The Chandra Large Area Synoptic X-ray Survey (CLASXS) of the Lockman Hole-Northwest: The X-ray Catalog

Details The Chandra Large Area Synoptic X-ray Survey (CLASXS) of the Lockman Hole-Northwest: The X-ray Catalog The Chandra Large Area Synoptic X-ray Survey (CLASXS) of the Lockman Hole-Northwest: The X-ray Catalog

2004-09-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409087v1

Astron.J. 128 (2004) 1501-1523

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

67 pages, 26 figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/423996

We present the X-ray catalog and basic results from our Chandra Large Area Synoptic X-ray Survey (CLASXS) of the Lockman Hole-Northwest field. Our 9 ACIS-I fields cover a contiguous solid angle of ~0.4 sq. deg. and reach fluxes of 5E-16 cgs (0.4-2 keV) and 3E-15 cgs (2-8keV). Our survey bridges the gap between ultradeep pencil-beam surveys, such as the Chandra Deep Fields (CDFs), and shallower, large area surveys, allowing a better probe of the X-ray sources that contribute most of the 2-10 keV cosmic X-ray background (CXB). We find a total of 525 X-ray point sources and 4 extended sources. At ~10E-14 cgs 2-8 keV, our number counts are significantly higher than those of several non-contiguous, large area surveys. On the other hand, the integrated flux from the CLASXS field, combined with ASCA and Chandra ultradeep surveys, is consistent with results from other large area surveys, within the variance of the CXB. Spectral evolution is seen in the hardening of the sources at fluxes below 1E-14 cgs Above 4E1-14 cgs(0.4-8 keV), ~60 of the sources are variable. Four extended sources in CLASXS is consistent with the previously measured LogN-LogS of galaxy clusters. We report the discovery of a gravitational lensing arc associated with one of these sources. (Abridged)

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