Physics – Space Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2006
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13th Young Scientists' Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25-29, 2006, Eds.: Golovin, A.; I
Physics
Space Physics
Scientific paper
The following article summarises a talk given at the 13th Young Scientists' Conference 2006 at Kiev. The idea of this talk was to give a young pre-graduate audience an overview of the ESA XMM-Newton observatory. After launch from Kourou, French Guiana on 10 December 1999, the European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite XMM-Newton is the most powerful X-ray telescope ever placed in orbit. The mission is solving many cosmic mysteries of the hot X-ray universe observing objects like neutron stars, black holes or active galaxies. European teams are carrying out the calibration of the XMM-Newton instruments. The coordination of the instrument calibration is done at the XMM-SOC by the XMM-Newton calibration scientists, by participating in the calibration efforts and transferring all important calibration information into Current Calibration Files (CCF) and/or software products. I give an introduction to X-ray detectors especially focusing on the imaging XMM-Newton EPIC cameras. After that I explain the principle of X-ray data analysis showing some of the major discoveries of XMMNewton. The talk will also incorporate a view of the calibration principles and software that provide the astronomer with a flexible and comfortable system to analyse first class scientific data. As an additional point I will present the current trainee project for pre- and post-graduate students at the XMM-Newton science operations centre.
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