XMM RPS Users' Manual

Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Glossary
• Introduction
  • Scope of this document
  • Document structure
  • XMM help and feedback
• Before entering XRPS
  • Planning an XMM observation
  • Preparing an XMM observation
  • Default vs. non-default XMM observations
• General XRPS instructions
  • XRPS down times
  • XRPS caching
  • Signing up as an XRPS user
  • The concept of an intermediate memory
  • The frames of the XRPS web interface
  • Navigating within XRPS
  • Recommended order of entries
• Filling in the form sheets - a step-by-step guide
  • XRPS entry page
  • Principal Investigator page
  • Proposal details page
  • Pilot/Follow-up observations
  • Formal checks on a proposal
  • Modifying a proposal
  • Producing a postscript version of the proposal
  • Uploading the scientific justification
  • Submitting a proposal
  • Adding another proposal
• Acknowledgement of receipt
• SOC enhancement requests
• Submitting ToO requests
• Missing XRPS functionality
• XRPS performance
• Related documents, tools and online services
• Observation examples
  • Example for an observation of a faint extended source
  • Example observation of a bright extended source
  • Imaging observation of a point source
  • Timing observation of a variable source