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XMM-Newton Users Group Meeting #6 Science Support ESAC, 19 th. / 20 th. May 2005

XMM-Newton Users Group Meeting #6 Science Support ESAC, 19 th. / 20 th. May 2005 L. Metcalfe SCI-SDX. XMM-Newton. Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department. 1. Page 1. Significant Progress & Dates MOS1 Impact Event Avoiding Radiation

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XMM-Newton Users Group Meeting #6 Science Support ESAC, 19 th. / 20 th. May 2005

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  1. XMM-Newton Users Group Meeting #6 Science Support ESAC, 19th./ 20th. May 2005 L. Metcalfe SCI-SDX XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 1 Page 1

  2. Significant Progress & Dates MOS1 Impact Event Avoiding Radiation General Calibration Points Data Processing User Support & Mission Planning XSA Miscellaneous CONTENTS XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 2 Page 2

  3. SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS & DATES XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 3 Page 3

  4. to proceed with cross-calibration work at top priority major progress in calib. presentations (space/time dept. MOS Cal.) there are stubborn areas to report on Slew Survey at next UG meeting see current results in R. Saxton’s talk to organise a 2005 Conference The X-ray Universe 2005 - Sep. 26-30, 2005: N. Schartel presentation to get RGS background accumulator into the next SAS was in SAS 6.1 to get RGS Superfluxer (merging spectra) into the folowing SAS tool is completed now and ready for the upcoming SAS release to pursue EPIC background modelling at second priority see EPIC calibration presentation SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS

  5. AO4 Cycle: Call 30 Aug. 2004 Close Phase I 08 Oct. 2004 Open phase II 10 Jan. 2005 Close XRPS 11 Feb. 2005 AO5 Cycle: Call 05 Sep. 2005 Close Phase I 14 Oct. 2005 OTAC results public 10 Jan. 2006 Open phase II for first PI group 23 Jan. 2006 Close XRPS 17 Feb. 2005 Start AO5 observations May 2006 SIGNIFICANT DATES

  6. Users Group meeting #5 02/03 Jun. 2004 XMM-Newton 5-years in flight 10 Dec. 2004 all Calls over-subscription by x7 or more >700 refereed papers then (now more than 800) 5th. SAS Workshop 07/10 June 2005 The X-ray Universe 2005, El Escorial 26-30 Sep. 2005 ADASS, El Escorial 03-07 Oct. 2005 NB:An annular eclipse of the Sun will take place at Madrid at the interface between these last two conferences. SIGNIFICANT DATES (contd.)

  7. EPIC MOS1 MICROMETEOROID IMPACT XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 7 Page 7

  8. ~01:30 hrs.UT on 09/03/05, Rev. 961: event registered in EPIC MOS1 FP similar to Sep.17, ‘01 MOS1, Aug. 12, ‘02 MOS2 & Oct. 19, ‘00 pn events those attributed to micrometeoroid impacts scattering debris into the FP in MOS cases saw bright flash & data buffer overflows across whole FP always new hot or defective pixels subsequently mapped and masked recent event more significant. MOS1 CCD6 is dead new hot pixels elsewhere in MOS1 focal plane (some effects near boresight) Sci. obs. continue normally, including MOS1, but with CCD6 switched off apart from disabling MOS1 CCD6, baseline was to maintain deliveries MOS1 MICROMETEOROID IMPACT XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 8 Page 8

  9. MOS1 MICROMETEOROID IMPACT The flash XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 9 Page 9

  10. MOS1 focal plane post-Rev.961 event XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 10 Page 10

  11. Eventually the pipeline crashed on affected ODFs requiring a 10 day fix SAS testing did not show it, and SAS processing remains unaffected The new hot column appears to be cooling down it is being closely monitored detailed handling is under discussion Setting of data reduction flags Adjustment of on-board offset we propose - starting with AO5 - to apply the RGS boresight for all observations Dedicated web page gives latest information to users re. handling this http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/external/xmm_news/items/MOS1-CCD6/index.shtml MOS1 MICROMETEOROID IMPACT DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS FRED ?? XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 11 Page 11

