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The GL bibliography and an interactive database
It is now possible to directly access, via the Internet, a bibliographical
database on Gravitational Lensing (GL) literature. The Interactive
Gravitational Lensing Bibliography (IGLB) totalizes more than 2400 titles of
published articles in scientific journals and meeting proceedings (except those
fully dedicated to Gravitational Lenses) as well as papers submitted to the
e-Print archive. This database is a product from the Gravitational Lensing
Bibliography first presented in 1993 (Proceedings of the 31st Liege
International Astrophysical Colloquium). It is easy to do field based searches
for title keywords, authors (using boolean operators), year and journal (a
pull-down list of the most cited journals is available). Access to the original
version of published articles as well as to preprints submitted to the e-Print
archive at the URL address http://xxx.lanl.gov/ is also provided. This database
is updated approximately every two months. The "complete" bibliography of
published articles is also available in the form of Latex and PostScript files.
The IGLB can be accessed at the URL: http://vela.astro.ulg.ac.be/grav_lensComment: 2 pages, 2 figures, uses paspconf.sty. Poster contribution to
"Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals", Boston University
1999, eds. T. G. Brainerd and C. S. Kochane
Photometry, pole orientation and shape parameters of the minor planets 624 Hektor and 43 Ariadne
The XMM-LSS Survey: A well controlled X-ray cluster sample over the D1 CFHTLS area
We present the XMM-LSS cluster catalogue corresponding to the CFHTLS D1 area.
The list contains 13 spectroscopically confirmed, X-ray selected galaxy
clusters over 0.8 deg2 to a redshift of unity and so constitutes the highest
density sample of clusters to date. Cluster X-ray bolometric luminosities range
from 0.03 to 5x10^{44} erg/s. In this study, we describe our catalogue
construction procedure: from the detection of X-ray cluster candidates to the
compilation of a spectroscopically confirmed cluster sample with an explicit
selection function. The procedure further provides basic X-ray products such as
cluster temperature, flux and luminosity. We detected slightly more clusters
with a (0.5-2.0 keV) X-ray fluxes of >2x10^{-14} erg/s/cm^{-2} than we expected
based on expectations from deep ROSAT surveys. We also present the
Luminosity-Temperature relation for our 9 brightest objects possessing a
reliable temperature determination. The slope is in good agreement with the
local relation, yet compatible with a luminosity enhancement for the 0.15 < z<
0.35 objects having 1 < T < 2 keV, a population that the XMM-LSS is identifying
systematically for the first time. The present study permits the compilation of
cluster samples from XMM images whose selection biases are understood. This
allows, in addition to studies of large-scale structure, the systematic
investigation of cluster scaling law evolution, especially for low mass X-ray
groups which constitute the bulk of our observed cluster population. All
cluster ancillary data (images, profiles, spectra) are made available in
electronic form via the XMM-LSS cluster database.Comment: 12 pages 5 figures, MNRAS accepted. The paper with full resolution
cluster images is available at
http://vela.astro.ulg.ac.be/themes/spatial/xmm/LSS/rel_pub_e.htm
The XMM-LSS catalogue: X-ray sources and associated optical data. Version I
Following the presentation of the XMM-LSS X-ray source detection package by
Pacaud et al., we provide the source lists for the first 5.5 surveyed square
degrees. The catalogues pertain to the [0.5-2] and [2-10] keV bands and contain
in total 3385 point-like or extended sources above a detection likelihood of 15
in either band. The agreement with deep logN-logS is excellent. The main
parameters considered are position, countrate, source extent with associated
likelihood values. A set of additional quantities such as astrometric
corrections and fluxes are further calculated while errors on the position and
countrate are deduced from simulations. We describe the construction of the
band-merged catalogue allowing rapid sub-sample selection and easy
cross-correlation with external multi-wavelength catalogues. A small optical
CFHTLS multi-band subset of objects is associated wich each source along with
an X-ray/optical overlay. We make the full X-ray images available in FITS
format. The data are available at CDS and, in a more extended form, at the
Milan XMM-LSS database.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures and 11 tables (fig. 1 and 6 are enclosed in
reduced resolution), MNRAS Latex, accepted by MNRA
The XMM-LSS survey: the Class 1 cluster sample over the initial 5 square degrees and its cosmological modelling
We present a sample of 29 galaxy clusters from the XMM-LSS survey over an
area of some 5deg2 out to a redshift of z=1.05. The sample clusters, which
represent about half of the X-ray clusters identified in the region, follow
well defined X-ray selection criteria and are all spectroscopically confirmed.
For all clusters, we provide X-ray luminosities and temperatures as well as
masses. The cluster distribution peaks around z=0.3 and T =1.5 keV, half of the
objects being groups with a temperature below 2 keV. Our L-T(z) relation points
toward self-similar evolution, but does not exclude other physically plausible
models. Assuming that cluster scaling laws follow self-similar evolution, our
number density estimates up to z=1 are compatible with the predictions of the
concordance cosmology and with the findings of previous ROSAT surveys. Our well
monitored selection function allowed us to demonstrate that the inclusion of
selection effects is essential for the correct determination of the evolution
of the L-T relation, which may explain the contradictory results from previous
studies. Extensive simulations show that extending the survey area to 10deg2
has the potential to exclude the non-evolution hypothesis, but that constraints
on more refined ICM models will probably be limited by the large intrinsic
dispersion of the L-T relation. We further demonstrate that increasing the
dispersion in the scaling laws increases the number of detectable clusters,
hence generating further degeneracy [in addition to sigma8, Omega_m, L(M,z) and
T(M,z)] in the cosmological interpretation of the cluster number counts. We
provide useful empirical formulae for the cluster mass-flux and mass-count-rate
relations as well as a comparison between the XMM-LSS mass sensitivity and that
of forthcoming SZ surveys.Comment: Accepted for publication by MNRAS. Full resolution images as well as
additional cluster data are available through a dedicated database at
http://l3sdb.in2p3.fr:8080/l3sdb
The XMM-LSS cluster sample and its cosmological applications. Prospects for the XMM next decade
The well defined selection function of the XMM-LSS survey enables a
simultaneous modelling of the observed cluster number counts and of the
evolution of the L-T relation. We present results pertaining to the first 5
deg2 for a well controlled sample comprising 30 objects: they are compatible
with the WMAP3 parameter set along with cluster self-similar evolution.
Extending such a survey to 200 deg2 would (1) allow discriminating between the
major scenarios of the cluster L-T evolution and (2) provide a unique
self-sufficient determination of sigma8 and Gamma with an accuracy of ~ 5% and
10% respectively, when adding mass information from weak lensing and S-Z
observations.Comment: Proceedings of the "XMM-Newton: the next decade", to appear in
Astronomische Nachrichte
Determination of the Spin Axis Orientation of Asteroids: Inversion of Photometric Lightcurves
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