
       Delivery Note for Observation - 0637/0158970601 (Mkn421)
       ===============================================================

XFTS Delivery Date to SOC : Mon Sep  2 16:15:26 2013

1 PCMS Processing
-----------------

Full release note for ppsprod-12.09
===================================

Pipeline Version: 12.09_20130826_1200
Pipeline Name: ppsprod
Release Date: 2013-08-26
SAS Manifest: xmmsas_20121219_1645



Summary
=======

This pipeline represents a major change with respect to the previous
prod8.4_64 pipeline, embodying both a substantial number of changes to
the PCMS processing system itself and incorporation of version 12.0.1
of the SAS (with additional package updates).

The most significant changes to the pipeline include:

i) Use of an empirical 2D PSF. This PSF provides a much improved
description of the polygonal core structures of each of the
instrumental PSFs and also the spoke patterns, compared to the
previous Medium accuracy PSF - see Read et al., 2011, A&A, 534, 34
(http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011A%26A...534A..34R)

ii) Extraction of source-specific products (SSP) (time-series and
spectra) for individual sources is redesigned. Firstly, the size of
the (circular) source extraction aperture is now optimized (using
eregionanalyse) to yield maximum signal-to-noise - previously a fixed
aperture of radius 28" was used. The aperture is restricted to a
radius (r) where 12" < r < 40". Secondly, the previous annular
background region (60" < r_back < 180", co-centred on the source
position) is replaced by a circular region of comparable area but it
is now offset from the source so as to ensure there is sufficient
background signal in all circumstances. A minimum of 70% useful area
is required, except in exceptional circumstances. This, in particular,
resolves problems found with negligible background data being
available for sources in MOS SW modes in earlier processing.

Spectra and time-series are now extracted for all sources whose
spectra (source plus background) contain > 100 good counts (cf the
original process which demanded > 500 EPIC counts).

iii) The background flare filtering now uses a S/N optimization
approach and operates on an in-band (0.5-7.5 keV) light-curve from
which prominent sources (eboxdetect likelihood > 50) have been masked
out. The algorithm discards, in declining order, high count-rate
time-bins, computing the S/N of the residual data, to find the cut
rate at which the S/N peaks. This can result in significant increases
and decreases of usable exposure time. The flare background
time-series is now exposure corrected and the file contains the S/N v
rate-cut curve. The PDF graphic also shows the S/N v rate-cut curve.

iv) Astrometric correction is now performed by the task catcorr. This
makes use of a number of enhancements over the previous task,
eposcorr. A notable change is its ability to make use of multiple
reference catalogues.  In the pipeline the task catprep now generates
a file that contains upto 3 reference catalogue extracts (SDSS-DR9
where available, USNO B1.0 and 2MASS).  Each, where available, is used
to determine the field offset correction and the 'best' solution is
adopted for the correction if it meets the application criteria. The
task also employs an algorithm that takes account of the local density
of reference sources and performs fitting to find the solution rather
than a grid technique. In principle, use of the 2MASS catalogue allows
the process to find solutions in more fields, particularly in the
galactic plane, than the previous USNO B1 -only approach.

v) A number of astrometry issues have been addressed since 2XMM. In
particular, a time-dependent boresight (CCF) is now employed that
removes a 1-2" time-dependent pointing variation. This is important in
fields that can not be corrected by catcorr.

 vi) Masks are generated to identify OOT and scattered RGA features
from piled-up sources. These masks are used to 1) flag detections
centred within the mask and 2) to avoid locating SSP background
regions on them.

vii) RGS spectra are now computed in wavelength space

viii) RGS time-series are generated for the first time.

ix) The noisy rows in MOS1 CCD#4 caused by the event on December 11,
2013 are excluded from full processing, as they resulted in a
significant number of spurious source detections.

The version of SAS being used is a pipeline-specific manifest
xmmsas_20121219_1645. This is based on the public SAS release 12.0.1,
described at
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/sas/current/documentation/releasenotes/xmmsas_12.0.1.shtml.



Documentation
=============

Documentation for this pipeline can be found at:

http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/pipeline/

and links therein.



Pipeline Summary
================

i.    Products Created.
ii.   SAS Tasks.
iii.  Calibration Files.
iv.   Response Matrices.
v.    Energy Bands.
vi.   Energy Conversion Factors.
vii.  Source Position Rectification.




i. Products Created
===================

The following table summarises all possible product files created by
this pipeline. Withdrawn products are noted for completeness.

