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The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The pn-CCD camera
Bignami, G. F.; Pietsch, W.; Haberl, F. +55 more
The European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) consortium has provided the focal plane instruments for the three X-ray mirror systems on XMM-Newton. Two cameras with a reflecting grating spectrometer in the optical path are equipped with MOS type CCDs as focal plane detectors (Turner \cite{mturner}), the telescope with the full photon flux operates the…
The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS cameras
Bignami, G. F.; Tiengo, A.; Arnaud, M. +60 more
The EPIC focal plane imaging spectrometers on XMM-Newton use CCDs to record the images and spectra of celestial X-ray sources focused by the three X-ray mirrors. There is one camera at the focus of each mirror; two of the cameras contain seven MOS CCDs, while the third uses twelve PN CCDs, defining a circular field of view of 30' diamet…
XMM-Newton observatory. I. The spacecraft and operations
Altieri, B.; Vacanti, G.; Gondoin, P. +12 more
The XMM-Newton Observatory is a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency's Horizon 2000 programme, and is the largest scientific satellite it has launched to date. This paper summarises the principal characteristics of the Observatory which are pertinent to scientific operations. The scientific results appearing in this issue have been ena…
The Reflection Grating Spectrometer on board XMM-Newton
Kaastra, J. S.; Mewe, R.; Audard, M. +35 more
The ESA X-ray Multi Mirror mission, XMM-Newton, carries two identical Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) behind two of its three nested sets of Wolter I type mirrors. The instrument allows high-resolution (E/Delta E = 100 to 500) measurements in the soft X-ray range (6 to 38 Å, or 2.1 to 0.3 keV) with a maximum effective area of about 140 cm
The XMM-Newton optical/UV monitor telescope
Carter, M.; Pandel, D.; Ho, C. +16 more
The XMM-OM instrument extends the spectral coverage of the XMM-Newton observatory into the ultraviolet and optical range. It provides imaging and time-resolved data on targets simultaneously with observations in the EPIC and RGS. It also has the ability to track stars in its field of view, thus providing an improved post-facto aspect solution for …
X-ray imaging-spectroscopy of Abell 1835
Kaastra, J. S.; Arnaud, M.; Fabian, A. C. +6 more
We present detailed spatially-resolved spectroscopy results of the observation of Abell 1835 using the European Photon Imaging Cameras (EPIC) and the Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) on the XMM-Newton observatory. Abell 1835 is a luminous (1046 ergs {s}-1), medium redshift (z=0.2523), X-ray emitting cluster of galaxies.…
XMM-Newton observation of the Lockman Hole. I. The X-ray data
Finoguenov, A.; Altieri, B.; Arnaud, M. +25 more
We report on the first deep X-ray survey with the XMM-Newton observatory during the performance verification phase. The field of the Lockman Hole, one of the best studied sky areas over a very wide range of wavelengths, has been observed. A total of ~ 100 ksec good exposure time has been accumulated. Combining the images of the European Photon Ima…
X-ray spectroscopy of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1795 with XMM-Newton
Kaastra, J. S.; Fabian, A. C.; Mushotzky, R. F. +8 more
The initial results from XMM-Newton observations of the rich cluster of galaxies
XMM-Newton observations of the cluster of galaxies Sérsic 159-03
Kaastra, J. S.; Ferrigno, C.; Tamura, T. +3 more
The cluster of galaxies Sérsic 159-03 was observed with the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory as part of the Guaranteed Time program. X-ray spectra taken with the EPIC and RGS instruments show no evidence for the strong cooling flow derived from previous X-ray observations. There is a significant lack of cool gas below 1.5 keV as compared to standard i…
High resolution X-ray spectroscopy of zeta Puppis with the XMM-Newton reflection grating spectrometer
Mewe, R.; Güdel, M.; Leutenegger, M. A. +5 more
We present the first high resolution X-ray spectrum of the bright O4Ief supergiant star zeta Puppis, obtained with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on-board XMM-Newton. The spectrum exhibits bright emission lines of hydrogen-like and helium-like ions of nitrogen, oxygen, neon, magnesium, and silicon, as well as neon-like ions of iron. The lines…