  12. GENERAL CALIBRATION POINTS XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 12 Page 12

  13. 31 PN Large Window fast CTI determination 32 The absolute Flux calibration of OM 33 RGS “dithering” on line-rich Capella 34 Refinement of pn-CTI correction 35 EPIC soft-energy X-cal. on GD 153 36 XMM-Newton cross-calibration on H1426+428 37 Use of a single RGS2 ADC 38 4 pointing raster on 1ES0102 39 The absolute Flux calibration of OM 40 The OM UV red leaks 41 Sanity check of MOS filters 42 HZ 43 XMM/Swift cross-calibration 43 H1426+428 XMM/Swift cross-calibration 44 Rejected: PKS0537-286 XMM/Swift cross-calibration 45 HZ 43 XMM/Swift cross-calibration 46 XMM-Newton / Chandra X-calibration on H1426+428 47 Repetition of PN Large Window fast CTI determination 48 Further refinement of pn-CTI correction 49 EPIC pn SW noise below lower threshold 50 OM UBV Calibration Consistency check NRCOs

  14. XMM-CCF-REL-169 EPIC MOS low energy response & QE 05 Aug 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-170 MOS Filter Transmission 14 Jun 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-171 RGS Instrumental Flourine Absorption 24 Jun 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-172 Improving pn Window mode CTI correction 19 Jul 2004 & refining long term CTI corr. all pn Modes XMM-CCF-REL-173 RGS DARKFRAME normalisation 19 Jul 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-174 pn telescope effective area modification 09 Jun 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-175 EPIC PN Bad Pixels 05 Jul 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-176 RGS QE Shortest l Corr. Factors 27 Jul 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-177 Low-E noise rejection refinement for pn 15 Sep 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-178 Masking MOS bright patches: MOS1 CCD4 14 Sep 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-179 RGS Background Spectral Templates 15 Oct 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-180 EPIC PN masked mode parameters 15 Oct 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-181 EPIC MOS fixed offset 29 Oct 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-182 Ecorr for Extended Full Frame mode 12 Nov 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-183 EPIC-pn spectral response 11 Nov 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-184 EPIC MOS response 10 Dec 2004 XMM-CCF-REL-185 CCF set for SciSim 25 Jan 2005 XMM-CCF-REL-186 EPIC-pn Filter Transmission 14 Mar 2005 XMM-CCF-REL-187 Effective Area of the EPIC-pn X-Ray Telescope 18 Mar 2005 XMM-CCF-REL-189 EPIC-pn spectral response 09 May 2005 CCF RELEASE NOTES IN PERIOD

  15. High Cal. Fraction: Reflects cross-cal. efforts & also includes SCOS 2000 test revs. Cal. Fraction will be reduced by 2-3% in future by putting EPIC calcloseds in slews. XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 15 Page 15

  16. DATA PROCESSING SAS aspects (C. Gabriel presentation) SSC/Pipe aspects(M. Watson presentation) XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 16 Page 16

  17. Delays from SSC system config. (Feb.8 to mid-April) corruptions on NFS-mounted disks @ new reprocessing equipment MOS1 CCD6 caused some problems (add 10 days) not seen in SAS-based tests fixes were rapidly developed Affected users were informed we decided that in future we will aim, seeking SSC support as needed, to explain any delay after 40 days ODF usually available to PI in XSA within 2 weeks of observation PRODUCT GENERATION (see MGW talk) XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 17 Page 17

  18. UESR SUPPORT & MISSION PLANNING XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 18 Page 18

  19. SCHEDULING Nominal, with 3-4 weeks buffer All requested coordinations done (even late ones not via OTAC) All fixed-time details fulfilled Triggered Observations & fast ToOs need fast & careful reaction instrument performance checked in real time by a USG scientist and reflected in telemetry allocation table (this is beyond the baseline) Long Term Plan for AO4 issued USER SUPPORT & MISSION PLANNING XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 19 Page 19

  20. Two phase Call support to PIs means two epochs of heavy helpdesk load OTAC support very tight schedule but went smoothly, with just over 2 months from Call closure to public release of OTAC decisions (4 weeks OTAC evaluation) Phase 2 distribute proposals in 3 sets by visibility &'criticality‘ Enhancement of proposals 95% of 231 AO4 proposals done check Phase 2 obs. params. vs OTAC approved ones, check coordinates in simbad, instrument set up, bright nearby X-ray objects, specific enhancement requests), flag fixed-time observations, PA constraints or coordination, confirm visibility. Iterate with or notify Pis AO4 scheduling started only 3.5 weeks after Phase 2 closure SUPPORT TO EACH CALL XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 20 Page 20

