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The XMM Cluster Survey: Predicted overlap with the Planck Cluster Catalogue

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  • Pedro T. P. Viana
  • António Da Silva
  • Elsa P. R. G. Ramos
  • Andrew R. Liddle
  • E. J. Lloyd-Davies
  • A. Kathy Romer
  • Scott T. Kay
  • Chris A. Collins
  • Matt Hilton
  • Mark Hosmer
  • Ben Hoyle
  • Julian A. Mayers
  • Nicola Mehrtens
  • Christopher J. Miller
  • Martin Sahlén
  • S. Adam Stanford
  • John P. Stott
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>11/05/2012
<mark>Journal</mark>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Issue number2
Volume422
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)1007-1013
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date25/04/12
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We present a list of 15 clusters of galaxies, serendipitously detected by the XMM Cluster Survey (XCS), that have a high probability of detection by the Planck satellite. Three of them already appear in the Planck Early Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (ESZ) catalogue. The estimation of the Planck detection probability assumes the flat Lambda cold dark matter (ΛCDM) cosmology most compatible with 7-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP7) data. It takes into account the XCS selection function and Planck sensitivity, as well as the covariance of the cluster X-ray luminosity, temperature and integrated Comptonization parameter, as a function of cluster mass and redshift, determined by the Millennium gas simulations. We also characterize the properties of the galaxy clusters in the final data release of the XCS that we expect Planck will have detected by the end of its extended mission. Finally, we briefly discuss possible joint applications of the XCS and Planck data.