XMM-Newton Science Analysis System: Users' Guide

4.2 The EPIC pipeline products

The Pipeline Processing produces quite a number of useful products which allow a first look at the data. With each grouping of the pipeline products (Table 4) there is an HTML (.HTM extension) file which lists the associated files and gives a short description of those files. The HTML file names are of the following format:

• PPiiiiiijjkkAAAAAA000_0.HTM, where
  • iiiiii: proposal number
  • jj: target ID - target number in proposal
  • kk: exposure ID - exposure number for target
    NOTE: The ten-digit combination of iiiiiijjkk is the observation number and is used repetitively throughout the file nomenclature
  • AAAAAA: Group ID (Table 4)

The data file names are of the form (see Table 36 in the XMM-Newton Data Files Handbook, [8] ):

• PiiiiiijjkkaablllCCCCCCnmmm.zzz, where
  • iiiiiijjkk: observation number
  • aa: detector, M1 - MOS1, M2 - MOS2, PN - pn, CA - for files from the CRSCOR (crosscorrelation) group
  • b: S for scheduled observation, U for unscheduled, X for files from the CRSCOR group (and any product that is not due to a single exposure)
  • lll: exposure number
  • CCCCCC: file identification (Table 4)
  • n: exposure map band number, unimportant otherwise for EPIC data
  • mmm: source number
  • zzz: file type (e.g., PDF, PNG, FTZ, HTM)
    • ASC: ASCII file, use Netscape, other web browser, or the ``more'' command
    • ASZ: gzipped ASCII file
    • FTZ: gzipped FITS format, use e.g. ds9, xmmselect, fv
    • HTM: HTML file, use web browser
    • PDF: Portable Data Format, use Acrobat Reader
    • PNG: Portable Networks Graphics file, use web browser
    • TAR: TAR file

Table 4: Pipeline Processing data files relevant for EPIC

Group ID	File ID	Contents	File Type
PPSOBS	OBX000SUMMAR	Observation Data File Summary (also copied into INDEX.HTM)	HTML
	EPX000SUMMAR	EPIC Processing Summary	HTML
	PPSSUM	PPS processing summary	HTML
	SCRLOG	PPS script log	gzipped ASCII
	ATTTSR	Attitude Time Series	gzipped FITS
ESKYIM	IMAGE_8	Sky image 0.2 - 12.0 keV	gzipped FITS
	IMAGE_1	Sky image 0.2 - 0.5 keV	gzipped FITS
	IMAGE_2	Sky image 0.5 - 2.0 keV	gzipped FITS
	IMAGE_3	Sky image 2.0 - 4.5 keV	gzipped FITS
	IMAGE_4	Sky image 4.5 - 7.5 keV	gzipped FITS
	IMAGE_5	Sky image 7.5 - 12.0 keV	gzipped FITS
	IMAGE	EPIC observation image	gzipped FITS, HTML
EANCIL	EXPMAP8	Exposure map 0.2 - 12.0 keV	gzipped FITS
	EXPMAP1	Exposure map 0.2 - 0.5 keV	gzipped FITS
	EXPMAP2	Exposure map 0.5 - 2.0 keV	gzipped FITS
	EXPMAP3	Exposure map 2.0 - 4.5 keV	gzipped FITS
	EXPMAP4	Exposure map 4.5 - 7.5 keV	gzipped FITS
	EXPMAP5	Exposure map 7.5 - 12.0 keV	gzipped FITS
	EXSNMP	Exposure sensitivity map	gzipped FITS
EEVLIS$^1$	MIEVLI	MOS imaging mode event list	gzipped FITS
	PIEVLI	pn imaging mode event list	gzipped FITS
	TIEVLI	EPIC timing mode and also pn burst mode event list	gzipped FITS
EPICEXP	FBKTSR	EPIC flare background timeseries	gzipped FITS
ESRLIS	EBLSLI	Box-local detect source list	gzipped FITS
	EBMSLI	Box-map detect source list	gzipped FITS
	EMSRLI	Max-like detect source list	gzipped FITS
	OBSMLI	Summary source list	gzipped FITS, HTML
CRSCOR	FCHART	Finding chart	PDF
	ROSIMG	Overlay EPIC & ROSAT image	PDF
	SNNNNN$^2$	EPIC Source cross-correlation results	gzipped FITS
	DNNNNN$^2$	Catalog descriptions	HTML
	FNNNNN$^2$	EPIC FoV cross-correlation results	gzipped FITS

$^1$:Files for only those modes which were active will be included
$^2$:NNNNN - Alphanumeric ID