Product file names are subdivided into components:

        Pooooooooooiiseeeccccccbnnn.ttt

where:
oooooooooo is the Observation Identifier.
ii         is the instrument.
s          is the scheduled flag.
eee        is the exposure number.
cccccc     is the file identifier given in the table below.
b          is the instrument specific field (ISF):
               Energy band for EPIC instruments.
               OM science window or OM filter code for OM products.
               Spectral order for RGS products.
nnn        is the hexidecimal source number or 000.
ttt        is the file type.



|=============|========================================|===================|=========|==============|========|==============|
| Status/notes| Product Index Description              | File Identifier   | Class   | File Types   | ISF    | Per Source   |
|=============|========================================|===================|=========|==============|========|==============|
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION BOX-LOCAL SOURCE LIST | OBLSLI            | EPICOBS | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION BOX-MAP SOURCE LIST   | OBMSLI            | EPICOBS | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION SENSITIVITY MAP       | OSNSMP            | EPICOBS | FIT          | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC SOURCE DS9 REGIONS                | REGION            | EPICOBS | ASC          |        |              |
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION ML SOURCE LIST        | OMSRLI            | EPICOBS | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC SUMMARY SOURCE LIST               | OBSMLI            | EPICOBS | FIT,HTM      |        |              |
|             | EPIC DETECTION MASK                    | DETMSK            | EPICOBS | FIT          | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC MERGED BACKGROUND MAP             | BKGMAP            | EPICOBS | FIT          | BAND   |              |
|  (1)NEW     | EPIC MERGED EXPOSURE MAP               | MEXPMP            | EPICOBS | FIT          | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION BACKGROUND MAP        | OBKGMP            | EPICOBS | FIT,PNG      | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION EXPOSURE MAP          | OEXPMP            | EPICOBS | FIT,PNG      | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION IMAGE                 | OIMAGE            | EPICOBS | FIT,PNG      | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC OBSERVATION SUMMARY               | SUMMAR            | EPICOBS | HTM          |        |              |
|             | EPIC MOS IMAGING MODE EVENT LIST       | MIEVLI            | EPICEXP | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC PN IMAGING MODE EVENT LIST        | PIEVLI            | EPICEXP | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC TIMING MODE EVENT LIST            | TIEVLI            | EPICEXP | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC FLARE BACKGROUND TIMESERIES       | FBKTSR            | EPICEXP | FIT,PDF      |        |              |
|             | EPIC EXPOSURE MAP                      | EXPMAP            | EPICEXP | FIT,PNG      | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC IMAGE                             | IMAGE_            | EPICEXP | FIT,PNG      | BAND   |              |
|             | EPIC SOURCE DS9 REGION                 | SRCREG            | EPICSRC | ASC          |        | Y            |
|             | EPIC ANCILLARY RESPONSE FUNCTION       | SRCARF            | EPICSRC | FIT          |        | Y            |
|             | EPIC SOURCE BACKGROUND SPECTRUM        | BGSPEC            | EPICSRC | FIT          |        | Y            |
|             | EPIC SOURCE SPECTRUM                   | SRSPEC            | EPICSRC | FIT          |        | Y            |
|             | EPIC SOURCE TIMESERIES                 | SRCTSR            | EPICSRC | FIT          | BAND   | Y            |
|             | EPIC SOURCE SPECTRUM PLOT              | SPCPLT            | EPICSRC | PDF          |        | Y            |
|             | EPIC SOURCE TIMESERIES PLOT            | STSPLT            | EPICSRC | PDF          | BAND   | Y            |
|             | OM FULL-FRAME IMAGE                    | FIMAG_            | OMEXP   | FIT          |        |              |
|             | OM TRACKING STAR TIMESERIES            | TSTRTS            | OMEXP   | FIT          |        |              |
|             | OM FULL-FRAME SKY IMAGE                | FSIMAG            | OMEXP   | FIT,PNG      |        |              |
|             | OM TRACKING HISTORY PLOT               | TSHPLT            | OMEXP   | PDF          |        |              |
|             | OM OBSERVATION SOURCE LIST             | OBSMLI            | OMOBS   | FIT          |        |              |
|             | OM FULL-FRAME HIRES SKY IMAGE MOSAIC   | HSIMAG            | OMOBS   | FIT,PNG      | FILTER |              |
|             | OM FULL-FRAME LORES SKY IMAGE MOSAIC   | LSIMAG            | OMOBS   | FIT,PNG      | FILTER |              |
|             | OM RUDI-5 SKY IMAGE MOSAIC             | RSIMAG            | OMOBS   | FIT,PNG      | FILTER |              |
|             | OM USER WINDOWS SKY IMAGE MOSAIC       | USIMAG            | OMOBS   | FIT,PNG      | FILTER |              |
|             | OM OBSERVATION SUMMARY                 | SUMMAR            | OMOBS   | HTM          |        |              |
|             | OM OSW SOURCE TIMESERIES               | TIMESR            | OMSRC   | FIT,PDF      | OSW    | Y            |
|             | OM GRISM DS9 REGIONS                   | SGSREG            | OMSW    | ASC          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM GRISM DS9 SPECTRUM REGIONS          | SPCREG            | OMSW    | ASC          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM OSW FAST REGION FILE                | SFSREG            | OMSW    | ASC          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM OSW REGION FILE                     | SWSREG            | OMSW    | ASC          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM FAST MODE OSW IMAGE                 | IMAGEF            | OMSW    | FIT          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM FAST MODE OSW SKY IMAGE             | SIMAGF            | OMSW    | FIT          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM GRISM SPECTRA LIST                  | SPECLI            | OMSW    | FIT          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM OSW FAST SOURCE LIST                | SFSRLI            | OMSW    | FIT          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM OSW GRISM SOURCE LIST               | SGSRLI            | OMSW    | FIT          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM OSW IMAGE                           | IMAGE_            | OMSW    | FIT          |        |              |
