XMM-Newton Calibration Documentation

Document Reference	Title	Date	Comments
XMM-SOC-CAL-PL-0101	Routine Calibration Plan 2015-2016 implementation plan	Jul 2015
XMM-SOC-CAL-PL-0001	Routine Calibration Plan	Jul 2015
CAL-URD-0001.pdf	XMM-Newton Calibration Requirements	Jun 2015
arXiv.1305.4480	Summary of the 2013 IACHEC meeting	May 2013	Summary of the inter-calibration status
XMM-PS-GM-20	Calibration Access and Data Handbook	May 2011	Detailed description of calibration data files & algorithms for processing ODF's with SAS 11.0. Online Handbook available
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0052	Status of XMM-Newton instruments cross-calibration with SASv7.1	Dec 2010
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0062	Health and cleanliness of the XMM-Newton science payload since launch	Aug 2005	SPIE 5898-29
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0061	Crab: the standard X-ray candle with all (modern) X-ray satellites	Aug 2005	SPIE 5898-3
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0055	XMM-Newton (cross) calibration SPIE paper 2004	Jun 2004
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0045	Timing accuracy and capabilities of XMM-Newton	Feb 2004	Paper on timing capabilities of the diverse XMM-Newton instruments
XMM-CAL-TN-25	Procedures for updating CCF components	Aug 2002	CCF release procedure and interaction with SAS CCB
XMM-SOC-CAL-MIN-0002	Minutes of first Radiation Workshop (29-11-2000 to 1-12-2000)	Dec 2000
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0014	Evaluation of Tests of SIAM version 7 during Revolution 185	Dec 2000

X-Ray Telescopes Specific

Document Reference	Title	Date	Comments
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0054	In-orbit Vignetting Calibrations of XMM-Newton Telescopes	Mar 2004
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0029	In flight calibration of the PSF for the PN camera	Jun 2002
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0022	In flight calibration of the PSF for the MOS1 and MOS2 cameras	Oct 2001
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0011 (CEA/SACLAY SAp)	In-flight vignetting calibration of the MOS cameras	Aug 2000	In-orbit verification of the telescope + grating vignetting function.
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0009 (SPIE 2000b)	In-orbit calibration of the XMM-Newton Telescopes	Jul 2000	In-orbit calibration status of the X-ray Telescopes.
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0005 SPIE 2000a)	Imaging performance of the XMM-Newton X-ray Telescopes	Feb 2000	In-orbit assessment of the X-ray Telescopes PSFs
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0003 (SPIE 1998b)	Calibration of the XMM Flight Mirror Modules - Effective area	Jul 1998	Effective area ground calibration of the first X-ray Telescope.
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0002 (SPIE 1998a)	Calibration of the XMM Flight Mirror Modules - Image Quality	Jul 1998	PSF ground calibration of the first X-ray Telescope.

European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) Specific

Document Reference	Title	Date	Comments
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0018	EPIC status of calibration and data analysis	Sep 2015	Summary of EPIC calibration status
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015, 581, A104	When is pile-up important in the XMM-Newton EPIC cameras?	Sep 2015	Characterisation of the effects of pile-up in terms of flux loss and spectral distortion
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0083	Spectral calibration accuracy in EPIC-pn fast modes	Nov 2014	Aligned to SAS v14.0
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014, 571, A76	XMM-Newton observations reveal the disappearance of the wind in 4U 1630-47	Nov 2014	Appendix A: Estimate of the systematic uncertainties on the calibration of the EPIC-pn effective area
MNRAS, 2014, 445, 3745	Testing rate-dependent corrections on timing mode EPIC-pn spectra of the accreting neutron star GX 13+1	Oct 2014	Validation of the EPIC-pn Timing Mode RDPHA calibration
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 564, 75	Cross-calibration of the XMM-Newton EPIC pn and MOS on-axis effective areas using 2XMM sources	Apr 2014	Aligned to SASv12
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0200	Pile-up thresholds for the EPIC cameras	Dec 2013	Aligned to SAS v13.5
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0193	Status of the EPIC thin and medium filters on-board XMM-Newton after more than 10 years of operation: II - analysis of in-flight data	Aug 2013
XMM-SOC-USR-TN-0020	EPIC "calibration+science" exposures: how to deal with them?	Jul 2013
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0050	PN X-ray Loading	May 2013	Systematic analysis of X-ray loading in EPIC-PN
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0184	Testing epspatialcti on clusters of galaxies	Jan 2013
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0096	The stability of the EPIC-pn camera	Nov 2012	Based on a regular monitoring of RXJ1856-3754
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0084	Evaluation of pile-up thresholds in the EPIC-MOS cameras	Aug 2012	Based on the fraction of diagonal events
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011, 534, 34	A New Comprehensive 2-D Model of the Point Spread Functions of the XMM-Newton EPIC Telescopes	Oct 2011	Description of the PSF `ELLBETA` model
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0082	Accuracy of energy reconstruction in EPIC-MOS Timing Mode	Apr 2009	Aligned to SAS v8.0
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2009, 496, 879	Statistical evaluation of the flux cross-calibration of the XMM-Newton EPIC cameras	Mar 2009	Based on 2XMM catalogue sources
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0051	PN Optical Loading	Jul 2008	Systematic analysis of optical loading in EPIC-PN
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0073	Bright source X-ray spectroscopy with XMM-Newton: A modified EPIC-pn Timing mode	Jun 2007	Performaces and calibration of the Modified Timing Mode
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0069	The XMM-Newton view of the Crab	Jul 2006	Guidance for data reduction in EPIC pn-Burst mode
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0068	The EPIC pn-CCD detector aboard XMM-Newton: Status of the background calibration	May 2006	Freyberg et al., SPIE 5165-13
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0067	The XMM-Newton EPIC pn Camera: Spectral and temporal properties of the internal background	May 2006	Freyberg et al., "New visions of the X-ray Universe" Symposium
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0066	The XMM-Newton EPIC pn Camera: Spatial distribution of the internal background fluorescence lines	May 2006	Freyberg et al., "New visions of the X-ray Universe" Symposium
XMM-SOC-CAL-TN-0064