The Chandra UDS survey (X-UDS)

The survey consists of 25 observations that cover a total area of 0.33deg^2^. The observations are combined to provide a nominal depth of ~600ks in the central 100arcmin^2^ region of the field that has been imaged with Hubble/WFC3 by the CANDELS survey and ~200ks in the remainder of the field.

In this paper, we outline the survey's scientific goals, describe our observing strategy, and detail our data reduction and point source detection algorithms. Our analysis has resulted in a total of 868 band-merged point sources detected with a false-positive Poisson probability of <1x10^-4^. In addition, we present the results of an X-ray spectral analysis and provide best-fitting neutral hydrogen column densities, N_H_, as well as a sample of 51 Compton-thick active galactic nucleus candidates.