1. 1 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 1 XMM-Newton Ops. AGENDA 14.00 - 14.50 Operations status and Matters arisingL. Metcalfe G. Buenadicha 14.50 - 15.20 EPIC instrument health/monitoringM. Smith 15.20 - 15.45 Future instrument operations at ESAL. Metcalfe 15.45 - 17.30 DISCUSSION with Coffee: Operations interface between ESA and the PI teams

2. 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. Smith2005-03-03 to 870 plus revolution range EPIC TTD-0014/9 Open Make MOS2 CCD5 effect public M.Stuhlinger 2005-03-03 EPIC TTD-0015/3 Open Subsequently to evaluate and decide which of the A.Abbey 2005-11-03 items resulting from action 15/2 can be delivered EPIC TTD-0016/1 Open Investigate the possibility of MOS Small Window A. Abbey, 2006-05-29 mode in peripheral CCDs M.Casale ACTIONS

3. 3 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 3 XMM-Newton SCIENCE OPERATIONS STATUS for EPIC TTD MEETING PALERMO 11-13 April 2007 L. Metcalfe SCI-SDX XMM-Newton Science Support Manager

4. 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

5. 5 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 5 XMM-Newton SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS & DATES

6. 6 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 6 XMM-Newton OM Cal.& TTD meeting @ 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 #8 07-08 June2007 SAS Workshop 2007 19-22June2007 "X-rays from nearby galaxies" @ ESAC (Faculty) 05-07 Sep.2007 EPIC Consortium Meeting @ Leicester 11-13Sep.2007 EPIC Cal./Ops. Meeting @ Mallorca29-30Oct.2007 Calibration: Background Working Group (BGWG) 31 Oct.2007 ESAC Faculty Wk. Shop on Hot Stars~Oct.2007 SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS

7. 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 941-1100 (December 2006) SAS SAS 7.1 to be released mid-July (linked to reprocessing and 2XMM)

8. 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. 2008 Closure of phase II proposal submission 09 Feb.2008 Start of AO-7 observations May2008 Page 8

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10. 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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19. 19 Science Operations & Data Systems Division Research & Scientific Support Department Page 19 XMM-Newton GENERAL CALIBRATION POINTS

20. 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. 446-533 31-Oct-2006 XMM-CCF-REL-221 Update of EPIC MOS2 CTI epoch revs. 446-53331-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. 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 2006-11-14 65 Approved OM photometric calibration AT2006-12-04 66 RGS-Procyon: The RGS wavelength scale APo 2007-01-11 and line-spread function 67 MOS redistribution off axis and QE check MK2007-01-18 68 MOS redistribution off-axis and QE check-2 MK2007-01-31 69Calibration of pn temperature effects MK2007-02-08 EORs 01 MOS 3x3 mode QE and pattern Uncom. MK 2007-02-28 02Cal. Of RGS single-node readout Uncom. APo2007-02-28

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23. 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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