Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2010 · 238 citations · 50 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsExtragalactic AstronomyObservational AstronomyX-ray AstronomyExtragalactic X-ray SourcesGalaxy ClustersStar ClustersAll-sky SurveysCool CoresFlux-limited Galaxy SamplesGalaxy Cluster SurveysMassive Galaxy ClustersRadiation Detection EfficiencySurface Brightness ProfilesX-ray Surveys
Aims. When selecting flux-limited cluster samples, the detection efficiency of X-ray instruments is not the same for centrally-peaked and flat objects, which introduces a bias in flux-limited cluster samples. We quantify this effect in the case of a well-known cluster sample, HIFLUGCS.
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