XMM Users' Handbook

List of Tables

• XMM characteristics - an overview
• The on-axis 1.5 keV X-ray PSFs of the different mirror modules
• The science data acquisition modes of EPIC
• Basic numbers for the science modes of EPIC
• 5-$\sigma$ point source sensitivity of the EPIC pn camera¹
• EPIC pn OVII 0.57 keV line sensitivity¹
• EPIC pn FeXXV 6.63 keV line sensitivity¹
• The effect of pile-up on spectral fits
• The wavelength and energy ranges covered by the chips of RGS for an on-axis source, for the design instrument geometry
• The energy ranges covered by the RGS in different grating orders
• The RGS science data acquisition modes
• OM characteristics - an overview
• The science data acquisition modes of OM
• OM optical elements
• OM count rates [10^-4 counts/s] as function of spectral type for stars with m_V = 20 mag under the assumption of a zero deadtime detector
• Required exposure times for different types of stars with m_V = 23 mag¹
• Limiting magnitudes for a 5-$\sigma$ detection in 1000 s¹
• Levels of different OM background contributors
• The m_V brightness limits for all OM filters
• Comparison of XMM with other X-ray satellites