Status of the calibration of the EPIC-pn camera onboard XMM-Newton

Ulrich G. Briel; Konrad Dennerl; Michael J. Freyberg; Frank Haberl; V. E. Zavlin

doi:10.1117/12.506983

3 February 2004 Status of the calibration of the EPIC-pn camera onboard XMM-Newton

Ulrich G. Briel, Konrad Dennerl, Michael J. Freyberg, Frank Haberl, V. E. Zavlin

Proceedings Volume 5165, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506983
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The X-ray Observatory XMM-Newton is in orbit since the 10^th December 1999. In the first half year an extensive program to commission, calibrate and verify the performance of the payload has been carried out. Since then many routine calibrations, using the onboard calibration source as well as many different celestial objects, have been performed. In this paper we will report on the status of the calibration of the EPIC-pn camera in general and focus on major points like the CTI evolution, the effective area, the response function and the instrumental background.

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Ulrich G. Briel, Konrad Dennerl, Michael J. Freyberg, Frank Haberl, and V. E. Zavlin "Status of the calibration of the EPIC-pn camera onboard XMM-Newton", Proc. SPIE 5165, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII, (3 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506983

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