|             | OM OSW SOURCE LIST                     | SWSRLI            | OMSW    | FIT          |        |              |
|             | OM GRISM SOURCE SPECTRUM               | SPECTR            | OMSW    | FIT,PDF      | OSW    | Y            |
|             | OM GRISM-ALIGNED IMAGE                 | GIMAGE            | OMSW    | FIT          | OSW    |              |
|             | OM OSW SKY IMAGE                       | SIMAGE            | OMSW    | FIT,PNG      |        |              |
|             | RGS BACKGROUND MODEL                   | BGMODL            | RGSEXP  | FIT          | ORDER  |              |
|             | RGS EVENT LIST                         | EVENLI            | RGSEXP  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | RGS EXPOSURE MAP                       | EXPMAP            | RGSEXP  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | RGS SOURCE LIST                        | SRCLI_            | RGSEXP  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | RGS WHOLE FIELD RESPONSE MATRIX        | WREMAT            | RGSEXP  | FIT          | ORDER  | Y            |
|             | RGS ENERGY-DISPERSION IMAGE            | ORDIMG            | RGSEXP  | FIT,PNG      |        |              |
|             | RGS FLARE BACKGROUND TIMESERIES        | FBKTSR            | RGSEXP  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | RGS IMAGE                              | IMAGE_            | RGSEXP  | FIT,PNG      |        |              |
|             | RGS WHOLEFIELD SPECTRUM                | WFSPEC            | RGSEXP  | FIT,PDF      | ORDER  |              |
|             | RGS FLUXED SPECTRUM                    | FLUXED            | RGSOBS  | FIT,PDF      | ORDER  | Y            |
|             | RGS OBSERVATION SUMMARY                | SUMMAR            | RGSOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | RGS CROSS-DISPERSION HISTOGRAM         | DSPHIS            | RGSSRC  | FIT          | ORDER  | Y            |
|             | RGS RESPONSE MATRIX                    | RSPMAT            | RGSSRC  | FIT          | ORDER  | Y            |
|             | RGS SOURCE BACKGROUND SPECTRUM         | BGSPEC            | RGSSRC  | FIT          | ORDER  | Y            |
|             | RGS SOURCE SPECTRUM                    | SRSPEC            | RGSSRC  | FIT,PDF      | ORDER  | Y            |
|             | RGS BACKGROUND SPECTRUM                | SBSPEC            | RGSSRC  | FIT          | ORDER  | Y            |
|   (2)NEW    | RGS SOURCE BACKGROUND TIMESERIES       | SRBTSR            | RGSSRC  | FIT          |        | Y            |
|   (2)NEW    | RGS SOURCE TIMESERIES                  | SRCTSR            | RGSSRC  | FIT          |        | Y            |
|             | MAIN CROSS CORRELATION PAGE            | XCORRE            | CATOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | CATALOGUE DESCRIPTIONS                 | Dxxxxa            | CATCAT  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | EPIC FOV CROSS-CORRELATION RESULTS     | FOVRES            | CATCAT  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | EPIC FOV CROSS-CORRELATION RESULTS     | Fxxxxa            | CATCAT  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC SOURCE CROSS-CORRELATION RESULTS  | Sxxxxa            | CATOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC SOURCE CROSS-CORRELATION RESULTS  | SRCRES            | CATOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | EPIC SOURCE CROSS-CORRELATION SUMMARY  | SRCSUM            | CATOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | EPIC SOURCE CROSS-CORRELATION SUMMARY  | SRCSUM            | CATOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC FOV CROSS-CORRELATION SUMMARY     | FOVSUM            | CATOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | EPIC FOV CROSS-CORRELATION SUMMARY     | FOVSUM            | CATOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | EPIC CATALOGUE PLOT                    | CATPLT            | CATOBS  | PDF          |        |              |
|             | SEARCHED CATALOGUES                    | SRCHD_            | CATOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | SEARCHED CATALOGUES                    | SRCHD_            | CATOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | XMM-ROSAT IMAGE                        | ROSIMG            | CATOBS  | PDF          |        |              |
|             | FINDING CHART                          | FCHART            | CATSRC  | PDF          |        | Y            |
|             | PPS RUN MESSAGE                        | PPSMSG            | PPSOBS  | ASC          |        |              |
|             | PPS SCRIPT LOG                         | SCRLOG            | PPSOBS  | ASC          |        |              |
|             | ATTITUDE TIME SERIES                   | ATTTSR            | PPSOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|    (3)      | REFERENCE CATALOGUE                    | REFCAT            | PPSOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | CALIBRATION INDEX FILE                 | CALIND            | PPSOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | PPS PRODUCT INDEX                      | PINDEX            | PPSOBS  | FIT          |        |              |
|             | PPS OBSERVATION SUMMARY                | SUMMAR            | PPSOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | PPS RUN SUMMARY                        | PPSSUM            | PPSOBS  | HTM          |        |              |
|             | SSC LOGO 1                             | SSCLG1            | PPSOBS  | PNG          |        |              |
|             | SSC LOGO 2                             | SSCLG2            | PPSOBS  | PNG          |        |              |
|             | CDS LOGO 1                             | CDSLG1            | PPSOBS  | PNG          |        |              |
|             | CDS LOGO 2                             | CDSLG2            | PPSOBS  | PNG          |        |              |
|             | CDS LOGO 3                             | CDSLG3            | PPSOBS  | PNG          |        |              |
|=============|========================================|===================|=========|==============|========|==============|


