BMW: a ROSAT-HRI source catalogue obtained with a wavelet transform detection algorithm

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2001-03-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103236v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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9 LaTeX pages including 7 postscript figures and styles files; to appear in the Proceedings of ``X-ray Astronomy 2000'', R. Gi

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In collaboration with the Observatories of Palermo and Rome and the SAX-SDC we are constructing a multi-site interactive archive system featuring specific analysis tools. In this context we developed a detection algorithm based on the Wavelet Transform (WT) and performed a systematic analysis of all ROSAT-HRI public data (~3100 observations +1000 to come). The WT is specifically suited to detect and characterize extended sources while properly detecting point sources in very crowded fields. Moreover, the good angular resolution of HRI images allows the source extension and position to be accurately determined. This effort has produced the BMW (Brera Multiscale Wavelet) catalogue, with more than 19,000 sources detected at the ~4.2sigma level. For each source detection we have information on the position, X-ray flux and extension. This allows for instance to select complete samples of extended X-ray sources such as candidate clusters of galaxies or SNR's. Details about the detection algorithm and the catalogue can be found in Lazzati et al. (1999), Campana et al. (1999) and Panzera et al. (2001). Here we shall present an overview of first results from several undergoing projects which make use of the BMW catalogue.

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