Extragalactic SurveysThe large field of view of the EPIC cameras makes XMM-Newton a very powerful tool to conduct X-ray surveys. The Survey Science Centre (SSC; PI: M. Watson, UK) is carrying out a series of serendipitous surveys in order to characterise the content of the X-ray sky at different detection limits. At high Galactic latitudes, 3 samples of ~1000 sources each, selected at 0.5 - 4.5 keV fluxes of ~10-13, ~10-14 and ~10-15 erg cm-2 s-1 will provide a major handle on this task.A number of surveys are being conducted besides the SSC ones, most of which are discussed in the proceedings of the workshop "X-ray Surveys, in the light of the new observatories" held in Santander during 4-6 September 2002 (Astronomische Nachrichten, vol 324, issues 1 and 2, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/102531356 ). [Ref 4] |
