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1. Introduction
1.1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2. Useful Information and References
2.1 The Main Websites
2.2 XMM-Newton Help Desks
2.3 Mission Planning and Spacecraft Status
2.4 Public Data Archives
2.5 Calibration Data
2.6 Software
2.7 Analysis, Documentation, and Helpful Hints
3. Data
3.1 Useful Documentation
3.2 The Data
3.3 PI Data
3.3.1 ODF Data
3.3.2 Pipeline Product Data - Summary Files and Groupings
3.3.3 Pipeline Product Data - Data Files
4. Setting Up and Running SAS
4.1 Installation
4.2 Calibration Data
4.3 SAS Environmental Parameters and Invocation
4.3.1 SAS Helpful Hints
4.4 SAS Syntax and Logic
4.4.1 Command Line Syntax
4.4.2 Table Syntax
4.4.3 Filtering Logic
5. Preparing the Data for Processing
5.1 cifbuild
5.2 odfingest
5.3 Welcome to the SAS GUI
6. An EPIC Data Processing and Analysis Primer (Imaging Mode, Command Line)
6.1 Rerun the Pipeline
6.2 Create and Display an Image
6.3 Applying Standard Filters the Data
6.4 Create and Display a Light Curve
6.5 Applying Time Filters the Data
6.6 Source Detection with edetect_chain
6.7 Extract the Source and Background Spectra
6.8 Check for Pile Up
6.9 My Observation is Piled Up! Now What?
6.10 Determine the Spectrum Extraction Areas
6.11 Create the Photon Redistribution Matrix (RMF) and Ancillary File (ARF)
7. An EPIC Data Processing and Analysis Primer (Imaging Mode, GUI)
7.1 Rerun the Pipeline
7.2 An Introduction to xmmselect
7.3 Create and Display an Image
7.4 Applying Standard Filters the Data
7.5 Create and Display a Light Curve
7.6 Applying Time Filters the Data
7.7 Source Detection with edetect_chain
7.8 Extract the Source and Background Spectra
7.9 Check for Pile Up
7.10 My Observation is Piled Up! Now What?
7.11 Determine the Spectrum Extraction Areas
7.12 Create the Photon Redistribution Matrix (RMF) and Ancillary File (ARF)
8. An EPIC Data Processing and Analysis Primer (Timing Mode, Command Line)
8.1 Rerun the Pipeline
8.2 Create and Display an Image
8.3 Applying Standard Filters to the Data
8.4 Create and Display a Light Curve
8.5 Extract the Source and Background Spectra
8.6 Check for Pile Up
8.7 My Observation is Piled Up! Now What?
8.8 Determine the Spectrum Extraction Areas
8.9 Create the Photon Redistribution Matrix (RMF) and Ancillary File (ARF)
9. An EPIC Data Processing and Analysis Primer (Timing Mode, GUI)
9.1 Rerun the Pipeline
9.2 Create and Display an Image
9.3 Applying Standard Filters to the Data
9.4 Create and Display a Light Curve
9.5 Extract the Source and Background Spectra
9.6 Check for Pile Up
9.7 My Data is Piled Up! Now What?
9.8 Determine the Spectrum Extraction Areas
9.9 Create the Photon Redistribution Matrix (RMF) and Ancillary File (ARF)
10. An RGS Data Processing and Analysis Primer (Command Line)
10.1 Rerun the Pipeline on the Command Line
10.1.1 Potentially useful tips for using the pipeline
10.1.2 A Nearby Bright Optical Source
10.1.3 A Nearby Bright X-ray Source
10.1.4 User-defined Source Coordinates
10.2 Create and Display an Image
10.3 Create and Display a Light Curve
10.4 Generating the Good Time Interval (GTI) File
10.4.1 Filter on Time with gtibuild
10.4.2 Filter on Time with tabgtigen
10.4.3 Filter on Rate with tabgtigen
10.4.4 Apply the new GTI
10.5 Creating the Response Matrices (RMFs)
10.6 Combining Spectra
11. An RGS Data Processing and Analysis Primer, GUI
11.1 Rerun the Pipeline on the Command Line
11.1.1 Potentially useful tips for using the pipeline
11.1.2 A Nearby Bright Optical Source
11.1.3 A Nearby Bright X-ray Source
11.1.4 User-defined Source Coordinates
11.2 An Introduction to xmmselect
11.3 Create and Display an Image
11.4 Create and Display a Light Curve
11.5 Generating the Good Time Interval (GTI) File
11.5.1 Filter on Time with gtibuild
11.5.2 Filter on Time with tabgtigen
11.5.3 Filter on Rate with tabgtigen
11.5.4 Applying the GTI
11.6 Creating the Response Matrices (RMFs)
11.7 Combining Spectra
12. An OM Data Processing and Analysis Primer
12.1 OM Artifacts and General Information
12.2 Imaging Mode
12.2.1 Rerunning the Pipeline
12.2.2 Verifying the Output
12.3 Fast Mode
12.3.1 Rerunning the Pipeline
12.3.2 Verifying the Output
12.4 Grism Analysis
12.4.1 Rerunning the Pipeline
12.4.2 Verifying the Output
13. Fitting an EPIC Spectrum in XSPEC
14. Fitting an RGS Spectrum in XSPEC
14.1 Approaches to Spectral Fitting and the Cash Statistic (cstat)
14.2 Rebinning the Spectrum
14.3 Fitting a Model
15. Fitting EPIC Timing Data with Xronos
15.1 Making a Power Spectrum
15.2 Finding the Period of a Source
15.3 Making a Folded Light Curve
Lynne Valencic 2023-06-29
