. Watson

This paper describes the performance of XMM-Newton for serendipitous surveys and summarises the scope and potential of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. The role of the Survey S…

astro-ph2000★ 148 cited

XMM-Newton observations of M87 and Its X-Ray Halo

H. Boehringer, E. Belsole, J. Kennea +10

We report performance verification observations of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 in the Virgo Cluster with the MOS, pn, and optical monitor instruments on board of XMM-Newton. Wi…

astro-ph2000★ 71 cited

An XMM-Newton study of the sub-structure in M87's halo

E. Belsole, J. L. Sauvageot, H. Bohringer +9

The high signal to noise and good point spread function of XMM have allowed the first detailed study of the interaction between the thermal and radio emitting plasma in the central…

astro-ph2000★ 2 cited

Numerical simulations of the accretion-ejection instability

Stuart Caunt, Michel Tagger

The Accretion-Ejection Instability (AEI) is explored numerically using a global 2d model of the inner region of a magnetised accretion disk. The disk is initially currentless but t…

astro-ph2000

The Accretion-Ejection Instability and a "Magnetic Flood" scenario for GRS 1915+105

Michel Tagger

I present a global view of recent results on the Accretion-Ejection Instability (AEI), described in more details in other contributions to this workshop. These results address esse…

astro-ph2000★ 10 cited

Gamma-ray sources as relics of recent supernovae in the nearby Gould Belt

I. A. Grenier

The nearby, 30 to 40 Myr old, starburst region of the Gould Belt has formed numerous massive stars. Within its 300 pc radius, it produces core-collapse supernovae at an enhanced ra…

astro-ph2000★ 37 cited

A search for possible interactions between ejections from GRS 1915+105 and the surrounding interstellar medium

S. Chaty, L. F. Rodriguez, I. F. Mirabel +5

We have observed an extended region surrounding the first discovered galactic superluminal source GRS 1915+105, seeking evidence of interaction between the relativistic ejecta of t…

astro-ph2000★ 374 cited

XMM-Newton observation of the Lockman Hole; I. The X-ray Data

G. Hasinger, B. Altieri, M. Arnaud +25

We report on the first deep X-ray survey with the XMM-Newton observatory during the performance verification phase. The field of the Lockman Hole, one of the best studied sky areas…

astro-ph2000★ 133 cited

Cosmic Shear Analysis in 50 Uncorrelated VLT Fields. Implications for Omega_0, sigma_8

R. Maoli, L. Van Waerbeke, Y. Mellier +5

We observed with the camera FORS1 on the VLT (UT1, ANTU) 50 randomly selected fields and analyzed the cosmic shear inside circular apertures with diameter ranging from 0.5 to 5.0 a…

astro-ph2000★ 102 cited

Luminous compact galaxies at intermediate redshifts: progenitors of bulges of massive spirals ?

F. Hammer, N. Gruel, T. Thuan +2

VLT spectra of 14 luminous compact galaxies (LCGs) reveal strong metallic absorption line sytems as well as narrow and intense emission lines. Their gas extinction is found to be l…

astro-ph2000

On the nature of the microquasar V4641 Sagittarii

S. Chaty, I. F. Mirabel, J. Marti +1

We present photometric and spectroscopic optical and near-infrared (NIR) observations taken during the outburst on September 1999 of the source V4641 Sgr = SAX J1819.3-2525 (in'tza…

astro-ph2000

The XMM/Megacam-VST/VIRMOS Large Scale Structure Survey

M. Pierre

The objective of the XMM-LSS Survey is to map the large scale structure of the universe, as highlighted by clusters and groups of galaxies, out to a redshift of about 1, over a sin…

astro-ph2000★ 101 cited

XMM-Newton observations of NGC 253: Resolving the emission components in the disk and nuclear area

W. Pietsch, T. P. Roberts, M. J. Freyberg +11

The high XMM-Newton throughput allows a detailed investigation of the spatial, spectral and variability properties of the extended and point source emission of the starburst galaxy…

astro-ph2000★ 4 cited

Detection of arcs in Saturn's F ring during the 1995 Sun ring-plane crossing

S. Charnoz, A. Brahic, C. Ferrari +3

Observations of the November 1995 Sun crossing of the Saturn's ring-plane made with the 3.6m CFH telescope, using the UHAO adaptive optics system, are presented here. We report the…

astro-ph2000★ 30 cited

Standard Cosmic Ray Energetics and Light Element Production

Brian D. Fields, Keith A. Olive, Michel Casse +1

The recent observations of Be and B in metal poor stars has led to a reassessment of the origin of the light elements in the early Galaxy. At low it is metallicity ([O/H] < -1.75),…