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XMM-Newton observatory*: I. The spacecraft and operations. Commentary
Fred A. Jansen,David H. Lumb,Bruno Altieri,J. Clavel,Matthias Ehle,Christian Erd,C. Gabriel,Matteo Guainazzi,Philippe Gondoin,R. Much,R. Munoz,M. Santos,N. Schartel,D. Texier,Giuseppe Vacanti,Lothar Strüder,Ulrich G. Briel,Konrad Dennerl,Martin J. L. Turner,A. F. Abbey,Monique Arnaud,Manuel Güdel +21 more
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The XMM-Newton Observatory is a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency's Horizon 2000 programme, and is the largest scientific satellite it has launched to date as mentioned in this paper, which has been enabled by the unprecedentedly large effective area of the three mirror modules, which are briefly described.Abstract:
The XMM-Newton Observatory is a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency's Horizon 2000 programme, and is the largest scientific satellite it has launched to date. This paper summarises the principal characteristics of the Observatory which are pertinent to scientific operations. The scientific results appearing in this issue have been enabled by the unprecedentedly large effective area of the three mirror modules, which are briefly described. The in-orbit performance and preliminary calibrations of the observatory are briefly summarised. The observations from the XMM-Newton calibration and performance verification phase, which are public and from which most papers in this issue have been derived, are listed. The flow of data from the spacecraft, through the ground segment, to the production of preliminary science products supplied to users is also discussed.read more
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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 Reflection Grating Spectrometer on board XMM-Newton
J. W. den Herder,A. C. Brinkman,Steven M. Kahn,Graziella Branduardi-Raymont,Knud Thomsen,H. Aarts,Marc Audard,Jay V. Bixler,A. J. F. den Boggende,Jean Cottam,T. Decker,L. Dubbeldam,Christian Erd,H. Goulooze,Manuel Güdel,P. Guttridge,Charles J. Hailey,K. Al Janabi,Jelle Kaastra,P. A. J. de Korte,B. J. van Leeuwen,Christopher W. Mauche,A. J. McCalden,R. Mewe,A. Naber,F. B. S. Paerels,John R. Peterson,A. P. Rasmussen,K. Rees,I. Sakelliou,Masao Sako,J. Spodek,Marcela Stern,Takayuki Tamura,J. Tandy,C. de Vries,S. Welch,Alex Zehnder +37 more
TL;DR: The Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) as discussed by the authors was designed for the detection of the K-shell transitions of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, neon, magnesium, and silicon.
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The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku
Kazuhisa Mitsuda,Mark W. Bautz,Hajime Inoue,Richard L. Kelley,Katsuji Koyama,Hideyo Kunieda,Kazuo Makishima,Yoshiaki Ogawara,Robert Petre,Tadayuk Takahashi,Hiroshi Tsunemi,Nicholas E. White,Naohisa Anabuki,Lorella Angelini,Keith A. Arnaud,Hisamitsu Awaki,Aya Bamba,Kevin R. Boyce,Gregory V. Brown,Kai Wing Chan,Jean Cottam,Tadayasu Dotani,John P. Doty,Ken Ebisawa,Yuichiro Ezoe,Andrew C. Fabian,Enectali Figueroa,Ryuichi Fujimoto,Yasushi Fukazawa,Tae Furusho,Akihiro Furuzawa,Keith C. Gendreau,Richard E. Griffiths,Yoshito Haba,Kenji Hamaguchi,Ilana M. Harrus,Günther Hasinger,Isamu Hatsukade,Kiyoshi Hayashida,Patrick Henry,Junko S. Hiraga,Stephen S. Holt,Ann Hornschemeier,John P. Hughes,Una Hwang,Manabu Ishida,Yoshitaka Ishisaki,Naoki Isobe,Masayuki Itoh,Naoko Iyomoto,Steven M. Kahn,Tuneyoshi Kamae,Hideaki Katagiri,Jun Kataoka,Haruyoshi Katayama,Nobuyuki Kawai,Caroline Kllbourne,Kenzo Kinugasa,Steve Klssel,Shunji Kitamoto,Mitsuhiro Kohama,Takayoshi Kohmura,Motohide Kokubun,Taro Kotani,J. Kotoku,Aya Kubota,Greg Madejski,Yoshitomo Maeda,Fumiyoshi Makino,Alex Markowitz,Chiho Matsumoto,Hironori Matsumoto,Masaru Matsuoka,Kyoko Matsushita,Dan McCammon,Tatehiko Mihara,Kazutami Misakl,Emi Miyata,Tsunefumi Mizuno,Koji Mori,Hideyuki Mori,Mikio Morii,Harvey Moseley,Koji Mukai,Hiroshi Murakami,Toshio Murakami,Richard Mushotzky,Fumiaki Nagase,M. Namiki,Hitoshi Negoro,Kazuhiro Nakazawa,John A. Nousek,Takashi Okajima,Yasushi Ogasaka,Takaya Ohashi,T. Oshima,Naomi Ota,Masanobu Ozaki,H. Ozawa,Arvind Parmar,W. D. Pence,F. Scott Porter,James Reeves,George R. Ricker,Ikuya Sakurai,Wilton T. Sanders,Atsushi Senda,Peter J. Serlemitsos,Ryo Shibata,Yang Soong,Randall K. Smith,Motoko Suzuki,Andrew Szymkowiak,Hiromitsu Takahashi,Toru Tamagawa,Keisuke Tamura,Takayuki Tamura,Yasuo Tanaka,Makoto Tashiro,Yuzuru Tawara,Yukikatsu Terada,Yuichi Terashima,Hiroshi Tomida,Ken'ichi Torii,Yohko Tsuboi,Masahiro Tsujimoto,Takeshi Go Tsuru,Martin J. L. Turner,Yoshihiro Ueda,Shiro Ueno,M. Ueno,Shin'ichiro Uno,Yuji Urata,Shin Watanabe,Norimasa Yamamoto,Kazutaka Yamaoka,Noriko Y. Yamasaki,Koujun Yamashita,Makoto Yamauchi,Shigeo Yamauchi,Tahir Yaqoob,Daisuke Yonetoku,Atsumasa Yoshida +142 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the spacecraft, in-orbit performance, operations, and data processing that are related to observations of the Suzaku X-ray observatory, including high-sensitivity wide-band Xray spectroscopy.
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The Chandra Deep Field North Survey. XIII. 2 Ms Point-Source Catalogs
David M. Alexander,Franz E. Bauer,W. N. Brandt,Donald P. Schneider,Ann Hornschemeier,Cristian Vignali,Amy J. Barger,Amy J. Barger,Patrick S. Broos,Lennox L. Cowie,Gordon P. Garmire,Leisa K. Townsley,Mark W. Bautz,George Chartas,Wallace L. W. Sargent +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented point-source catalogs for the 2Ms exposure of the Chandra Deep Field North, currently the deepest X-ray observation of the universe in the 0.5?8.0 keV band.
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The XMM-Newton optical/UV monitor telescope
K. O. Mason,A. A. Breeveld,R. Much,M. Carter,F. A. Cordova,Mark Cropper,John L. A. Fordham,H. Huckle,Cheng Ho,H. Kawakami,J. A. Kennea,T. Kennedy,J. P. D. Mittaz,Dirk Pandel,William C. Priedhorsky,T. Sasseen,R. Shirey,Philip J. Smith,Jean-Marie Vreux +18 more
TL;DR: The XMM-OM instrument as mentioned in this paper extends the spec- tral coverage of the XMMNewton observatory into the ultra-fine and optical range, and provides imaging and time- resolved data on targets simultaneously with observations in the EPIC and RGS.