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Elmar Pfeffermann
Researcher at Max Planck Society
Publications - 87
Citations - 5127
Elmar Pfeffermann is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: ROSAT & Telescope. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 86 publications receiving 4525 citations.
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The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The pn-CCD camera
Lothar Strüder,Ulrich G. Briel,Konrad Dennerl,Raimo Hartmann,Eckhard Kendziorra,Norbert Meidinger,Elmar Pfeffermann,Claus Reppin,Bernd Aschenbach,W. Bornemann,Heinrich Bräuninger,Wolfgang Burkert,M. Elender,Michael Freyberg,Frank Haberl,Gisela Hartner,F. Heuschmann,H. Hippmann,E. Kastelic,S. Kemmer,G. Kettenring,W. Kink,N. Krause,Sebastien Muller,Andreas Oppitz,Wolfgang Pietsch,Martin Popp,Peter Predehl,A. M. Read,K. H. Stephan,D. Stötter,Joachim Trümper,P. Holl,J. Kemmer,Heike Soltau,R. Stötter,Ulrich Weber,U. Weichert,C. von Zanthier,D. Carathanassis,Gerhard Lutz,Robert Richter,P. Solc,H. Böttcher,Markus Kuster,Rüdiger Staubert,A. F. Abbey,Andrew D. Holland,Martin J. L. Turner,M. Balasini,Giovanni F. Bignami,N. La Palombara,Gabriele E. Villa,W. Buttler,F. Gianini,R. Lainé,David H. Lumb,P. Dhez +57 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) consortium has provided the focal plane instruments for the three X-ray mirror systems on XMM-Newton, including two cameras with a reflecting grating spectrometer in the optical path equipped with MOS type CCDs as focal plane detectors.
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The eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG
Peter Predehl,Robert Andritschke,V. Arefiev,V. Babyshkin,O. Batanov,Werner Becker,Hans Böhringer,A. V. Bogomolov,Th. Boller,Katharina Borm,Katharina Borm,W. Bornemann,Heinrich Bräuninger,Marcus Brüggen,Hermann Brunner,Marcella Brusa,Marcella Brusa,Esra Bulbul,M. Buntov,Vadim Burwitz,Wolfgang Burkert,N. Clerc,E. Churazov,D. Coutinho,Thomas Dauser,Konrad Dennerl,Victor Doroshenko,Josef Eder,Valentin Emberger,Tanja Eraerds,Alexis Finoguenov,Michael Freyberg,Peter Friedrich,S. Friedrich,Maria Fürmetz,Antonis Georgakakis,Marat Gilfanov,S. Granato,Christoph Grossberger,A. Gueguen,P. Gureev,Frank Haberl,O. Hälker,Gisela Hartner,Guenther Hasinger,H. Huber,Long Ji,Andreas von Kienlin,W. Kink,F. Korotkov,Ingo Kreykenbohm,Georg Lamer,I. Lomakin,I. Lapshov,Tie Liu,Chandreyee Maitra,Norbert Meidinger,B. Menz,Andrea Merloni,T. Mernik,Benjamin Mican,Joseph J. Mohr,Sebastian Müller,Kirpal Nandra,V. Nazarov,Florian Pacaud,M. N. Pavlinsky,Emanuele Perinati,Elmar Pfeffermann,Daniel Pietschner,Miriam E. Ramos-Ceja,Arne Rau,Jonas Reiffers,Thomas H. Reiprich,Jan Robrade,Mara Salvato,Jeremy S. Sanders,Andrea Santangelo,Manami Sasaki,H. Scheuerle,Christian Schmid,Jürgen H. M. M. Schmitt,Axel Schwope,A. Shirshakov,Matthias Steinmetz,Ian M. Stewart,Lothar Strüder,Rashid Sunyaev,C. Tenzer,Lars Tiedemann,Joachim Trümper,V. Voron,P. Weber,Joern Wilms,Valeri Yaroshenko +94 more
Abstract: eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) is the primary instrument on the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission, which was successfully launched on July 13, 2019, from the Baikonour cosmodrome. After the commissioning of the instrument and a subsequent calibration and performance verification phase, eROSITA started a survey of the entire sky on December 13, 2019. By the end of 2023, eight complete scans of the celestial sphere will have been performed, each lasting six months. At the end of this program, the eROSITA all-sky survey in the soft X-ray band (0.2–2.3 keV) will be about 25 times more sensitive than the ROSAT All-Sky Survey, while in the hard band (2.3–8 keV) it will provide the first ever true imaging survey of the sky. The eROSITA design driving science is the detection of large samples of galaxy clusters up to redshifts z > 1 in order to study the large-scale structure of the universe and test cosmological models including Dark Energy. In addition, eROSITA is expected to yield a sample of a few million AGNs, including obscured objects, revolutionizing our view of the evolution of supermassive black holes. The survey will also provide new insights into a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, including X-ray binaries, active stars, and diffuse emission within the Galaxy. Results from early observations, some of which are presented here, confirm that the performance of the instrument is able to fulfil its scientific promise. With this paper, we aim to give a concise description of the instrument, its performance as measured on ground, its operation in space, and also the first results from in-orbit measurements.
