We present the first results of a serendipitous search for clusters of galaxies in deep ROSAT PSPC pointed observations at high Galactic latitude. The survey is being carried out using a wavelet-based detection algorithm which is not biased against extended, low surface brightness sources. A new flux-diameter limited sample of 10 cluster candidates has been created from similar to 3 deg(2) surveyed area. Preliminary CCD observations have revealed that a large fraction of these candidates correspond to a visible enhancement in the galaxy surface density, and several others have been identified from other surveys. We believe these sources to be either low- to moderate-redshift groups or intermediate- to high-redshift clusters. We show X-ray and optical images of some of the clusters identified to date. We present, for the first time, the derived number density of the galaxy clusters to a flux limit of 1 x 10(-14) ergs cm(-2) s(-1) (0.5-2.0 keV). This extends the log N-log S of previous cluster surveys by more than one decade in flux. Results are compared to theoretical predictions for cluster number counts.

A first determination of the surface density of galaxy clusters at very low X-ray fluxes

ROSATI, Piero;
1995

Abstract

We present the first results of a serendipitous search for clusters of galaxies in deep ROSAT PSPC pointed observations at high Galactic latitude. The survey is being carried out using a wavelet-based detection algorithm which is not biased against extended, low surface brightness sources. A new flux-diameter limited sample of 10 cluster candidates has been created from similar to 3 deg(2) surveyed area. Preliminary CCD observations have revealed that a large fraction of these candidates correspond to a visible enhancement in the galaxy surface density, and several others have been identified from other surveys. We believe these sources to be either low- to moderate-redshift groups or intermediate- to high-redshift clusters. We show X-ray and optical images of some of the clusters identified to date. We present, for the first time, the derived number density of the galaxy clusters to a flux limit of 1 x 10(-14) ergs cm(-2) s(-1) (0.5-2.0 keV). This extends the log N-log S of previous cluster surveys by more than one decade in flux. Results are compared to theoretical predictions for cluster number counts.
1995
Rosati, Piero; Dellaceca, R; Burg, R; Norman, C; Giacconi, R.
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