SAS Threads
Common Threads
| Starting the SAS | ||
| - SAS start-up | command line | |
| All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products | ||
| - Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor | command line | |
| Guidelines for scientific analysis | ||
| - Spectral analysis with XSPEC | command line | |
| - Timing analysis with XRONOS | command line | |
EPIC related Threads
| All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products | ||
| - Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor | command line | |
| Step-by-Step | ||
| Event list generation: | ||
| - How to reprocess ODFs to generate calibrated and concatenated EPIC event lists | command line | |
| Filtering against high background: | ||
| - How to filter EPIC event lists for flaring particle background | command line & GUI version | |
| Light curve generation: | ||
| - Extraction of a light curve for a point-like source (EPIC and RGS) | command line | GUI version |
| Spectrum extraction: | ||
| - Extraction of MOS spectra from point-like sources | command line | GUI version |
| - Extraction of MOS spectra from point-like sources taken in timing mode | command line | |
| - Extraction of pn spectra from point-like sources | command line | GUI version |
| - Extraction of pn spectra from point-like sources taken in timing mode | command line | |
| - Extraction of spectra in a few clicks: especget | GUI version | |
| - Combining the spectra of the 3 EPIC cameras | command line | |
| - Overlapping EPIC data treatment: multixmmselect | GUI version | |
| - Analysing EPIC spectra from multi-pointing mode data | command line | |
| Point Spread Function (PSF) generation: | ||
| - 2-D PSF à la carte | command line | |
| More complex analysis for bright sources | ||
| - Dealing with EPIC Out-of-Time (OoT) events | command line | |
| - How to evaluate and test pile-up in an EPIC source | command line | |
| Handling of EPIC background | ||
| - How to use EPIC instrumental background files | command line | |
| ESAS: | ||
| - Creation of EPIC background subtracted, exposure corrected images | command line | |
| - Creation of EPIC merged background subtracted and exposure corrected images | command line | |
| - Creation of EPIC spectral analysis files for a cluster radial profile | command line | |
| Images: | ||
| - A shell script to create attractive EPIC-pn & MOS combined images | dedicated Web page | |
| - How to Generate Vignetting-corrected Background-subtracted EPIC Images | command line | |
| Source detection | ||
| - EPIC source finding thread in one go: edetect_chain | command line | |
| - EPIC source finding thread: step-by-step | command line | |
| - EPIC source finding in overlapping exposures | command line | |
| Slew data processing | ||
| - How to process EPIC slew data | command line | |
RGS related Threads
| All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products | ||
| - Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor | command line | |
| Step-by-Step | ||
| - How to reduce RGS data and extract spectra of point-like sources | command line | |
| - rgsproc, coordinates and masks | command line | |
| Light curve generation: | ||
| - Extraction of a light curve for a point-like source (EPIC and RGS) | command line | GUI version |
| More complex analysis for the very bright sources | ||
| - Pile-up in the RGS: how to prevent it, evaluate its existence and make corrections | command line | |
OM related Threads
| All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products | ||
| - Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor | command line | |
| Step-by-Step | ||
| - OM image mode data processing chain | processing chain | command line |
| - OM fast mode data processing chain | processing chain | command line |
| - OM Grism processing chain | processing chain | command line |
| - Interactive OM photometry | command line | |
| - Converting OM data to OGIP II format (use in xspec) | command line | |