Speaker
Kathy Romer
Description
I will review the properties of the 504 clusters in the
XCS-DR1 and, time allowing, explain some of the technical
challenges that we have met whilst developing that catalog.
I will then present science results based on the XCS-DR1
clusters, including those on Fossil Groups; AGN-ICM
interactions; optical-to-X-ray scaling relations and the
luminosity-to-temperature relation. I will preview other
analysis work involving XCS-DR1 clusters that is now in
progress (both inside and outside the XCS collaboration) and
also how XCS can inform future cluster surveys (both X-ray
and optical). Finally, and again time allowing, I will
explain the challenges we face in the preparation of XCS-DR2
(3,4...) in the current funding climate.
