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The thin and medium filters of the EPIC camera on-board XMM-Newton: measured performance after more than 15 years of operation

Tiengo, Andrea; Barbera, Marco; Gastaldello, Fabio +9 more

After more than 15 years of operation of the EPIC camera on board the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, we have reviewed the status of its Thin and Medium filters. We have selected a set of Thin and Medium back-up filters among those still available in the EPIC consortium and have started a program to investigate their status by different laboratory m…