Notes

(1) - A per-EPIC-camera exposure-merged exposure map is now made
(2) - New time-series products of sources extracted from the RGS instruments
(3) - The astrometric reference catalogue file now contains multiple extensions (up to 3),
      containing the USNO-B1.0, 2MASS and, where available, SDSS catalogue extracts for the
      field.


The EPIC SOURCE FFT PLOT   PDF graphic (SFFTPL) from the EPICSRC group, is no longer made.
The files from the CAT* classes, are products generated by the Archival Catalogue and Database
Subsystem (ACDS) at the Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg (OAS) - they are the result of
cross-correlations of XMM sources with archival catalogues by the ACDS. They have been made
previously but are outlined here for the first time. Those files with xxxxa tags are generated
for each external catalogue that the XMM sources are correlated with.


ii. SAS Tasks
=============

The current pipeline uses a pipeline-specific SAS manifest xmmsas_20121219_1645.


This manifest is built upon the version 12.0.1 release of the SAS
(manifest xmmsas_20120621_1321 - see
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/sas/current/documentation/releasenotes/xmmsas_12.0.1.shtml.
for details of the SAS task versions and changes relative to the previous
SAS releases) but includes a number of specific task patches.

SAS tasks from this manifest, used in the pipeline for the bulk
reprocessing are shown in the table below, along with the relevant
versions of the tasks in SAS12.0.1. The second column indicates
whether the task has a newer (>) or the same (=) version number in the
pipeline version 12.09.


