XMM 1Norbert Schartel Report From The Project Scientist Presentation for the XMM-Newton Users Group Meeting VI 19 th / 20 th May 2005 Norbert Schartel

XMM-Newton 2 Norbert Schartel Contents Items –Status of observing program –Questions from UG members to AO4: Time allocation (OTAC) and scheduling XMM-Newton/VLT joint program (action from last UG meeting) Large programs –Status of AO5 preparations (OTAC) –Report on TOO/DDT observations Observed Swift GRB rejected –Public Relations –Publications –The X-ray Universe 2005 Mission Extension

XMM-Newton 3 Norbert Schartel Status Of Observing Program Statistics up to REV 995 ( ) –Guaranteed Time Program finished –Open Time Program A1finished –Open Time Program A2 Number of allocated targets (A and B): 412 Allocated cumulative exposure time: ks Number of successfully observed targets: 411 (99.8%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time: ks (99.9%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (c): ks (12.7%) –Open Time Program A3 Number of allocated targets (A and B): 613 Allocated cumulative exposure time: ks Number of successfully observed targets: 592 (96.6%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time: ks (96.2%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (c): ks ( 9.3%) –Open Time Program A4 Number of allocated targets (A and B): 462 Allocated cumulative exposure time: ks Number of successfully observed targets: 32 (6.9%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time: ks (9.5%) Allocated cumulative exposure time (c): ks

XMM-Newton 4 Norbert Schartel AO4 Time Allocation I OTAC tool (support for rating of proposals and rating in meeting) –Successful and in general positive response 4 panels had problems, but –3 of them the tool was not correctly used, i.e. the panel chairperson could finally use the tool (after meeting) –1 of them one panel might has suffered connection problems 1 panel chairperson was not using the tool Majority of (rejected) proposals got comments: –12 scientists expressed their unhappiness with the decision or the comments –Complaint: 5 pages for large programs and 4 pages for normal programs gives large programs an advantage (which becomes important if only a fraction of the time/targets from the large program is approved)

XMM-Newton 5 Norbert Schartel Joint XMM-Newton/VLT Joint-Newton/VLT(I) programs –Simple exchange of up to 290 ks observing time –Both sides used about 33% of the available time on the other facility XMM-Newton allocated 97 ks at VLT ESO allocated 100 ks at XMM-Newton –Small number statistics: Too early to make a real evaluation PS recommended to continue with the joint program in AO5 without changes –Accepted programs from XMM-Newton OTAC: Sciortino /A Very Deep XMM-Newton Study of the rho Oph Star Forming Region Ranalli / Gaseous abundances in NGC3256 –Accepted programs from VLT TAC: D-0349 Schwope / Multiwavelength mapping of eclipsing polars with ULTRACAM and XMM-Newton C-0493 Dhillon / A search for optical pulsations in the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars 1E D-0770 Clarkson / Cir X-1

XMM-Newton 6 Norbert Schartel AO4 Time Allocation II Large programs vs. “normal” programs –Not completely independent: each panel can allocate time for a large program in the “normal” budget Over-subscription per scientific category (without time for large programs): –Time available per panel is proportional to requested time 18.0% of requested time could be allocated in A or B ( ) differences are due to rounding to the next 50 ks (-18 ks, +28 ks) Over-subscription of large programs: –Large programs / all programs: 19.1% –Large programs / all programs without triggered: 17.5% –Available for large programs: 15.0% of A/B time

XMM-Newton 7 Norbert Schartel Large Programs Distribution with respect to visibility –statistics up to REV 972 ( ) Open Time Program A3 – Number of outstanding targets: 42 (6.9%) – Cumulative exposure time of outstanding targets: ksec (8.0%)

XMM-Newton 8 Norbert Schartel Large Programs

XMM-Newton 9 Norbert Schartel Status Of AO-5 Preparations New OTAC chairperson: Brian McBreen (University College Dublin) Planned key milestones (public since 23 rd of March, XMM-Newton News 48, on our web-pages): –Announcement: 5 September 2005 –Due date for proposals: 14 October 2005 (12:00 UT) –final approved program: early January 2006 –Phase 2 submission: 23 January - 17 February 2006 –Start of observations: May Scientific categories / 13 Panels in total / 66 scientists –Panels: A:2, B: 2, C: 2, D: 2, E: 3, F 2 panels OTAC chairpersons are nominated / letters of D/SCI in work Panel member search underway

XMM-Newton 10 Norbert Schartel TOO/DDT Observations

XMM-Newton 11 Norbert Schartel TOO / (Swift) GRBs burst flux peak OT / z comments [cnts] [cnts/sec] o z= Integral (R>21.0, bright source in FOV) B (R>21.8) Integral o z= no BAT position (gal. lat = 2.58deg) R< (34 deg from the Sun) B (16.81 deg from Moon?) o dark (R <~22) (R_c <~20.5) no Swift burst o z= o (no opt. follow-up) o z= XMM=5800 cts[10h] (7 hours delay, 20.3) o z= o z= o z= o (V<21.2) XMM=1200cts[10h] (R<21.2) B o B o N = 25 N(o)=12 / N(z) =7 (first short burst on )

XMM-Newton 12 Norbert Schartel TOO/DDT Rejected

XMM-Newton 13 Norbert Schartel TOO/DDT Rejected II 13/05/2005 H. Boehringer XMMU J /05/2005 J. OsborneGRB b and GRB /04/2005S. DeluitNGC /02/2005 J. M. MillerGRO J /01/2005 K. Dennerl Mars 01/11/2004 K. Dennerl Comet C/Machholz (2004 Q2) 11/08/2004 S. MolendiPerseus

XMM-Newton 14 Norbert Schartel Public Relations / ESA Science News 2004 (1 st January – 31 st of December): 9 (+ 10 internal) 2005 (1 st January – 11 th of May): 6 (+ 2 internal) All are collected at : – In 2005 changes in public relations structure of ESA

XMM-Newton 15 Norbert Schartel Publications 2004: 306 publications in refereed journals based on XMM-Newton observations

XMM-Newton 16 Norbert Schartel The X-ray Universe 2005 Announcements: –28 Oct 2004: 1st –14 Apr 2005: 2nd There are several other X-ray conferences (Dublin, Amsterdam, Cambridge, partly overlap with Munich) Registration + abstract submission ongoing: deadline end of May Poster printed and sent Invited talks: –SOC agreed on about 50% –Mike Watson and I are inviting the identified scientists Written proceedings?

XMM-Newton 17 Norbert Schartel Mission Extension Required: –highlight talk for AWG –written scientific case Support of UG Members required