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

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 045...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical journal Vol. 661; no. 1; pp. L33 - L36
Main Authors:	Ebeling, H, Barrett, E, Donovan, D, Ma, C.-J, Edge, A. C, van Speybroeck, L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, IL IOP Publishing 20-05-2007 University of Chicago Press
Subjects:	Astronomy Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology X ray cluster of galaxies Cosmology cosmology: observations X-ray galaxies galaxies: clusters: general-X-rays: general Cosmic x-ray sources
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Summary:	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.
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ISSN:	1538-4357 0004-637X 1538-4357
DOI:	10.1086/518603