1. 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

2. 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

3. XMM-Newton 3 Norbert Schartel Status Of Observing Program Statistics up to REV 995 (18.5.2005) –Guaranteed Time Program finished –Open Time Program A1finished –Open Time Program A2 Number of allocated targets (A and B): 412 Allocated cumulative exposure time: 12801.3 ks Number of successfully observed targets: 411 (99.8%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time: 12793.0 ks (99.9%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (c): 1343.8 ks (12.7%) –Open Time Program A3 Number of allocated targets (A and B): 613 Allocated cumulative exposure time: 19915.3 ks Number of successfully observed targets: 592 (96.6%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time: 19153.2 ks (96.2%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (c): 1210.9 ks ( 9.3%) –Open Time Program A4 Number of allocated targets (A and B): 462 Allocated cumulative exposure time: 14695.6 ks Number of successfully observed targets: 32 (6.9%) Successfully observed cumulative exposure time: 1399.3 ks (9.5%) Allocated cumulative exposure time (c): 4447.9 ks

4. 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)

5. 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: 30554 Sciortino /A Very Deep XMM-Newton Study of the rho Oph Star Forming Region 30043 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 1048.1-5937 D-0770 Clarkson / Cir X-1

6. 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 (17.36-18.22) 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

7. XMM-Newton 7 Norbert Schartel Large Programs Distribution with respect to visibility –statistics up to REV 972 (1.4.2005) Open Time Program A3 – Number of outstanding targets: 42 (6.9%) – Cumulative exposure time of outstanding targets: 1581.6 ksec (8.0%)

8. XMM-Newton 8 Norbert Schartel Large Programs

9. 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 2006 6 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

10. XMM-Newton 10 Norbert Schartel TOO/DDT Observations

11. XMM-Newton 11 Norbert Schartel TOO / (Swift) GRBs burst flux peak OT / z comments [cnts] [cnts/sec] 050505 7633 228o z=4.3 050504 Integral (R>21.0, bright source in FOV) 050502B 6598 500 (R>21.8) 050502 Integral o z=3.79 050422 no BAT position (gal. lat = 2.58deg) 050421 22529 379 R<22.0. 050418 6973 533 (34 deg from the Sun) 050416B 4483 134 (16.81 deg from Moon?) 050416 2897 165 o 050412 9336 329 dark (R <~22) 050410 73810 1406 (R_c <~20.5) 050408 no Swift burst o z= 1.24 050406 9686 297 o (no opt. follow-up) 050401 6309 170 o z=2.90 050326 9418 18395 XMM=5800 cts[10h] (7 hours delay, 20.3) 050319 5336 263 o z=3.24 050318 3359 205 o z=1.44 050315 6165 260 o z=1.95 050306 44610 665 o (V<21.2) 050223 37391 726 XMM=1200cts[10h] (R<21.2) 050219B 9044 409 o 050219 4874 193 050215B 9702 300 o 050215 35979 694 050202 1014 89 N = 25 N(o)=12 / N(z) =7 (first short burst on 9.9.2005)

12. XMM-Newton 12 Norbert Schartel TOO/DDT Rejected

13. XMM-Newton 13 Norbert Schartel TOO/DDT Rejected II 13/05/2005 H. Boehringer XMMU J2235.3-2557 06/05/2005 J. OsborneGRB 050502b and GRB 050505 27/04/2005S. DeluitNGC 2992 21/02/2005 J. M. MillerGRO J1655-40 25/01/2005 K. Dennerl Mars 01/11/2004 K. Dennerl Comet C/Machholz (2004 Q2) 11/08/2004 S. MolendiPerseus

14. 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 : – http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/external/xmm_news/latest_news.shtml In 2005 changes in public relations structure of ESA

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

16. 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?

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