The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. VI. The X-ray Luminosity Function (2008)
Ebrero, J., Carrera, F. J., Page, M. J., Silverman, J. D., Barcons, X., Ceballos, M. T., ...
We present the X-ray luminosity function of AGN in three energy bands (Soft: 0.5-2 keV, Hard: 2-10 keV and Ultrahard: 4.5-7.5 keV). We have used the XMS survey along with other highly complete...
Average Fe K-alpha emission from distant AGN (2008)
Corral, A., Page, M. J., Carrera, F. J., Barcons, X., Mateos, S., Ebrero, J., ...
One of the most important parameters in the XRB (X-ray background) synthesis models is the average efficiency of accretion onto SMBH (super-massive black holes). This can be inferred from the shape...
The First Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope GRB Afterglow Catalog (2008)
Roming, P. W. A., Koch, T. S., Oates, S. R., Porterfield, B. L., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Boyd, P. T., ...
We present the first Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow catalog. The catalog contains data from over 64,000 independent UVOT image observations of 229 GRBs...
High precision X-ray logN-logS distributions: implications for the obscured AGN population (2008)
Mateos, S., Warwick, R. S., Carrera, F. J., Stewart, G. C., Ebrero, J., Della Ceca, R., ...
We have constrained the extragalactic source count distributions over a broad range of X-ray fluxes and in various energy bands to test whether the predictions from X-ray background synthesis models...
Exploring the Nuclear Environment of the NLS1 Galaxy Arakelian 564 with XMM-Newton RGS (2008)
Smith, R. A. N., Page, M. J., Branduardi-Raymont, G.
We present an accurate characterisation of the high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Arakelian 564 and put it in to context with other objects of its type by making a...
Properties of X-ray selected Broad Absorption Line Quasars (2008)
Blustin, A. J., Dwelly, T., Page, M. J., McHardy, I. M., Seymour, N., Kennea, J. A., ...
Broad absorption line quasars (commonly termed BALQSOs) contain the most dramatic examples of AGN-driven winds. The high absorbing columns in these winds, ~10^24 cm^-2, ensure that BALQSOs are...
The cosmological properties of AGN in the XMM-Newton Hard Bright Survey (2008)
Della Ceca, R., Caccianiga, A., Severgnini, P., Maccacaro, T., Brunner, H., Carrera, F. J., ...
(ABRIDGED) We investigate here the XLF of absorbed (Nh between 4E21 and E24 cm-2) and unabsorbed (Nh < 4E21 cm-2) AGN, the fraction of absorbed AGN as a function of Lx (and z), the intrinsic Nh...
Optimal Coaddition of Imaging Data for Rapidly Fading Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows (2008)
Morgan, A. N., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Roming, P. W. A., Nousek, J. A., Koch, T. S., Breeveld, A. A., ...
We present a technique for optimal coaddition of image data for rapidly varying sources, with specific application to gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. Unweighted coaddition of rapidly fading...
Clements, D. L., Vaccari, M., Babbedge, T., Oliver, S., Rowan-Robinson, M., Davoodi, P., ...
We present the optical-to-submm spectral energy distributions for 33 radio & mid-IR identified submillimetre galaxies discovered via the SHADES 850 micron SCUBA imaging in the Subaru-XMM Deep Field...
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova (2008)
Soderberg, A. M., Berger, E., Page, K. L., Schady, P., Parrent, J., Pooley, D., ...
Massive stars end their short lives in spectacular explosions, supernovae, that synthesize new elements and drive galaxy evolution. Throughout history supernovae were discovered chiefly through their...
The XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey: identification and optical spectral properties (2008)
Caccianiga, A., Severgnini, P., Della Ceca, R., Maccacaro, T., Cocchia, F., Barcons, X., ...
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova (2008)
Soderberg, A. M., Berger, E., Page, K. L., Schady, P., Parrent, J., Pooley, D., ...
The cosmological properties of AGN in the XMM-Newton hard bright survey (2008)
Della Ceca, R., Caccianiga, A., Severgnini, P., Maccacaro, T., Brunner, H., Carrera, F. J., ...
Swift captures the spectrally evolving prompt emission of GRB 070616 (2007)
Starling, R. L. C., O'Brien, P. T., Willingale, R., Page, K. L., Osborne, J. P., De Pasquale, M., ...
The origins of Gamma-ray Burst prompt emission are currently not well understood and in this context long, well-observed events are particularly important to study. We present the case of GRB 070616,...
The XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey. Identification and optical spectral properties (2007)
Caccianiga, A., Severgnini, P., Della Ceca, R., Maccacaro, T., Cocchia, F., Barcons, X., ...
