XMM EPIC MOS Andy Read ([email protected]) OPS/CAL/BG (OCB) Meeting Mallorca, Spain 05- Report from the BGWG (05/11/07) Andy Read, on behalf of the EPIC-BGWG Jenny Carter, Matthias Ehle, Michael Freyberg, Kip Kuntz, Silvano Molendi, Wolfgang Pietsch, Steve Snowden
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Andy Read ([email protected])OPS/CAL/BG (OCB) MeetingMallorca, Spain 05-07/11/07
Report from the BGWG (05/11/07)
Andy Read, on behalf of the EPIC-BGWG
Jenny Carter, Matthias Ehle, Michael Freyberg, Kip Kuntz, Silvano Molendi, Wolfgang Pietsch, Steve Snowden
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Andy Read ([email protected])OPS/CAL/BG (OCB) MeetingMallorca, Spain 05-07/11/07
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Matthias Ehle - SCI-OAX
Reaction from User Group Meeting: 7-8 June 2007 (ME)Reaction from User Group Meeting: 7-8 June 2007 (ME)
• Immediately after presentation:• UG chair (M. Arnaud) expressed thanks for all the work done by EPIC BGWG
• R. Mushotzky asked about maintainability of ESAS plan is to get it into SAS
• Lack of enough FWC data to properly characterize instrumental BG deferred for general discussion
• M. Arnaud asked about tool to select blank sky fields based on galactic coordinates (not only RA/Dec).
• During Discussions:
• UG recognized and was impressed by tremendous amount of work done by BGWG !
• Lack of enough FWC data to properly characterize instrumental BG Recommendation 2007-06-08/45: The UG recommends that the BGWG makes a study of the needs for closed filter data
• This study exists as shown by S. Snowden during previous BGWG meeting “Filter Wheel Closed Calibration Observations”
• Quick solution: NRCO#70 approved for 2007 in August; now in EPIC routine cal plan: monthly 10 ksec dedicated FWC full frame exposures in ‘good part’ of orbit:
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Andy Read ([email protected])OPS/CAL/BG (OCB) MeetingMallorca, Spain 05-07/11/07
XMM-ESAS update (SS)
Acceptance for publication of the Analysis Methods/Cluster Catalog Paper
Available through Astro-Ph (and here)Acceptance for publication of the Particle Background Paper
Available here (not yet in Astro-Ph)Modification required for SAS V7.1
Still a work in progressRequires patches which are not yet available
PN ModificationsSlow progress until MOS update for SAS 7.1PN data processing by K.Kuntz ~finished
-> Couple months of CPU
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BGWG Blank Sky Summary (JAC/AMR)
• New release of files May 2007 addressing issues:• low-E residual sources in some files• small correction to vignetted exposure maps• addition exposure maps with extra flags made
available
• Updates to pages• count rate graphs added in SSC bands
• Investigation/consideration of: ghosting problem, scaling of exposure maps, addition of new modes and increasing the size of the component file sets
• BGSelector tool • improved, generic version of SelectRADec• select on eq./gal coordinates, nH, revn., exposure, time • ready for upload to pages
• 0.5 - 2.0 keV
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Andy Read ([email protected])OPS/CAL/BG (OCB) MeetingMallorca, Spain 05-07/11/07
Fin_over_Fout [New – Available]
Warnings put in regarding use of the MOS1 algorithm with post Rev-961 MOS1 CCD6 loss
[New numbers calculated by SM – will be input v.soon]
Smaller Scripts/Tasks - New
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Andy Read ([email protected])OPS/CAL/BG (OCB) MeetingMallorca, Spain 05-07/11/07