|===============|===|=================|============|
| TASK          |   | PUBLIC (12.0.1) |   12.09    |
|===============|===|=================|============|
|  addattribute | = |   2.2.6         |   2.2.6    |
|  arfgen       | > |   1.83.4        |   1.84     |
|  attcalc2     | = |   1.3.3         |   1.3.3    |
|  attcalc      | > |   4.32.2        |   4.33     |
|  attfilter    | = |   1.3.2         |   1.3.2    |
|  atthkgen     | = |   1.20.1        |   1.20.1   |
|  badpix       | = |   2.32.1        |   2.32.1   |
|  badpixfind   | > |   1.37          |   1.38     |
|  bkgfilter    | > |   1.1           |   1.6      |
|  catcorr      | > |   0.4.4         |   0.7      |
|  catprep      | > |   0.3.2         |   0.3.8    |
|  cifbuild     | = |   4.7.2         |   4.7.2    |
|  daltools     | = |   1.9.1         |   1.9.1    |
|  dpssflag     | > |   10.4          |   11.2     |
|  dpsssrc      | = |   1.1           |   1.1      |
|  dscalc       | = |   2.6.2         |   2.6.2    |
|  ebkgmap      | > |   2.6.1         |   2.7      |
|  eboxdetect   | > |   4.22.3        |   4.22.4   |
|  eexpmap      | = |   4.6.5         |   4.6.5    |
|  efftplot     | = |   2.18.2        |   2.18.2   |
|  ekstest      | > |   2.4.1         |   2.5      |
|  elcplot      | = |   2.5.2         |   2.5.2    |
|  emask        | = |   2.13.3        |   2.13.3   |
|  embadpixfind | = |   2.3           |   2.3      |
|  emenergy     | = |   8.6.2         |   8.6.2    |
|  emevents     | = |   8.4           |   8.4      |
|  emeventsproj | = |   1.5.2         |   1.5.2    |
|  emframes     | = |   5.8.1         |   5.8.1    |
|  emldetect    | = |   5.17.4        |   5.17.4   |
|  emosaic      | = |   1.16          |   1.16     |
|  emtaglenoise | = |   1.0.5         |   1.0.5    |
|  ep_updatevig |   |   [not present] |   0.2
|  epevents     | = |   6.43          |   6.43     |
|  epexposure   | > |   0.10          |   0.12     |
|  epframes     | > |   8.92.2        |   8.93     |
|  epiclccorr   | > |   1.7.2         |   1.9      |
|  epnoise      | > |   0.7.2         |   0.7.3    |
|  eposcorr     | = |   3.12.2        |   3.12.2   |
|  epreject     | = |   5.14.4        |   5.14.4   |
|  esensmap     | = |   3.11.1        |   3.11.1   |
|  esources     | = |   1.4.1         |   1.4.1    |
|  especget     | = |   1.31.4        |   1.31.4   |
|  esplinemap   | = |   4.4.2         |   4.4.2    |
|  evalcorr     | = |   0.7.1         |   0.7.1    |
|  evlistcomb   | = |   4.19.2        |   4.19.2   |
|  evselect     | = |   3.61.1        |   3.61.1   |
|  gtialign     | = |   2.10          |   2.10     |
|  gtimerge     | = |   1.7.2         |   1.7.2    |
|  hkgtigen     | = |   1.14.2        |   1.14.2   |
|  implot       | = |   2.18          |   2.18     |
|  lccorr_pcms  | = |   1.6.1         |   1.6.1    |
|  lcplot       | = |   1.20          |   1.20     |
|  merge        | = |   0.13.1        |   0.13.1   |
|  odfingest    | = |   3.28.3        |   3.28.3   |
|  omatt        | = |   2.52.1        |   2.52.1   |
|  omcomb       | = |   2.4.5         |   2.4.5    |
|  omcosflag    | = |   1.29          |   1.29     |
|  omdetect     | = |   5.28          |   5.28     |
|  omdrifthist  | = |   1.28.2        |   1.28.2   |
|  omfastflat   | = |   1.21          |   1.21     |
|  omfastshift  | = |   1.25.1        |   1.25.1   |
|  omflatfield  | = |   2.6.3         |   2.6.3    |
|  omflatgen    | = |   1.12.2        |   1.12.2   |
|  omgprep      | = |   1.9           |   1.9      |
|  omgrism      | = |   1.25.1        |   1.25.1   |
|  omgrismplot  | = |   1.5.3         |   1.5.3    |
|  omlcbuild    | = |   1.37.4        |   1.37.4   |
|  ommag        | = |   3.10.2        |   3.10.2   |
|  ommodmap     | = |   2.22          |   2.22     |
|  ommosaic     | = |   2.5.17        |   2.5.17   |
|  omprep       | = |   2.44          |   2.44     |
|  omregion     | = |   2.11.2        |   2.11.2   |
|  omsrclistcomb| = |   2.16.1        |   2.16.1   |
|  omthconv     | = |   1.34.1        |   1.34.1   |
|  ppssumm      | = |   3.4.11        |   3.4.11   |
|  region       | = |   7.12.1        |   7.12.1   |
|  rgsangles    | = |   4.7.1         |   4.7.1    |
|  rgsbadpix    | = |   2.18.3        |   2.18.3   |
|  rgsbkgmodel  | = |   1.3.4         |   1.3.4    |
|  rgsenergy    | = |   2.0.4         |   2.0.4    |
|  rgsevents    | = |   3.12.3        |   3.12.3   |
|  rgsfilter    | = |   1.17.1        |   1.17.1   |
|  rgsfluxer    | = |   1.8           |   1.8      |
|  rgsframes    | = |   3.17.2        |   3.17.2   |
|  rgsimplot    | = |   1.17.1        |   1.17.1   |
|  rgslccorr    | = |   0.52.1        |   0.52.1   |
|  rgsoffsetcalc| = |   1.18.1        |   1.18.1   |
|  rgsregions   | = |   1.19.4        |   1.19.4   |
|  rgsrmfgen    | = |   1.11.2        |   1.11.2   |
|  rgssources   | = |   6.2.2         |   6.2.2    |
|  rgsspecplot  | = |   2.21          |   2.21     |
|  rgsspectrum  | = |   2.7.5         |   2.7.5    |
|  slconv       | = |   2.4           |   2.4      |
|  srcmatch     | > |   3.15.20       |   3.16     |
|  tabgtigen    | = |   2.12.3        |   2.12.3   |
|  tools        | = |   1.64.2        |   1.64.2   |
|  xcolorcod    | = |   1.22.2        |   1.22.2   |
|===============|===|=================|============|



iii. Calibration Files
======================

Pipeline processing generally accesses an evolving set of CCFs (current
calibration files). For each observation, a subset of the full set of CCFs
is used in processing that pertains to the epoch of the observation; the
CCF components/versions used are identified in the calibration index file
(PooooooooooOBX000CALIND0000.FIT) that is included in the delivered
observation data product set.

