Planck early results. IX. XMM-Newton follow-up for validation of Planck cluster candidates

TitlePlanck early results. IX. XMM-Newton follow-up for validation of Planck cluster candidates
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsCollaboration}, {Planck, Aghanim N., Arnaud M., Ashdown M., Aumont J., Baccigalupi C., Balbi A., Banday A. J., Barreiro R. B., Bartelmann M., et al.
JournalAstronomy & Astrophysics
Volume536
Pagination21
Date Publishedjan
ISSN0004-6361
Abstract

We present the XMM-Newton follow-up for confirmation of Planck cluster candidates. Twenty-five candidates have been observed to date using snapshot (\~{}10 ksec) exposures, ten as part of a pilot programme to sample a low range of signal-to-noise ratios (45 candidates. The sensitivity and spatial resolution of XMM-Newton allows unambiguous discrimination between clusters and false candidates. The 4 false candidates have S/N <= 4.1. A total of 21 candidates are confirmed as extended X-ray sources. Seventeen are single clusters, the majority of which are found to have highly irregular and disturbed morphologies (about \~{}70%). The remaining four sources are multiple systems, including the unexpected discovery of a supercluster at z=0.45. For 20 sources we are able to derive a redshift estimate from the X-ray Fe K line (albeit of variable quality). The new clusters span the redshift range 0.09 <= z <= 0.54, with a median redshift of z\~{}0.37. A first determination is made of their X-ray properties including the characteristic size, which is used to improve the estimate of the SZ Compton parameter, Y\_SZ. The follow-up validation programme has helped to optimise the Planck candidate selection process. It has also provided a preview of the X-ray properties of these newly-discovered clusters, allowing comparison with their SZ properties, and to the X-ray and SZ properties of known clusters observed in the Planck survey. Our results suggest that Planck may have started to reveal a non-negligible population of massive dynamically perturbed objects that is under-represented in X-ray surveys. However, despite their particular properties, these new clusters appear to follow the Y\_SZ-Y\_X relation established for X-ray selected objects, where Y\_X is the product of the gas mass and temperature.

URLhttp://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116460 http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.2025
DOI10.1051/0004-6361/201116460
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