XMM-Newton Science Analysis System: User Guide
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1.
SAS Graphical User Interface window.
2.
SAS parameter dialog window.
3.
SAS dataset browser window.
4.
Example of SAS warning message window.
5.
Calibration State Server (
calview
task GUI).
6.
Organisation of the EPIC MOS chain.
7.
Organisation of the EPIC MOS chain at CCD/node level with file inputs. Same conventions as in figure
6
.
8.
Pipeline processing of the EPIC-pn observation data.
9.
Example of correction of shifts in the energy scale in EPIC-pn imaging mode data.
10.
Example of suppressing low-energy detector noise in EPIC-pn imaging mode data.
11.
Illustration of the use of
epreject
on Vela SNR images in the energy range 120-200 eV.
12.
List of valid EPIC MOS patterns.
13.
List of valid EPIC-pn patterns.
14.
Plot of the pn pattern distribution with energy as produced by
epatplot
. Effect of pile-up.
15.
Plot of the pn pattern distribution with energy as produced by
epatplot
. After pile-up correction.
16.
The
xmmselect
main GUI.
17.
The
evselect
main GUI.
18.
The
evselect
GUI with the image related parameters.
19.
Three color-coded EPIC image produced by the SAS task
etruecolor
.
20.
The result of applying
eimageget
to the EPIC-pn science exposure.
21.
Example count spectrum of a source.
22.
GUI of
especget
showing source and background spatial selection expressions.
23.
Examples of the results of the
efluxer
task for different spectral shapes.
24.
Effect of OoT events on images.
25.
Effect of Out-of-Time events on a source spectrum (in this case the internal calibration source).
26.
Light-curve of the example data set. Flaring high background periods are clearly visible.
27.
Light-curve of the example data set after removal of flaring high background periods.
28.
Sky image of the example data set in the energy range 0.5-7 keV displayed with
ds9
.
29.
Selection regions for the extraction of source and background spectra.
30.
ds9
main window. A circular region (green circle) has been defined using the highlighted menu.
31.
Selection region properties window, pop'd-up by double-clicking on the region in the main
ds9
window.
32.
xmgrace
window, containing the background subtracted exposure corrected light curve.
33.
Resulting ds9 display of a
srcdisplay
command issued to overlay a final source list onto a pn image.
34.
A common use of
xmmselect
to inspect details of RGS data.
35.
The
xmmselect
Image panel is shown here for preparing a
MLAMBDA/PI
banana plot.
36.
The
MLAMBDA/XDSP_CORR
and
MLAMBDA/PI
plots produced by
xmmselect
using
ds9
for the merged RGS1 and RGS2 event lists of Mkn421 before filtering.
37.
The
MLAMBDA-XDSP_CORR
and
MLAMBDA-PI
images produced by
xmmselect
from the screened event list can be shown with the selection regions using
rgsimplot
.
38.
RGS2 light curve of the background near Mkn421 generated with
xmmselect
.
39.
The
rgsproc
home page in the SAS on-line help system, showing the six stages which form the possible start and end points of RGS data analysis.
40.
An example of two sources in the RGS aperture.
41.
The bright emission lines of the SNR N132D, which is about 2 arcmin in diameter, fit comfortably within the RGS aperture but overflow the default selection regions defined for point sources.
42.
A bright OVIII emission line in raw detector coordinates showing the reasonably circular symmetry of the RGS's monochromatic response.
43.
Comparison of RGS and PN corrected light curves.
44.
The fluxed spectrum of HR1099 produced with
rgsfluxer
made from a combination of 86 1st and 2nd order RGS1 and RGS2 spectra.
45.
SAS processing chain for data acquired in the OM imaging mode.
46.
SAS processing chain for data acquired in the OM fast mode.
47.
SAS processing chain for data acquired in the OM grism mode.
48.
Example of a configuration file in xml format.
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