  21. XMM-Newton News 23 Mar 2005 #48 15 Mar 2005 #47 01 Feb 2005 #46 16 Dec 2004 #45 10 Dec 2004 #44 01 Dec 2004 #43 19 Oct 2004 #42 30 Aug 2004 #41 30 Jul 2004 #40 28 Oct 2004 X-ray Symposium: 1st announcement 14 Apr 2005 X-ray Symposium: 2nd announcement Quarterly Reports 31 Mar 2005 31 Dec 2004 30 Sep 2004 30 Jun 2004 General UHB and other docs.: update for AO-4, underway for AO5 on-line HRPS help + XRPS Manual Periodically updated Calibration Status Documents SAS Manual and other SAS docs. USER SUPPORT - DOCUMENTATION

  22. AVOIDING RADIATION Plans implemented concerning adjusting to seasonal effects fully in AO4 XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 22 Page 22

  23. I STILL NEED THE GOOD PLOT! XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 23 Page 23

  24. XMM orbit intercepts radiation belts in cyclically varying way some seasons early/late parts of science window little affected by radiation other seasons hours of observation lost at both ends of rev. due to radiation Ops. Supp. Team in IOT modelled seasonal radiation To avoid science obs. in high radiation at both ends of the Rev. : nominal science window unchanged (> 46000 km above Earth) science observations manually scheduled following model predictions: start only when model predicts radiation will be low enough, end when model predicts radiation will become high on average, about 10000 sec per revolution discarded Radiation Impacts Mitigation XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 24 Page 24

  25. Obs. still possible in high rad. periods within science window obs. required purely to configure special S/C slew tracks OM calibration observations (no X-ray exposures) cal-closed on request of cal-team (e.g. bad pixel monitoring) Implemented with AO4 observations (April 1st. onwards) visibility tool was updated before Call to include and apply model so PIs had the 'true' visibility information at proposal submission It is avoided to schedule priority A observations & critical targets (e.g. coordinated or fixed-time obs.) at ends of sci. window exemption for targets with bad visibility Radiation Impacts Mitigation XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 25 Page 25

  26. XSA XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 26 Page 26

  27. ACTIVE USERS Number of Active Users XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 27 Page 27

  28. REGISTERED USERS Number of Registered Users XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 28 Page 28

  29. REGISTERED USERS XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 29 Page 29

  30. REQUESTS Still must find out what are the spikes for “other” ?? Number of Requests XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 30 Page 30

  31. REQUESTS Number of Requests XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 31 Page 31

  32. VOLUME Still must find out what are the spikes for “other” ?? Volume in GB XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 32 Page 32

  33. VOLUME Volume in GB XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 33 Page 33

  34. ACCESSES Number of Accesses XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 34 Page 34

  35. QUERIES Number of Queries XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 35 Page 35

  36. Data processing facilities in the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA) XSA v2.7 released November 2004 full suite of data proc. facilities can be triggered from XSA user interface latest public SAS reprocessing of raw telemetry (ODF) for all XMM-Newton cameras through meta-tasks ("emproc", "epproc", "rgsproc", "omichain", "omfchain") ftp retrieval of products filtering of EPIC calibrated and concatenated event lists prior to retrieval interactive extraction of spectra and light curves from sky regions in EPIC exposure images in the XSA FITS viewer tool response matrices generated, & spectral products. users can now monitor download or processing status through "Request Monitor" tool XSA

  37. XSA v2.8 (May-June 2005) First XID products accessible ~70 INT/WFC images with good photometric calibration Queriable on: Coordinates Time Optical filter/telescope/detector Observing quality (seeing, sky brightness) A few issues on the sky level subtraction are the main driver for the exact release date Data quality reports available, combination of: „New“ SOC ODF Qcheck reports „Old“ pre SASv6.5 PPS Delivery Notes (will be updated with reprocessed data) Query on an average backgrpund level during the observation Query on ODF production date Integration of Aladin in the XSA user interface XSA v3.0 (late 2005) Full support of reprocessed data: Source-specific products: Spectra (automatic download of spectral files with all necessary ancillary data) Light curves New imaging products 2XMM Automatic calculation of proprietary right expire dates (currently done manually by the USG) Integration of ds9 in the XSA user interface (?) XSA future

  38. The XSA is consistent with data access and protocols defined in the framework of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance: Simple Image Access Protocol (for EPIC images) Simple Spectra Access Protocol (for RGS spectra) The XSA is therefore potentially already a „Virtual Observatory“ machine XMM-Newton data can be accessed through the Virtual Observatory prototype XMM-Newton data were used for the 2nd AVO demo at ESO (January 2004) Future (long-term) goals: EPIC spectra shall be compatible with the SSAP as well Need for EPIC spectra to be expressed in physical units Database of RGS detected lines compatible for Data Line Access Protocol XSA and the Virtual Observatory XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 38 Page 38

  39. END XMM-Newton Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department 39 Page 39

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