The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogues

Catalogues from overlapping and individual observations

The fifth generation of XMM-Newton Serendipitous Catalogues are full stacked catalogues from all overlapping and non-overlapping observations. Stacking and source detection are done at AIP.
They are published by the SSC in the IRAP catalogue server, the XCatDB Portal of the Observatory of Strasbourg, and at AIP; by the ESA in the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA); and by NASA’s GSFC in the (HEASARC Archive)[https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/xmm-newton/xmmssc.html] and (HEASARC Browse Interface)[https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/db-perl/W3Browse/w3browse.pl].

• 5XMM-DR15 (2026, external link)
  Local relaese through these websites.

Catalogues from overlapping observations

in the third and fourth generation of XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogues are provided by XMMSSC@AIP at the following websites:

• 4XMM-DR14s (2024)
• 4XMM-DR13s (2023)
• 4XMM-DR12s (2022)
• 4XMM-DR11s (2021)
• 4XMM-DR10s (2020)
• 4XMM-DR9s (2019)
  Press release: X-ray eye in space celebrates 20 years
• 3XMM-DR7s (2018, external link)
  Press release: Digging deeper: First catalogue of X-ray sources
  in overlapping observations published

Catalogues from individual observations

are published by the SSC in the IRAP catalogue server and the XCatDB Portal of the Observatory of Strasbourg, by the ESA in the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA), and by NASA’s GSFC in the (HEASARC Archive)[https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/xmm-newton/xmmssc.html] and (HEASARC Browse Interface)[https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/db-perl/W3Browse/w3browse.pl].

• 4XMM-DR14 (2024)
• 4XMM-DR13 (2023)
• 4XMM-DR12 (2022)
• 4XMM-DR11 (2021)
• 4XMM-DR10 (2020)
  SSC/IRAP press release: 21 years of XMM-Newton celebrated with a new catalogue and an ambitious citizen science project
• 4XMM-DR9 (2019)
  SSC/IRAP press release: XMM-Newton celebrates twenty years in space with the release of new comprehensive source catalogues
• 3XMM-DR8 (2018)
• 3XMM-DR7 (2017)
• 3XMM-DR6 (2016)
• 3XMM-DR5 (2015)
  SSC/IRAP press release: A new version of the largest catalogue of X-ray detected astrophysical objects
  AIP press release: Largest catalogue of X-ray detected astrophysical objects published
• 3XMM-DR4 (2013)
  ESA press release: Latest XMM-Newton catalogue offers new X-ray vision
• 2XMMi-DR3 (2010)
  ESA press release: XMM-Newton releases new edition of cosmic catalogue
  AIP press release: Umfangreichster Katalog mit Satellitenaufnahmen von kosmischen Röntgenquellen veröffentlicht
• 2XMMi-DR2 (2008)
• 2XMM-DR1 (2007)
  ESA press release: Release of the second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue
• 2XMMp-DR0 (2006)
  ESA press release: Pre-release of the second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue
• 1XMM (2003)

XMMSSC paper series: The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey

• XI. The 5XMM catalogue
  N. A. Webb, I. Traulsen, M. Coriat, F. J. Carrera, L. Michel, A. Nebot Gómez-Morán, J. Ballet, M. J. Page, A. Ruiz, M. Watson, M. Freybert, R. M. Batalha, D. Bogensberger, M. T. Ceballos, S. Chakraborty, I. de la Calle Perez, I. Georgantopoulos, A. Georgakakis, N. P. M. Kuin, G. Lamer, F. Mernier, C. Motch, G. Mountrichas, A. M. Pires, E. Pouliasis, E. Quintin, D. Rawat, A. Schwope, H. Tranin, J. Vicente, R. Webbe, 2026,
  A&A, submitted

• X. The second source catalogue from overlapping XMM-Newton observations and its long-term variable content [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  I. Traulsen, A. D. Schwope, G. Lamer, J. Ballet, F. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, M. Coriat, M. J. Freyberg, F. Koliopanos, J. Kurpas, L. Michel, C. Motch, M. J. Page, M. G. Watson, N. A. Webb, 2020,
  A&A, 641, A137, 20pp     (A&A cover)

• IX. The fourth XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  N. A. Webb, M. Coriat, I. Traulsen, J. Ballet, C. Motch, F. J. Carrera, F. Koliopanos, J. Authier, I. de la Calle, M. T. Ceballos, E. Colomo, D. Chuard, M. Freyberg, T. García, M. Kolehmainen, G. Lamer, D. Lin, P. Maggi, L. Michel, C. G. Page, M. J. Page, J. V. Perea-Calderon, F.-X. Pineau, P. Rodriguez, S. R. Rosen, M. Santos Lleo, R. D. Saxton, A. D. Schwope, L. Tomás, M. G. Watson, A. Zakardjian, 2020,
  A&A, 641, A136, 13pp

• VIII. The first XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue from overlapping observations [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  I. Traulsen, A. D. Schwope, G. Lamer, J. Ballet, F. Carrera, M. Coriat, M. J. Freyberg, L. Michel, C. Motch, S. R. Rosen, N. Webb, M. T. Ceballos, F. Koliopanos, J. Kurpas, M. J. Page, M. G. Watson, 2019,
  A&A, 624, A77, 28pp     (A&A cover)

