The XMM Deep Survey in the CDF-S VII. UV catalogue of the Optical Monitor observations

TL;DR

This paper presents a UV catalogue of the CDFS based on XMM-OM observations, enhancing UV source detection and providing valuable multi-wavelength data for astrophysical studies.

Contribution

The study reprocessed XMM-OM data, stacked exposures to improve detection limits, and compiled a comprehensive UV catalogue with validated sources and multi-wavelength information.

Findings

Extended detection limits by ~1 mag in UV bands

Catalogued 1129 UV sources with validation

Enhanced multi-wavelength classification of sources

Abstract

The XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has repeatedly observed the CDFS in 33 epochs (2001-2010) through the XMM-CDFS Deep Survey. During the X-ray observations, XMM-OM targeted the central 17x17 arcmin2 region of the X-ray field of view, providing simultaneous optical/UV coverage of the CDFS. The resulting set of data can be used to build an XMM-OM catalogue of the CDFS, filling the UV spectral coverage between the optical surveys and GALEX observations. We present the UV catalogue of the XMM-CDFS Deep Survey. Its main purpose is to provide complementary UV average photometric measurements of known optical/UV sources in the CDFS, taking advantage of the unique characteristics of the survey. The data reduction is also intended to improve the standard source detection on individual observations, by cataloguing faint sources by stacking their exposure images. We reprocessed the XMM-OM data of the survey and stacked the exposures from consecutive observations using the standard SAS tools to process the data obtained during single observations. Average measurements of detections with SAS good quality flags from individual observations and from stacked images were joined to compile the catalogue. Sources were validated through the cross-identification within the EIS and COMBO-17 surveys. Photometric data of 1129 CDFS sources are provided in the catalogue, and optical/UV/X-ray photometric and spectroscopic information from other surveys are also included. The stacking extends the detection limits by ~1 mag in the three UV bands, contributing 30% of the catalogued UV sources. The comparison with the available measurements in similar spectral bands confirms the validity of the XMM-OM calibration. The combined COMBO-17/X-ray classification of the "intermediate" sources (e.g. optically diluted and/or X-ray absorbed AGN) is also discussed.