XMM-Newton Current Calibration File: Updates
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2003-01-29; New version of MOS and PN responses for ALL observation modes
EPIC response files are available for ALL observation modes.EPIC MOS
| The canned MOS RMFs are observing mode and observation date dependent. The files are called; | |
| m<camera><ccd>_<version>_<mode>_<patterns>_<start_date>.rmf |
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| For example; | |
| m11_r7_im_all_2000-11-09.rmf m11_r7_im_all_2001-04-18.rmf |
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| <camera> | 1 or 2 for MOS-1 and MOS-2 |
| <ccd> | The number of the CCD, only the central CCD (number 1) is available at the moment. The variation between CCD s is small. |
| <version> | Version number, currently 'r7' |
| <mode> | 'im' for all imaging modes, 'ti' for Timing mode. |
| <patterns> | 'p0' for pattern 0 only, 'all' for patterns 0 - 12 |
| <start_date> | The first observation date for which this file should be used. The last observation date is given by the sta rt date of the next file in the sequence, e.g. m11_r7_im_all_2000-11-09.rmf should be used for observation dates fro m 09/11/2000 to 17/04/2001 inclusive. |
It is important to use the correct epoch matrix when fitting spectral lines. The epoch boundaries are:
- Start_of_mission - 14/7/2000
- 15/07/2000 - 08/11/2000
- 09/11/2000 - 17/04/2001
- 18/04/2001 - 17/08/2001
- 18/08/2001 - 25/09/2001
- 26/09/2001 - 24/11/2001
- 25/11/2001 - 06/11/2002
- 07/11/2002 - today
EPIC PN
As before there are response matrices for spectra selected from single-pixel events only, doubles only, and single+doubles combined, all for an event threshold of 20 adu. For instance, for full frame mode (ff):| epn_ff20_dY9_medium.rmf | doubles selected from CCD lines 180-199, medium filter |
| epn_ff20_dY9_thick.rmf | same, thick filter |
| epn_ff20_dY9_thin.rmf | same, thin filter |
| epn_ff20_dY9_closed.rmf | same, no filter, no telescope areas (useful for cal source) |
| epn_ff20_dY9.rmf |
same, pure redistribution, normalised to 1, without double fraction applied. Read also this update. |
| epn_ff20_sY9_medium.rmf | singles selected from CCD lines 180-199, medium filter |
| epn_ff20_sdY9_medium.rmf | singles+doubles from CCD lines 180-199, medium filter |
Extended full frame mode is indicated with the epn_ef prefix, small window mode with epn_sw, large window mode with epn_lw.
Files for ten CCD areas depending on the distance from the readout node are provided, and they are labelled as follows:
- Y0 CCD lines 0-19
- Y1 CCD lines 20-39
- ...
- Y9 CCD lines 180-199