After more than ten years of operation of the EPIC camera on board the X-ray observatory XMM-Newton we have reviewed the status of its thin and medium filters by performing both analysis of data collected in-flight and laboratory measurements on on-ground back-up filters. We have investigated the status of the EPIC thin and medium filters by performing an analysis of the optical loading in the PN offset maps to gauge variations in the optical and UV transmission of the filters. We both investigated repeated observations of single optically bright targets and performed a statistical analysis of the extent of loading versus visual magnitude at different epochs. We report the results of these measurements.

Gastaldello, F., Barbera, M., Collura, A., La Palombara, N., Lo Cicero, U., Sartore, N., et al. (2013). 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. In Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8859, id. 885915, 6 pp. (2013) (pp.1-6). The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, PO Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 USA [10.1117/12.2030897].

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

BARBERA, Marco;
2013-01-01

Abstract

After more than ten years of operation of the EPIC camera on board the X-ray observatory XMM-Newton we have reviewed the status of its thin and medium filters by performing both analysis of data collected in-flight and laboratory measurements on on-ground back-up filters. We have investigated the status of the EPIC thin and medium filters by performing an analysis of the optical loading in the PN offset maps to gauge variations in the optical and UV transmission of the filters. We both investigated repeated observations of single optically bright targets and performed a statistical analysis of the extent of loading versus visual magnitude at different epochs. We report the results of these measurements.
Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica
UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII
2013
2013
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UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII
Gastaldello, F., Barbera, M., Collura, A., La Palombara, N., Lo Cicero, U., Sartore, N., et al. (2013). 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. In Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8859, id. 885915, 6 pp. (2013) (pp.1-6). The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, PO Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 USA [10.1117/12.2030897].
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Gastaldello, F; Barbera, M; Collura, A; La Palombara, N; Lo Cicero, U; Sartore, N; Tiengo, A; Varisco, S
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