Probing the Cosmic Large-Scale Structure with the REFLEX Cluster Survey : Profile of an ESO Key Programme

Böhringer, H.; Guzzo, L.; Collins, C. A.; Neumann, D. M.; Schindler, S.; Schuecker, P.; Cruddace, R.; De Grandi, S.; Chincarini, G.; Edge, A. C.; MacGillivray, H. T.; Shaver, P.; Vettolani, G.; Voges, W.

Probing the Cosmic Large-Scale Structure with the REFLEX Cluster Survey : Profile of an ESO Key Programme

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The paper describes the goals and first results of the ROSAT ESO Flux-Limited X-ray (REFLEX) Cluster Survey, a redshift survey of the X-ray brightest galaxy clusters in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey in the southern hemisphere conducted in the frame of an ESO key programme.
12 pages, 7 figures, submitted to the ESO Messenger