AIMS: We present the optical classification and redshift of 348 X-ray selected sources from the XMM-Newton Bright Serendipitous Survey (XBS) which contains a total of 400 objects (identification...
Barcons, X., Carrera, F. J., Ceballos, M. T., Page, M. J., Bussons-Gordo, J., Corral, A., ...
We present the XMM-Newton Medium sensitivity Survey (XMS), including a total of 318 X-ray sources found among the serendipitous content of 25 XMM-Newton target fields. The XMS comprises four largely...
Garcet, O., Gandhi, P., Gosset, E., Sprimont, P. G., Surdej, J., Borkowski, V., ...
Our goal is to characterize AGN populations by comparing their X-ray and optical classifications. We present a sample of 99 spectroscopically identified X-ray point sources in the XMM-LSS survey...
McHardy, I. M., Arevalo, P., Uttley, P., Papadakis, I. E., Summons, D. P., Brinkmann, W., ...
We present a power spectral analysis of a 100 ksec XMM-Newton observation of the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy Ark~564. When combined with earlier RXTE and ASCA observations, these data produce a...
Photometric Calibration of the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (2007)
Poole, T. S., Breeveld, A. A., Page, M. J., Landsman, W., Holland, S. T., Roming, P., ...
We present the photometric calibration of the Swift UltraViolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) which includes: optimum photometric and background apertures, effective area curves, colour transformations,...
XMM-Newton observations of the Lockman Hole V: time variability of the brightest AGN (2007)
Mateos, S., Barcons, X., Carrera, F. J., Page, M. J., Ceballos, M. T., Hasinger, G., ...
This paper presents the results of a study of X-ray spectral and flux variability on time scales from months to years, of the 123 brightest objects (including 46 type-1 AGN and 28 type-2 AGN)...
The Two-Component Afterglow of Swift GRB 050802 (2007)
Oates, S. R., De Pasquale, M., Page, M. J., Blustin, A. J., Zane, S., McGowan, K., ...
This paper investigates GRB 050802, one of the best examples of a it Swift gamma-ray burst afterglow that shows a break in the X-ray lightcurve, while the optical counterpart decays as a single...
Elusive AGN in the XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey (2007)
Caccianiga, A., Severgnini, P., Della Ceca, R., Maccacaro, T., Carrera, F. J., Page, M. J.
AIMS: We investigate here the nature of all the sources (35 in total) in the XBS survey (which is 86% optically identified) showing an optical spectrum dominated by the light from the host galaxy...
The XMM-SSC survey of hard-spectrum XMM-Newton sources 1: optically bright sources (2007)
Page, M. J., Lehmann, I., Boller, Th., Watson, M. G., Dwelly, T., Hess, S., ...
We present optical and X-ray data for a sample of serendipitous XMM-Newton sources that are selected to have 0.5-2 keV vs 2-4.5 keV X-ray hardness ratios which are harder than the X-ray background....
The colour selection of distant galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey Early Data Release (2007)
Lane, K. P., Almaini, O., Foucaud, S., Simpson, C., Smail, Ian, McLure, R. J., ...
We investigate colour selection techniques for high redshift galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release (UDS EDR). Combined with very deep Subaru optical photometry, the depth (K_AB...
A 610 MHz Survey of the 1H XMM-Newton/Chandra Survey Field (2007)
Moss, D., Seymour, N., McHardy, I. M., Dwelly, T., Page, M. J., Loaring, N. S.
We present the results of a deep 610 MHz survey of the 1^H XMM/Chandra survey area with the GMRT. The resulting maps have a resolution of ~7 arcsec and an rms noise limit of 60 microJy. To a 5 sigma...
Page, K. L., Willingale, R., Osborne, J. P., Zhang, B., Godet, O., Marshall, F. E., ...
Swift triggered on a precursor to the main burst of GRB 061121 (z=1.314), allowing observations to be made from the optical to gamma-ray bands. Many other telescopes, including Konus-Wind,...
Early afterglow detection in the Swift observations of GRB 050801 (2007)
De Pasquale, Massimiliano, Oates, S. R., Page, M. J., Burrows, D. N., Blustin, A. J., Zane, S., ...
We present results of Swift optical, UV and X-ray observations of the afterglow of GRB 050801. The source is visible over the full optical, UV and X-ray energy range of the Swift UVOT and XRT...
The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey IV. The AXIS X-ray source counts and angular clustering (2007)
Carrera, F. J., Ebrero, J., Mateos, S., Ceballos, M. T., Corral, A., Barcons, X., ...
