XMM-Newton (cross)-calibration
Abstract
ESA's large X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton is in its fifth year of operations. We give a general overview of the status of calibration of the five X-ray instruments and the Optical Monitor. A main point of interest in the last year became the cross-calibration between the instruments. A cross-calibration campaign started at the XMM-Newton Science Operation Centre at the European Space Astronomy Centre in collaboration with the Instrument Principle Investigators provides a first systematic comparison of the X-ray instruments EPIC and RGS for various kind of sources making also an initial assessment in cross calibration with other X-ray observatories.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0407257,
title = {XMM-Newton (cross)-calibration},
author = {M. G. F. Kirsch and B. Altieri and B. Chen and F. Haberl and L. Metcalfe and A. M. T. Pollock and A. M. Read and R. D. Saxton and S. Sembay and M. J. S. Smith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0407257},
year = {2009}
}
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High resolution version available at page: http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/external/xmm_sw_cal/calib/documentation.shtml#EPIC direct link: http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/docs/documents/CAL-TN-0055-1-0.ps.gz