3 papers
astro-ph2005
The XMM-Newton Slew Survey: a wide-angle survey in the 0.2 - 12 keV band
M. J. Freyberg, B. Altieri, D. Bermejo +4
The 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 EP…
astro-ph2005
The XMM-Newton Slew Survey: towards the XMMSL1 catalogue
M. P. Esquej, B. Altieri, D. Bermejo +4
The XMM-Newton satellite is the most sensitive X-ray observatory flown to date due to the great collecting area of its mirrors coupled with the high quantum efficiency of the EPIC…
astro-ph2005
Extended sources in the XMM-Newton slew survey
V. Lazaro, R. Saxton, A. M. Read +4
The low background, good spatial resolution and great sensitivity of the EPIC-pn camera on XMM-Newton give useful limits for the detection of extended sources even during the short…