Clusters of galaxies working group

• Status
  • WG report in IACHEC 2018 meeting

• Members
  Eric Miller (chair, XRISM, Hitomi, Suzaku/XIS),  A.Beardmore (Swift/XRT), M.Bonamente, Y.Chen (HXMT),Y.-P.Chen (HXMT), L.David (Chandra), J. de Plaa, K. Forster (NuSTAR), C.Grant (Chandra/ACIS), S.Jia, C.Li, K. Madsen (NuSTAR), H.Matsumoto (XRISM, Hitomi, Suzaku/XIS), N.Ota (XRISM, Hitomi, Suzaku/XIS), A.Read (XMM-Newton/EPIC-MOS), G. Schellenberger (XMM-Newton/EPIC, Chandra/ACIS), S.Snowden (XMM-Newton/EPIC-MOS), M.Stuhlinger (XMM-Newton/EPIC), S.Suchy, C.Tenzer (XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn), I.Valtchanov (XMM-Newton/EPIC), N-J. Westergaard (NuSTAR) , H. Zhao (HXMT)

• Objects
  HIFLUGCS sample (~50 clusters)

• Missions/instruments
  XMM-Newton/EPIC, Chandra/ACIS, BeppoSAX/MECS, Suzaku/XIS, ROSAT/PSPC, Swift/XRT, HXMT, ASTROSAT, Hitomi, eROSITA

• Projects
  
  1. Multi-Mission Study
  2. NuSTAR
  3. Chandra/XMM-Newton with HIFLUGCS
  4. Cluster physics as calibrator

• Publications
  
  "Cross-calibrating X-ray detectors with clusters of galaxies: an IACHEC study", Nevalainen J., David L. and Guainazzi M., 2010, A&A, 523, 22
  
  "Cross-calibration of Suzaku XIS and XMM-Newton EPIC using clusters of galaxies", Kettula, K., Nevalainen J and E. Miller, 2013, A&A, 552, 47

          "XMM-Newton and Chandra Cross Calibration Using HIFLUGCS Galaxy Clusters", Schellenberger, G., et al., 2015, A&A, 575, 30

         "Reconciling Planck cluster counts and cosmology? Chandra/XMM instrumental calibration and hydrostatic mass bias", Israel, H., et al., 2015, MNRAS, 448, 814 

• Data
  
  The archive of data and instrument responses for the cluster sample analysed in Nevalainen et al., 2010, A&A, 523, 22
  
  The archive of data and instrument responses for the cluster sample analysed in Kettula et al., 2013, A&A, 552, 47

          The archive of data and instrument responses for the cluster sample analysed in Schellenberger et al. 2015, A&A, 575, 30

• Other Pages
  
  Lecture notes on X-ray calibration
  
  Suzaku Information

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