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

Fabio Gastaldello; Marco Barbera; Alfonso Collura; Nicola La Palombara; Ugo Lo Cicero; Nicola Sartore; Andrea Tiengo; Salvatore Varisco

doi:10.1117/12.2030897

26 September 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

Fabio Gastaldello, Marco Barbera, Alfonso Collura, Nicola La Palombara, Ugo Lo Cicero, Nicola Sartore, Andrea Tiengo, Salvatore Varisco

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Proceedings Volume 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII; 885915 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030897
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

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.

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Fabio Gastaldello, Marco Barbera, Alfonso Collura, Nicola La Palombara, Ugo Lo Cicero, Nicola Sartore, Andrea Tiengo, and Salvatore Varisco "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", Proc. SPIE 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, 885915 (26 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030897

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