A Complete Sample of 12 Very X-Ray Luminous Galaxy Clusters at z > 0.5.

Ebeling, H.; Barrett, E.; Donovan, D.; Ma, C.J.; Edge, A.C.; van Speybroeck, L.

doi:10.1086/518603

A Complete Sample of 12 Very X-Ray Luminous Galaxy Clusters at z > 0.5.

Ebeling, H.; Barrett, E.; Donovan, D.; Ma, C.J.; Edge, A.C.; van Speybroeck, L.

Authors

H. Ebeling

E. Barrett

D. Donovan

C.J. Ma

Professor Alastair Edge alastair.edge@durham.ac.uk
Professor

L. van Speybroeck

Abstract

We present the statistically complete and cosmologically most relevant subset of the 12 most distant galaxy clusters detected at z > 0.5 by the Massive Cluster Survey (MACS). Ten of these systems are new discoveries; only two (MACS J0018.5+1626, aka Cl 0016+1609, and MACS J0454.1-0300, aka MS 0451.6-0305) were previously known. We provide fundamental cluster properties derived from our optical and X-ray follow-up observations as well as the selection function in tabulated form to facilitate cosmological studies using this sample.

Citation

Ebeling, H., Barrett, E., Donovan, D., Ma, C., Edge, A., & van Speybroeck, L. (2007). A Complete Sample of 12 Very X-Ray Luminous Galaxy Clusters at z > 0.5. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 661(1), L33-L36. https://doi.org/10.1086/518603

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 3, 2007
Online Publication Date	May 3, 2007
Publication Date	2007-05
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Print ISSN	2041-8205
Electronic ISSN	2041-8213
Publisher	American Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	661
Issue	1
Pages	L33-L36
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1086/518603