1 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 1 XMM-Newton Ops. AGENDA Operations status and Matters arisingL. Metcalfe G. Buenadicha EPIC instrument health/monitoringM. Smith Future instrument operations at ESAL. Metcalfe DISCUSSION with Coffee: Operations interface between ESA and the PI teams

2 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 2 XMM-Newton Meeting/action Status SubjectActioneeDue EPIC TTD-0014/3 Open Explain increases in pn offset variance in the 840M. Smith to 870 plus revolution range EPIC TTD-0014/9 Open Make MOS2 CCD5 effect public M.Stuhlinger EPIC TTD-0015/3 Open Subsequently to evaluate and decide which of the A.Abbey items resulting from action 15/2 can be delivered EPIC TTD-0016/1 Open Investigate the possibility of MOS Small Window A. Abbey, mode in peripheral CCDs M.Casale ACTIONS

3 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 3 XMM-Newton SCIENCE OPERATIONS STATUS for EPIC TTD MEETING PALERMO April 2007 L. Metcalfe SCI-SDX XMM-Newton Science Support Manager

4 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 4 XMM-Newton CONTENTS Significant meetings and dates Operations: Status & Modes General Calibration Points Data Processing - SSC Miscellaneous

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6 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 6 XMM-Newton OM Cal.& TTD MSSL Next 17Apr.2007 Intnl. Working Group on cross-calibration and the 08-11May2007 definition of X-ray standards no.II. (IACHEC) MEOR Review Team presentations at ESTEC 09-10May 2007 MEOR Review Board meets at ESTEC22 May2007 Users Group meeting #8 (UG#8) Dry Run#1 Thursday 24May2007 UG#8 Dry Run#2 Thursday31May2007 ESAC Science Workshop 2007 (3 days from...) 04-06June2007 XMM-Newton Users Group meeting # June2007 SAS Workshop June2007 "X-rays from nearby ESAC (Faculty) Sep.2007 EPIC Consortium Leicester 11-13Sep.2007 EPIC Cal./Ops. Mallorca29-30Oct.2007 Calibration: Background Working Group (BGWG) 31 Oct.2007 ESAC Faculty Wk. Shop on Hot Stars~Oct.2007 SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS

7 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 7 XMM-Newton SIGNIFICANT DATES I Proceedings of 2006 Conference (“ Variable and Broad Iron Lines around Black Holes ”) distributed as Astronomische Nachrichten/Astronomical News Volume 327, Issue 10, Pages (December 2006) SAS SAS 7.1 to be released mid-July (linked to reprocessing and 2XMM)

8 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 8 XMM-Newton SIGNIFICANT DATES II AO6 Call Closeed XRPS09 Feb.2007 Begin AO6 observations May2007 AO7 Call Announcement of Opportunity 28 Aug.2007 Due date for proposals 12:00UT 05 Oct.2007 Final OTAC approved programme late Dec.2007 For approved proposals only:==> Start of phase II proposal submission 14 Jan Closure of phase II proposal submission 09 Feb.2008 Start of AO-7 observations May2008 Page 8

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10 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 10 XMM-Newton STATUS and MODES  All instruments essentially stable  Slow Slew Mode implementation for general users in analysis  Slewing / re-pointing ‘mode’ for RGS implementation for general users in analysis.

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20 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 20 XMM-Newton CCF RELEASE NOTES IN PERIOD XMM-CCF-REL-222 Update of EPIC MOS2 gain epoch revs Oct-2006 XMM-CCF-REL-221 Update of EPIC MOS2 CTI epoch revs Oct-2006 XMM-CCF-REL-201 EPIC pn Frame Times and Clock Sequences02-Nov-2006 XMM-CCF-REL-224New MOS CTI CCFs public15-Mar-2007 XMM-CCF-REL-225Update of EPIC MOS Gain15-Mar-2007 XMM-CCF-REL-226RGS Bad Pixels22-Mar-2007 XMM-CCF-REL-205 PN telescope effective area modification at high E 07-Apr-2007

21 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 21 XMM-Newton NRCOs & EORs NRCOs 64 Investigation of EPIC soft flux discrepancies MK Approved OM photometric calibration AT RGS-Procyon: The RGS wavelength scale APo and line-spread function 67 MOS redistribution off axis and QE check MK MOS redistribution off-axis and QE check-2 MK Calibration of pn temperature effects MK EORs 01 MOS 3x3 mode QE and pattern Uncom. MK Cal. Of RGS single-node readout Uncom. APo

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23 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 23 XMM-Newton Turn-around time between data acquisition and GO (PIPE) delivery as of 31-December-2006

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