XMM Users' Handbook

Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Glossary
• Introduction
  • Scope of this document
  • Structure and contents of the Users' Handbook
  • Location
  • Sources of information
  • Updates on this document
  • How to obtain further help and information
• XMM - a concise overview
  • Basic characteristics
  • X-ray telescopes and mirrors
  • EUROPEAN PHOTON IMAGING CAMERA (EPIC)
  • REFLECTION GRATING SPECTROMETER (RGS)
  • OPTICAL MONITOR (OM)
  • XMM support instruments
  • Comparison with other X-ray satellites
• Observing with XMM
  • XMM orbit
  • XMM observing constraints
  • Sky visibility during the XMM mission
  • Position angle determination for XMM observations
  • XMM observation overheads
  • Instrument alignment
  • Absolute and relative pointing accuracy
  • Points of concern
  • Linked, pilot/follow-up and concatenated observations
  • XMM slew observations
• XMM Guest Observer Program
  • XMM calendar of events
  • Mission overview
  • XMM proposal preparation and submission
  • Technical proposal optimisation
• Analysing XMM data
  • XMM analysis software - the Science Analysis Subsystem (SAS)
  • XMM calibration data
• XMM data archive
  • Contents of the XMM archive
  • Proprietary rights
  • Access to the XMM data archive
• Documentation
• XMM Science Simulator (SciSim)
  • SciSim - a brief general introduction
  • SciSim Graphical User Interface
  • SciSim components
  • SciSim tools
  • Examples for the use of SciSim for proposal preparation
  • SciSim performance issues
• XMM Survey Science Centre (SSC)
  • SSC Follow-up Programme
  • Science analysis software development
  • Pipeline processing of XMM science data
• XMM calibration and performance verification program
  • XMM calibration program
  • List of XMM PV targets
• XMM Guaranteed Time Program
  • List of XMM GTO targets