In-orbit performance of the EPIC-MOS detectors on XMM-Newton
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
XMM-Newton was launched into space on a highly eccentric 48 hour orbit on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is now in its fifth year of operation and has been an outstanding success, observing the Cosmos with imaging, spectroscopy and timing capabilities in the X-ray and optical wavebands. The EPIC-MOS CCD X-ray detectors comprise two out of three of the focal plane instruments on XMM-Newton. In this paper we discuss key aspects of the current status and performance history of the charge transfer ineffiency (CTI), energy resolution and spectral redistribution function (rmf) of EPIC-MOS in its fifth year of operation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0407347,
title = {In-orbit performance of the EPIC-MOS detectors on XMM-Newton},
author = {S. Sembay and A. Abbey and B. Altieri and R. Ambrosi and D. Baskill and P. Ferrando and K. Mukerjee and A. Read and M. J. L. Turner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0407347},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 10 figures, SPIE Glasgow 21-25 June 2004, Session 5488