Table 1

Relevant parameters of the XXL pipeline detection stage.

Parameter Value Comment
Event selection:
MOS event flag selection #XMMEA_EM Same as P06
pn event flag selection (FLAG & 0x2fb002c) == 0 Same as P06
MOS patterns [0:12] Same as P06
pn patterns [0:4] Same as P06

Image:
Type sky Same as P06
Configuration co-addition of EPIC detectors Same as P06
Pixel size 2.5′′ Same as P06

MR/1:
Wavelet type B3-spline Same as P06
Transform algorithm “à trou” Same as P06
Thresholds(σ) 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3 in P06: P < 10−3
Lowest significant scale 2 pix. Same as P06
Highest significant scale 256 pix. Same as P06

SExtractor:
Background cell side 512 pix. In P06: 64 pixels
Background median filtering 4 cells Same as P06
Detection threshold 6σ Same as P06
Detection minimum area 12 pix. Same as P06
De-blending sub-thresholds 64 Same as P06
De-blend min. contrast 0.003 Same as P06

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