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The ROSAT all-sky survey bright source catalogue
Wolfgang Voges,Bernd Aschenbach,Th. Boller,Heinrich Bräuninger,Ulrich G. Briel,Wolfgang Burkert,Konrad Dennerl,Jakob Englhauser,R. Gruber,Frank Haberl,Gisela Hartner,Guenther Hasinger,Martin Kürster,Elmar Pfeffermann,Wolfgang Pietsch,Peter Predehl,C. Rosso,J. H. M. M. Schmitt,Joachim Trümper,H. U. Zimmermann +19 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an automatic and visual screening procedure was applied to 1378 survey fields to ensure the quality of the source catalogue derived from the SASS processing, and most (94%) of the 18,811 sources were confirmed by this screening process.
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ROSAT X-ray observations of nova V1974 Cygni: The rise and fall of the brightest supersoft X-ray source
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The eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG.
Peter Predehl,Robert Andritschke,V. Arefiev,V. Babyshkin,O. Batanov,Werner Becker,Hans Böhringer,A. V. Bogomolov,Th. Boller,Katharina Borm,Katharina Borm,W. Bornemann,Heinrich Bräuninger,Marcus Brüggen,Hermann Brunner,Marcella Brusa,Marcella Brusa,Esra Bulbul,M. Buntov,Vadim Burwitz,Wolfgang Burkert,N. Clerc,E. Churazov,D. Coutinho,Thomas Dauser,Konrad Dennerl,Victor Doroshenko,Josef Eder,Valentin Emberger,Tanja Eraerds,Alexis Finoguenov,Michael Freyberg,Peter Friedrich,S. Friedrich,Maria Fürmetz,Antonis Georgakakis,Marat Gilfanov,S. Granato,Christoph Grossberger,A. Gueguen,P. Gureev,Frank Haberl,O. Hälker,Gisela Hartner,Guenther Hasinger,H. Huber,Long Ji,Andreas von Kienlin,W. Kink,F. Korotkov,Ingo Kreykenbohm,Georg Lamer,I. Lomakin,I. Lapshov,Tie Liu,Chandreyee Maitra,Norbert Meidinger,B. Menz,Andrea Merloni,T. Mernik,Benjamin Mican,Joseph J. Mohr,Sebastian Müller,Kirpal Nandra,V. Nazarov,Florian Pacaud,M. N. Pavlinsky,Emanuele Perinati,Elmar Pfeffermann,Daniel Pietschner,Miriam E. Ramos-Ceja,Arne Rau,Jonas Reiffers,Thomas H. Reiprich,Jan Robrade,Mara Salvato,Jeremy S. Sanders,Andrea Santangelo,Manami Sasaki,H. Scheuerle,Christian Schmid,Jürgen H. M. M. Schmitt,Axel Schwope,A. Shirshakov,Matthias Steinmetz,Ian M. Stewart,Lothar Strüder,Rashid Sunyaev,C. Tenzer,Lars Tiedemann,Joachim Trümper,V. Voron,P. Weber,Joern Wilms,Valeri Yaroshenko +94 more
TL;DR: eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) is the primary instrument on the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission, which was successfully launched on July 13, 2019, from the Baikonour cosmodrome.