AXIS (An XMM-Newton International Survey) is a survey of 36 high Galactic latitude XMM-Newton observations covering 4.8 deg2 and containing 1433 serendipitous X-ray sources detected with 5-sigma...
The mass-energy budget of the ionised outflow in NGC 7469 (2007)
Blustin, A. J., Kriss, G. A., Holczer, T., Behar, E., Kaastra, J. S., Page, M. J., ...
Although AGN feedback through ionised winds is of great importance in models of AGN/galaxy coevolution, the mass and energy output via these winds, even in the nearby universe, is poorly understood....
Troja, E., Cusumano, G., O'Brien, P., Zhang, B., Sbarufatti, B., Mangano, V., ...
We present a detailed analysis of Swift multi-wavelength observations of GRB 070110 and its remarkable afterglow. The early X-ray light curve, interpreted as the tail of the prompt emission, displays...
Dust and Gas in the Local Environments of Gamma-Ray Bursts (2007)
Schady, P., Mason, K. O., Page, M. J., De Pasquale, M., Morris, D. C., Romano, P., ...
Using a sample of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows detected by both the X-Ray and the UV/Optical Telescopes (XRT and UVOT) on Swift, we modelled the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) to determine...
The XMM-SSC survey of hard-spectrum XMM–Newton sources – I. Optically bright sources (2007)
Page, M. J., Lehmann, I., Boller, Th., Watson, M. G., Dwelly, T., Hess, S., ...
Papadakis, I.E., Brinkmann, W., Page, M.J., McHardy, I., Uttley, P.
Context: .We present the results from the spectral analysis of the time-average spectrum of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy Ark 564 from a ~100 ks XMM-Newton observation. Aims: .Our aim is to...
XMM-Newton observations of the Lockman Hole - V. Time variability of the brightest AGN (2007)
Mateos, S., Barcons, X., Carrera, F. J., Page, M. J., Ceballos, M. T., Hasinger, G., ...
Extreme Properties Of GRB061007: A Highly Energetic Or A Highly Collimated Burst? (2006)
Schady, P., De Pasquale, M., Page, M. J., Vetere, L., Pandey, S. B., Wang, X. Y., ...
GRB061007 is the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) to be detected by Swift and is accompanied by an exceptionally luminous afterglow that had a V-band magnitude
Extreme Properties Of GRB061007: A Highly Energetic OR Highly Collimated Burst? (2006)
Schady, P., De Pasquale, M., Cummings, J., Page, M. J., Pandey, S. B., Wang, X. Y., ...
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Galaxy clusters at 0.6 < z < 1.4 in the UKIDSS ultra deep survey early data release (2006)
Van Breukelen, C., Clewley, L., Bonfield, D.G., Rawlings, S., Jarvis, M.J., Barr, J.M., ...
We present the first cluster catalogue extracted from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Early Data Release. The catalogue is created using UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey infrared J and K data...
Biased galaxy formation in the fields of high-redshift AGN (2006)
Stevens, J. A., Page, M. J., Carrera, F. J., Ivison, R. J., Smail, Ian
We discuss preliminary results from our programme to map the fields of high-redshift AGN. In the context of the hierarchical models such fields are predicted to contain an over-density of young,...
X-ray absorbed QSOs and the QSO evolutionary sequence (2006)
Page, M. J., Carrera, F. J., Ebrero, J., Stevens, J. A., Ivison, R. J.
Unexpected in the AGN unified scheme, there exists a population of broad-line z~2 QSOs which have heavily absorbed X-ray spectra. These objects constitute 10% of the population at luminosities and...
X-ray absorbed QSOs and the QSO evolutionary sequence (2006)
Page, M. J., Carrera, Francisco J., Ebrero, Jacobo, Stevens, J. A., Ivison, R. J.
4 pages.- To appear in conference proceedings "Studying Galaxy Evolution with Spitzer and Herschel".
Papadakis, I. E., Brinkmann, W., Page, M. J., McHardy, I., Uttley, P.
We use the data from a recent, 100 ksec XMM-Newton observation of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Ark 564 to obtain its time average, X-ray spectrum. The 3-11 keV spectrum is well fitted by a...
The XMM-Newton RGS spectrum of the high luminosity Seyfert 1 galaxy Markarian 509 (2006)
Smith, R. A. N., Page, M. J., Branduardi-Raymont, G.
We present a detailed analysis of the soft X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Markarian 509 taken with the XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer. An underlying power-law continuum and three...
Cirasuolo, M., McLure, R. J., Dunlop, J. S., Almaini, O., Foucaud, S., Smail, Ian, ...
