Events

13 JUNE 2017 time 15:00
Colloquium

Retrospects and prospects of X-ray cluster surveys

Prof. Dr. Alexis Finoguenov, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE, Germany)
Retrospects and prospects of X-ray cluster surveys
Figure: the X-ray image of the COSMOS field.

I will present an introduction to galaxy cluster surveys using X-ray telescopes, showing how performance of the surveys developed in the recent decades. I will discuss the achievements of the ultra deep surveys and present the plans to conduct the new all-sky survey with eROSITA.