THE NuSTAR EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEYS: OVERVIEW and CATALOG from the COSMOS FIELD

F. Civano; R. C. Hickox; S. Puccetti; A. Comastri; J. R. Mullaney; L. Zappacosta; S. M. LaMassa; J. Aird; D. M. Alexander; D. R. Ballantyne; F. E. Bauer; W. N. Brandt; S. E. Boggs; F. E. Christensen; W. W. Craig; A. Del-Moro; M. Elvis; K. Forster; P. Gandhi; B. W. Grefenstette; C. J. Hailey; F. A. Harrison; G. B. Lansbury; B. Luo; K. Madsen; C. Saez; D. Stern; E. Treister; M. C. Urry; D. R. Wik; W. Zhang

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/185

THE NuSTAR EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEYS: OVERVIEW and CATALOG from the COSMOS FIELD

F. Civano
, R. C. Hickox
, S. Puccetti
, A. Comastri
, J. R. Mullaney
, L. Zappacosta
, S. M. LaMassa
, J. Aird
, D. M. Alexander
, D. R. Ballantyne
, F. E. Bauer
, W. N. Brandt
, S. E. Boggs
, F. E. Christensen
, W. W. Craig
, A. Del-Moro
, M. Elvis
, K. Forster
, P. Gandhi
, B. W. Grefenstette

C. J. Hailey, F. A. Harrison, G. B. Lansbury, B. Luo, K. Madsen, C. Saez, D. Stern, E. Treister, M. C. Urry, D. R. Wik, W. Zhang

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To provide the census of the sources contributing to the X-ray background peak above 10 keV, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is performing extragalactic surveys using a three-tier "wedding cake" approach. We present the NuSTAR survey of the COSMOS field, the medium sensitivity, and medium area tier, covering 1.7 deg² and overlapping with both Chandra and XMM-Newton data. This survey consists of 121 observations for a total exposure of ∼3 Ms. To fully exploit these data, we developed a new detection strategy, carefully tested through extensive simulations. The survey sensitivity at 20% completeness is 5.9, 2.9, and 6.4.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	185
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	808
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/185
State	Published - Aug 1 2015

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Civano, F., Hickox, R. C., Puccetti, S., Comastri, A., Mullaney, J. R., Zappacosta, L., LaMassa, S. M., Aird, J., Alexander, D. M., Ballantyne, D. R., Bauer, F. E., Brandt, W. N., Boggs, S. E., Christensen, F. E., Craig, W. W., Del-Moro, A., Elvis, M., Forster, K., Gandhi, P., ... Zhang, W. (2015). THE NuSTAR EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEYS: OVERVIEW and CATALOG from the COSMOS FIELD. Astrophysical Journal, 808(2), Article 185. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/185

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