We present new results on the cosmological evolution of the near-infrared galaxy luminosity function, derived from the analysis of a new sample of \~22,000 K(AB) < 22.5 galaxies selected over an area...
Coppin, K., Chapin, E. L., Mortier, A. M. J., Scott, S. E., Borys, C., Dunlop, J. S., ...
We present the maps, source catalogue and number counts of the largest, most complete and unbiased extragalactic submillimetre survey ever undertaken: the 850-micron SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic...
Galaxy clusters at 0.6 < z < 1.4 in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release (2006)
Van Breukelen, C., Clewley, L., Bonfield, D. G., Rawlings, S., Jarvis, M. J., Barr, J. M., ...
We present the first cluster catalogue extracted from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Early Data Release. The catalogue is created using UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey infrared J and K data combined...
The distribution of absorption in AGN detected in the XMM-Newton observations of the CDFS (2006)
We have used very deep XMM-Newton observations of the Chandra Deep Field-South to examine the spectral properties of the faint active galactic nucleus (AGN) population. Crucially, redshift...
Anatomy of A Dark Burst - The Afterglow of GRB 060108 (2006)
Oates, S. R., Mundell, C. G., Piranomonte, S., Page, K. L., De Pasquale, M., Monfardini, A., ...
We report the first detection of an optical afterglow of a GRB (060108) that would have been classified as 'dark' in the absence of deep, rapid ground-based optical imaging with the 2-m robotic...
Foucaud, S., Almaini, O., Smail, I., Conselice, C. J., Lane, K. P., Edge, A. C., ...
We describe the number counts and spatial distribution of 239 Distant Red Galaxies (DRGs), selected from the Early Data Release of the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey. The DRGs are identified by their very...
McLure, R. J., Cirasuolo, M., Dunlop, J. S., Sekiguchi, K., Almaini, O., Foucaud, S., ...
We have exploited the large area coverage of the combined UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) and Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) to search for bright Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z >= 5. Using the...
Swift observations of GRB050712 (2006)
De Pasquale, M., Grupe, D., Poole, T. S., Breeveld, A. A., Zane, S., Rosen, S. R., ...
We present the results of X-ray and optical observations of GRB050712 performed by Swift. The X-ray lightcurve of this burst exhibits episodes of flares in the first 1000s, the same epoch at which...
Optical, Infrared, and Ultraviolet Observations of the X-Ray Flash GRB 050416A (2006)
Holland, S. T., Boyd, P. T., Gorosabel, J., Hjorth, J., Schady, P., Thomsen, B., ...
We present ultraviolet, optical, and infrared photometry of the afterglow of the X-ray flash XRF 050416A taken between approximately 100 seconds and 36 days after the burst. We find an intrinsic...
X-ray spectra of sources in the 13H XMM-Newton / Chandra deep field (2006)
Page, M. J., Loaring, N. S., Dwelly, T., Mason, K. O., McHardy, I., Gunn, K., ...
We present the X-ray spectra of 86 optically-identified sources in the 13H XMM-Newton/Chandra deep field which have >70 X-ray counts. The sample consists of 50 broad line AGN, 25 narrow emission line...
Prompt optical observations of GRB 050319 with the Swift UVOT (2006)
Mason, K.O., Blustin, A.J., Boyd, P., Holland, S.T., Page, M.J., Roming, P., ...
The UVOT telescope on the Swift observatory has detected optical afterglow emission from GRB 050319. The flux declines with a power law slope of alpha = -0.57 between the start of observations some...
An X-ray bright ERO hosting a type 2 QSO (2006)
Severgnini, P., Caccianiga, A., Braito, V., Della Ceca, R., Maccacaro, T., Akiyama, M., ...
We present the XMM-Newton and the optical-VLT spectra along with the optical and the near-infrared photometric data of one of the brightest X-ray (F(2-10 keV)~1e-13 erg/s cm^2) extremely red objects...
Swift panchromatic observations of the bright gamma‐ray burst GRB 050525a (2006)
Blustin, A.J., Band, D., Barthelmy, S., Boyd, P., Capalbi, M., Holland, S.T., ...
The bright gamma-ray burst GRB 050525a has been detected with the Swift observatory, providing unique multiwavelength coverage from the very earliest phases of the burst. The X-ray and optical/UV...
Swift-UVOT Observations of the X-Ray Flash 050406 (2006)
Schady, P., Mason, K. O., Osborne, J. P., Page, M. J., Roming, P. W. A., Still, M., ...
We present Swift-UVOT data on th