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

Abstract

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