• VII. The third XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  S. R. Rosen, N. A. Webb, M. G. Watson, J. Ballet, D. Barret, V. Braito, F. J. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, M. Coriat, R. Della Ceca, G. Denkinson, P. Esquej, S. A. Farrell, M. Freyberg, F. Grisé, P. Guillout, L. Heil, F. Koliopanos, D. Law-Green, G. Lamer, D. Lin, R. Martino, L. Michel, C. Motch, A. Nebot Gomez-Moran, C. G. Page, K. Page, M. Page, M. W. Pakull, J. Pye, A. Read, P. Rodriguez, M. Sakano, R. Saxton, A. Schwope, A. E. Scott, R. Sturm, I. Traulsen, V. Yershov, I. Zolotukhin, 2016,
  A&A, 590, A1, 20pp     (A&A highlight)

• VI. The X-ray luminosity function [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  J. Ebrero, F. J. Carrera, M. J. Page, J. D. Silverman, X. Barcons, M. T. Ceballos, A. Corral, R. Della Ceca, M. G. Watson, 2009,
  A&A, 493, 55–69

• V. The Second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  M. G. Watson, A. C. Schröder, D. Fyfe, C. G. Page, G. Lamer, S. Mateos, J. Pye, M. Sakano, S. Rosen, J. Ballet, X. Barcons, D. Barret, T. Boller, H. Brunner, M. Brusa, A. Caccianiga, F. J. Carrera, M. Ceballos, R. Della Ceca, M. Denby, G. Denkinson, S. Dupuy, S. Farrell, F. Fraschetti, M. J. Freyberg, P. Guillout, V. Hambaryan, T. Maccacaro, B. Mathiesen, R. McMahon, L. Michel, C. Motch, J. P. Osborne, M. Page, M. W. Pakull, W. Pietsch, R. Saxton, A. Schwope, P. Severgnini, M. Simpson, G. Sironi, G. Stewart, I. M. Stewart, A. M. Stobbart, J. Tedds, R. Warwick, N. Webb, R. West, D. Worrall, W. Yuan, 2009,
  A&A, 493, 339–373     (A&A highlight)

• IV. Optical identification of the XMM-Newton medium sensitivity survey (XMS) [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, M. J. Page, J. Bussons-Gordo, A. Corral, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, J. A. Tedds, M. G. Watson, D. Baskill, M. Birkinshaw, T. Boller, N. Borisov, M. Bremer, G. E. Bromage, H. Brunner, A. Caccianiga, C. S. Crawford, M. S. Cropper, R. Della Ceca, P. Derry, A. C. Fabian, P. Guillout, Y. Hashimoto, G. Hasinger, B. J. M. Hassall, G. Lamer, N. S. Loaring, T. Maccacaro, K. O. Mason, R. G. McMahon, L. Mirioni, J. P. D. Mittaz, C. Motch, I. Negueruela, J. P. Osborne, F. Panessa, I. Pérez-Fournon, J. P. Pye, T. P. Roberts, S. Rosen, N. Schartel, N. Schurch, A. Schwope, P. Severgnini, R. Sharp, G. C. Stewart, G. Szokoly, A. Ullán, M. J. Ward, R. S. Warwick, P. J. Wheatley, N. A. Webb, D. Worrall, W. Yuan, H. Ziaeepour, 2007,
  A&A, 476, 1191–1203

• III. The AXIS X-ray source counts and angular clustering [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  F. J. Carrera, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, M. T. Ceballos, A. Corral, X. Barcons, M. J. Page, S. R. Rosen, M. G. Watson, J. A. Tedds, R. Della Ceca, T. Maccacaro, H. Brunner, M. Freyberg, G. Lamer, F. E. Bauer, Y. Ueda, 2007,
  A&A, 469, 27–46

• II. First results from the AXIS high galactic latitude medium sensitivity survey [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, M. G. Watson, R. G. McMahon, B. Aschenbach, M. J. Freyberg, K. Page, M. J. Page, T. P. Roberts, M. J. L. Turner, D. Barret, H. Brunner, M. T. Ceballos, R. Della Ceca, P. Guillout, G. Hasinger, T. Maccacaro, S. Mateos, C. Motch, I. Negueruela, J. P. Osborne, I. Pérez-Fournon, A. Schwope, P. Severgnini, G. P. Szokoly, N. A. Webb, P. J. Wheatley, D. M. Worrall, 2002,
  A&A, 382, 522–536

• I. The role of XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre [ A&A | ADS | astro-ph ]
  M. G. Watson, J. L. Auguères, J. Ballet, X. Barcons, D. Barret, M. Boer, T. Boller, G. E. Bromage, H. Brunner, F. J. Carrera, M. S. Cropper, M. Denby, M. Ehle, M. Elvis, A. C. Fabian, M. J. Freyberg, P. Guillout, J. M. Hameury, G. Hasinger, D. A. Hinshaw, T. Maccacaro, K. O. Mason, R. G. McMahon, L. Michel, L. Mirioni, J. P. Mittaz, C. Motch, J. F. Olive, J. P. Osborne, C. G. Page, M. Pakull, B. H. Perry, M. Pierre, W. Pietsch, J. P. Pye, A. M. Read, T. P. Roberts, S. R. Rosen, J. L. Sauvageot, A. D. Schwope, K. Sekiguchi, G. C. Stewart, I. Stewart, I. Valtchanov, M. J. Ward, R. S. Warwick, R. G. West, N. E. White, D. M. Worrall, 2001,
  A&A, 365, L51–L59     (A&A issue "First Results from XMM-Newton")