However, for the bulk reprocessing, a fixed set of calibration files are used.
A complete list of CCFs used in the bulk processing is given here:



|==============================|=============|
| Calibration File             | Issue range |
|==============================|=============|
| EMOS1ADUCONV                 |  0070-0085  |
| EMOS1BACKGROUND              |  0001       |
| EMOS1BADPIX                  |  0025-0037  |
| EMOS1CALSOURCEDATA           |  0001       |
| EMOS1CTI                     |  0058-0073  |
| EMOS1DARKFRAME               |  0011-0035  |
| EMOS1EFFICIENCY              |  0001       |
| EMOS1FILTERTRANSX            |  0014       |
| EMOS1HKPARMINT               |  0008-0009  |
| EMOS1LINCOORD                |  0018       |
| EMOS1MODEPARAM               |  0006       |
| EMOS1PATTERNLIB              |  0005       |
| EMOS1QUANTUMEF               |  0018       |
| EMOS1REDIST                  |  0093-0105  |
| EMOS1SCREENTHRESH            |  0001       |
| EMOS1TIMECORR                |  0003       |
! 			       |             |
| EMOS2ADUCONV                 |  0071-0086  |
| EMOS2BACKGROUND              |  0001       |
| EMOS2BADPIX                  |  0017-0026  |
| EMOS2CALSOURCEDATA           |  0001       |
| EMOS2CTI                     |  0059-0074  |
| EMOS2DARKFRAME               |  0011-0031  |
| EMOS2EFFICIENCY              |  0001       |
| EMOS2FILTERTRANSX            |  0014       |
| EMOS2HKPARMINT               |  0008-0009  |
| EMOS2LINCOORD                |  0018       |
| EMOS2MODEPARAM               |  0006       |
| EMOS2PATTERNLIB              |  0005       |
| EMOS2QUANTUMEF               |  0018       |
| EMOS2REDIST                  |  0093-0105  |
| EMOS2SCREENTHRESH            |  0001       |
| EMOS2TIMECORR                |  0003       |
|			       |             |
| EPNADUCONV                   |  0077-0141  |
| EPNBACKGROUND                |  0001       |
| EPNBADPIX                    |  0093-0144  |
| EPNBUCLOSEDODI               |  0001-0005  |
| EPNCALSOURCEDATA             |  0001       |
| EPNCTI                       |  0026       |
| EPNDARKFRAME                 |  0001       |
| EPNEFFICIENCY                |  0001       |
| EPNFILTERTRANSX              |  0018       |
| EPNHKPARMINT                 |  0005       |
| EPNLINCOORD                  |  0009       |
| EPNMODEPARAM                 |  0003       |
| EPNPATTERNLIB                |  0001       |
| EPNQUANTUMEF                 |  0017       |
| EPNREDIST                    |  0011       |
| EPNREJECT                    |  0006       |
| EPNTICLOSEDODI               |  0001-0013  |
| EPNTIMECORR                  |  0011-0015  |
|			       |             |
| OMASTROMET                   |  0012       |
| OMBADPIX                     |  0005       |
| OMCOLORTRANS                 |  0010       |
| OMDARKFRAME                  |  0003       |
| OMDIFFUSEGALA                |  0001       |
| OMGRISMCAL                   |  0004       |
| OMHKPARMINT                  |  0004       |
| OMLARGESCALESENS             |  0002       |
| OMLINCOORD                   |  0001       |
| OMPHOTTONAT                  |  0005       |
| OMPIXTOPIXSENS               |  0003       |
| OMPSF1DRB                    |  0010       |
| OMQUICKMAG                   |  0002       |
| OMZODIACAL                   |  0001       |
|			       |	     |
| RGS1ADUCONV                  |  0006-0024  |
| RGS1BACKGROUND               |  0001       |
| RGS1BADPIX                   |  0012-0032  |
| RGS1CALSOURCEDATA            |  0001       |
| RGS1CLOCKPATTERNS            |  0001       |
| RGS1COOLPIX                  |  0001       |
| RGS1CROSSPSF                 |  0004       |
| RGS1CTI                      |  0001-0012  |
| RGS1DARKFRAME                |  0005       |
| RGS1EFFAREACORR              |  0008       |
| RGS1EXAFS                    |  0005       |
| RGS1HKPARMINT                |  0009-0013  |
| RGS1LINCOORD                 |  0008       |
| RGS1LINESPREADFUNC           |  0005       |
| RGS1MODEPARAM                |  0004-0005  |
| RGS1QUANTUMEF                |  0015       |
| RGS1REDIST                   |  0004       |
| RGS1TEMPLATEBCKGND           |  0006       |
| RGS2ADUCONV                  |  0006-0027  |
| RGS2BACKGROUND               |  0001       |
| RGS2BADPIX                   |  0012-0032  |
| RGS2CALSOURCEDATA            |  0001       |
| RGS2CLOCKPATTERNS            |  0001       |
| RGS2COOLPIX                  |  0001       |
| RGS2CROSSPSF                 |  0004       |
| RGS2CTI                      |  0001-0013  |
| RGS2DARKFRAME                |  0006       |
| RGS2EFFAREACORR              |  0008       |
| RGS2EXAFS                    |  0005       |
| RGS2HKPARMINT                |  0008-0012  |
| RGS2LINCOORD                 |  0008       |
| RGS2LINESPREADFUNC           |  0005       |
| RGS2MODEPARAM                |  0004-0005  |
| RGS2QUANTUMEF                |  0016       |
| RGS2REDIST                   |  0004       |
| RGS2TEMPLATEBCKGND           |  0007-0008  |
|			       |	     |
| XMMABSCOEFS                  |  0004       |
| XMMBORESIGHT                 |  0023       |
| XMMMISCDATA                  |  0022       |
| XMMSPECQUAL                  |  0002       |
| XRT1XAREAEF                  |  0008       |
| XRT1XENCIREN                 |  0003       |
| XRT1XPSF                     |  0014       |
| XRT2XAREAEF                  |  0009       |
| XRT2XENCIREN                 |  0003       |
| XRT2XPSF                     |  0014       |
| XRT3XAREAEF                  |  0011       |
! XRT3XENCIREN                 |  0003       |
! XRT3XPSF                     |  0014       |
|==============================|=============|





