Chandra observations of X-ray source overdensities in distant galaxy cluster fields

Details Chandra observations of X-ray source overdensities in distant galaxy cluster fields Chandra observations of X-ray source overdensities in distant galaxy cluster fields

2004-09-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409756v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 5 figures. Proceeding of the 6th Italian meeting on AGNs. Volterra, May 2004, http://www.arcetri.astro.it/~agn6

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The first systematic study of the serendipitous X-ray source density around 10 high z (0.242sigma per field, and >5sigma overall) only on scale of 8'X8' and peculiar to cluster fields. The blank field fluctuations, i.e. the most sensitive measurements to date of the X-ray cosmic variance on this scale, indicate (1 sigma) variations within ~15-25% around the average value. The first marginal evidence that these overdensities increase with cluster redshift is also presented. We speculate that the most likely explanation is that the sources in excess are AGNs tracing filaments connected to the clusters. If the association of the overdensities with large-scale structures and their positive relation with cluster redshift is confirmed, these studies could represent a new, direct, way of mapping the cosmic web and its cosmological parameters at high z.

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