The sample:
The Lx-z distribution of MACS clusters is shown
in the following figure.

The compilation of statistically complete subsets of the MACS sample was
pursued both as a function of redshift and of X-ray flux. The sample of the 12 most distant
MACS clusters (z>0.5) was published in 2007, and the 34 X-ray brightest ones were the
subject of a 2010 paper. We continue to conduct follow-up studies on many
individually exciting systems (such as MACSJ0717.5+3745).
Selected MACS publications:
- Ebeling H., Edge A.C., Henry J.P. 2000, MACS: A quest for the most
massive galaxy clusters in the universe, 2001, ApJ, 553, 668
- LaRoque S.J., Joy M., Carlstrom J.E., Ebeling H., Dawson K.S.,
Edge A., Holzapfel W.L., Miller A.D., Nagai D., Patel S.K., Reese E.D.
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect imaging of MACS galaxy clusters at z>0.5,
2003, ApJ, 583, 559
- Edge A.C., Ebeling H., Bremer M., Röttgering H., van Haarlem M.,
Rengelink R., Courtney N. The discovery of two distant, massive
clusters of galaxies in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey, 2003, MNRAS,
339, 913
- Allen S.W., Schmidt R.W., Ebeling H., Fabian A.C., van
Speybroeck L. Constraints on dark energy form Chandra observations
of the largest relaxed galaxy clusters, 2004, MNRAS, 353, 457
- Ebeling H., Barrett E., Donovan D. Discovery of a large-scale
filament connected to the massive galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745
at z=0.55, 2004, ApJ, 609, L49
- Ruderman J.T. & Ebeling H. The Origin of the Spatial
Distribution of X-ray luminous AGN in Massive Galaxy Clusters, 2005,
ApJ, 623, L81
- Smail I., Swinbank A.M., Richard J., Ebeling H., Kneib J.-P.,
Edge A.C., Stark D., Ellis R.S., Dye S., Smith G.P., Mullis C.
A very bright, highly magnified Lyman-break galaxy at z=3.07, 2007,
ApJL, 654, L33
- Stott J.P., Smail I., Edge A.C., Ebeling H., Smith G.P.,
Kneib J.-P., Pimbblet K.A. An increase in the faint red galaxy
population in massive clusters since z~0.5, 2007, ApJ, 661, 95
- Ebeling H., Barrett E., Donovan D., Ma C.-J., Edge A.C., van
Speybroeck L. A complete sample of 12 very X-ray luminous galaxy
clusters at z>0.5, 2007, ApJ, 661, L33
- Mantz A., Allen S.W., Ebeling H., Rapetti D. New constraints
on dark energy from the observed growth of the most X-ray luminous
galaxy clusters, 2008, MNRAS, 387, 1179
- Ma C.-J., Ebeling H., Donovan D., Barrett E. The spatial
distribution of galaxies of different spectral types in the massive
intermediate-redshift cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745, 2008, ApJ, 684, 160
- Kartaltepe J.S., Ebeling H., Ma C.-J., Donovan D. Probing the
large-scale structure around distant MACS clusters, 2008, MNRAS,
389, 1240
- Bradac M., Allen S.W., Treu T., Ebeling H., Massey R., Morris R.G.,
von der Linden A., Applegate D. Revealing the properties of Dark Matter in
the merging cluster MACS J0025.4-1222, 2008, ApJ, 687, 959
- Ma C.-J., Ebeling H., Barrett E. An X-ray/optical study of the complex
dynamics of the core of the massive intermediate-redshift cluster
MACSJ0717.5+3745, 2009, ApJ, 693, L56
- Ebeling H., Ma C.J., Kneib J.-P., Jullo E., Courtney N.J.D., Barrett E.
Edge A.C., Le Borgne J.-F. A spectacular giant arc in the massive cluster
lens MACS J1206-0847, 2009, MNRAS, 395, 1213
- Bonafede A., Feretti L., Giovannini G., Govoni F., Murgia M., Taylor G.B.,
Ebeling H., Allen S., Gentile G., Pihlstr\"{o}m Y. Revealing the
magnetic field in a distant galaxy cluster: the complex radio emission from
MACSJ0717.5+3745, 2009, A&A, 503, 707
- Smith G.P., Ebeling H., Limousin M., Kneib J.-P., Swinbank A.M., Ma C.-J., Jauzac M.
Richard J., Jullo E., Sand D.J., et al. Hubble Space Telescope observations of a
spectacular new strong-lensing galaxy cluster: MACSJ1149.5+2223 at z=0.544, 2009
ApJ, 707, L163
- Limousin M., Ebeling H., Ma C.-J., Swinbank A.M., Smith G.P., Richard J., Edge A.C.,
Jauzac M., Kneib J.-P., Marshall P., Schrabback T. MACSJ1423.8+2404: Gravitational lensing
by a massive, relaxed cluster of galaxies at z=0.54, 2010, MNRAS, 405, 777
- Ebeling H., Edge A.C., Mantz A., Barrett E., Henry J.P., Ma C.-J., van Speybroeck L. The X-ray
brightest clusters of galaxies from the Massive Cluster Survey, 2010, MNRAS, in press
- Ma, C.-J., Ebeling H., Marshall P., Schrabback T. The impact of a major cluster merger on
galaxy evolution in MACSJ0025.4-1225, 2010, MNRAS, 406, 121
- Horesh A., Maoz D., Ebeling H., Seidel G., Bartelmann M. The lensing efficiencies
of MACS X-ray selected versus RCS optically selected galaxy clusters, 2010, MNRAS, 406, 1318
(page last updated August, 2010 by H. Ebeling)