iv. Response Matrices
=====================

The pipeline accesses a set of canned response matrices (RMFs) which are
generally updated from time to time. EPIC MOS RMFs are defined via a set of
epoch-dependent files (13 epochs to date). They are further divided by
instrument mode and by detector position - in particular, MOS RMFs are
available to reflect the impacts of changes occurring in the core (c) and
wings (w) of a small patch known to have suffered degradation, as well as
off-patch (o) locations (i.e. everywhere else on the detector). PN RMFs are
divided by instrument mode and position along the Y-direction of the CCDs.
For EPIC PN, the bulk reprocessing uses version 11.0. Both MOS and PN RMFs
used in the bulk reprocessing were released in April 20011.

The canned EPIC response matrices used in the bulk reprocessing are shown below.


|==============================|
| Canned RMFs                  |
|==============================|
|  m<I>_e<i>_im_p0_c.rmf       |
|  m<I>_e<i>_im_p0_w.rmf       |
|  m<I>_e<i>_im_pall_o.rmf     |
|  m<I>_e<i>_tu_p0_c.rmf       |
|  m<I>_e<i>_tu_p0_w.rmf       |
|  m<I>_e<i>_tu_pall_o.rmf     |
|  m<I>_e<i>_im_p0_o.rmf       |
|  m<I>_e<i>_im_pall_c.rmf     |
|  m<I>_e<i>_im_pall_w.rmf     |
|  m<I>_e<i>_tu_p0_o.rmf       |
|  m<I>_e<i>_tu_pall_c.rmf     |
|  m<I>_e<i>_tu_pall_w.rmf     |
|                              |
|  epn_bu23_dY9_v11.0.rmf      |
|  epn_bu23_sdY9_v11.0.rmf     |
|  epn_bu23_sY9_v11.0.rmf      |
|  epn_ef20_dY<j>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_ef20_sdY<j>_v11.0.rmf   |
|  epn_ef20_sY<j>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_ff20_dY<j>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_ff20_sdY<j>_v11.0.rmf   |
|  epn_ff20_sY<j>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_lw20_dY<m>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_lw20_sdY<m>_v11.0.rmf   |
|  epn_lw20_sY<m>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_sw20_dY<n>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_sw20_sdY<n>_v11.0.rmf   |
|  epn_sw20_sY<n>_v11.0.rmf    |
|  epn_ti40_sdY9_v11.0.rmf     |
|==============================|

where <I> = 1 (MOS1) or 2 (MOS2),
<i>, i=1-13 (epochs);
and
<j>, j=0-9 (Y-positions);
<m>, m=5-9 (Y-positions);
<n>, n=7-9 (Y-positions);


The latest available canned response files are described at, and available from,
http://xmm2.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_sw_cal/calib/index.shtml. See also
http://xmm2.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_sw_cal/calib/epic_files_updates.shtml#up:2012
for further details on changes to EPIC RMFs



v. Energy Bands
===============

|======|===================|
| Band | Energy Range (eV) |
|======|===================|
| 1    |   200 -   500     |
| 2    |   500 -  1000     |
| 3    |  1000 -  2000     |
| 4    |  2000 -  4500     |
| 5    |  4500 - 12000     |
| 6    |   200 -  2000     |
| 7    |  2000 - 12000     |
| 8    |   200 - 12000     |
| 9    |   500 -  4500     |
|======|===================|

Note band 6 (soft) and band 7 (hard) are not used in routine processing. Band 9 is
also referred to as the XID band.



vi. Energy Conversion Factors
=============================

EPIC energy conversion factors (ECFs) are used to derive simple flux
estimates from measured count rates. The ECFs are computed using the instrument
response files (PN version 11.0) for an assumed absorbed power law model with
Gamma=1.7 and an absorbing column density of 3x10^20/cm2.

ECFs used in pipeline processing are not computed as functions of
position or epoch but are fixed values, computed for each EPIC
instrument and filter, for each energy band. They are presented in the
table below. For PN they are based on the full-frame, on-axis
position. For MOS they are based on the Full-frame (imaging) mode,
off-patch RMF from epoch 13. Epoch 13 was chosen because the
epoch-dependence contains a step-transition which is not sampled by
any specific epoch.  Rather than compute an average ECF over time,
a single epoch was chosen so as to relate to a specific epoch RMF. The largest
epoch-dependence is in band 1 and amounts to a range of about 15%. The
off-patch position was chosen to reflect the majority of sources -
RMFs for the core and wings of the MOS 'patch' are only relevant to a
very small number of objects in the field.



|============|========|======================================================================================|
| Instrument | Filter |                                       Band                                           |
|            |        | 1       | 2       | 3       | 4        | 5       | 6      | 7      | 8      |   9    |
|============|========|=========|=========|=========|==========|=========|========|========|========|========|
| epn        | Open   | 16.9783 | 10.0696 | 6.1551  | 1.9844   | 0.5782  | 9.631  | 1.1216 | 4.124  | 5.098  |
| epn        | Thin   |  9.5248 |  8.121  | 5.867   | 1.9527   | 0.5774  | 7.3868 | 1.1089 | 3.3245 | 4.5586 |
| epn        | Medium |  8.3696 |  7.8681 | 5.7673  | 1.929    | 0.5764  | 7.03   | 1.0992 | 3.1924 | 4.4602 |
| epn        | Thick  |  5.1065 |  6.0479 | 4.9893  | 1.8282   | 0.5698  | 5.4091 | 1.0561 | 2.5929 | 3.7636 |
| emos1      | Open   |  3.0896 |  2.1152 | 2.1387  | 0.7491   | 0.1452  | 2.3661 | 0.3791 | 1.0823 | 1.5035 |
| emos1      | Thin   |  1.7345 |  1.7461 | 2.0407  | 0.7375   | 0.145   | 1.9237 | 0.3745 | 0.9232 | 1.3843 |
| emos1      | Medium |  1.5258 |  1.6974 | 2.0058  | 0.7292   | 0.1451  | 1.8492 | 0.3713 | 0.8949 | 1.3584 |
| emos1      | Thick  |  0.9977 |  1.3792 | 1.7871  | 0.6991   | 0.143   | 1.5293 | 0.3585 | 0.7736 | 1.2035 |
| emos2      | Open   |  3.1094 |  2.1309 | 2.1407  | 0.7531   | 0.1528  | 2.3769 | 0.3853 | 1.0901 | 1.5097 |
| emos2      | Thin   |  1.7336 |  1.7572 | 2.0426  | 0.7418   | 0.1528  | 1.9286 | 0.381  | 0.9292 | 1.3894 |
| emos2      | Medium |  1.5223 |  1.7082 | 2.0079  | 0.7333   | 0.1524  | 1.8536 | 0.3775 | 0.9004 | 1.3634 |
| emos2      | Thick  |  0.9907 |  1.3869 | 1.7887  | 0.703    | 0.1502  | 1.5316 | 0.3644 | 0.7782 | 1.2076 |
|============|========|=========|=========|=========|==========|=========|========|========|========|========|





vii. Source Position Rectification
==================================

In the bulk reprocessing, astrometric field rectification (where possible) is performed against extracts from
the USNO-B1.0, SDSS-DR9 or 2MASS catalogues as the astrometric reference frame.


2 Data Product Screening Report
-------------------------------

XMM SSC data-product screening log
Version: 30-Aug-13

Revolution  0637
Obs Seq.    0158970601
Target      Mkn421  
Seq_id      076839  

Maximum shift in EPIC attitude:
Pointing difference: 0.0 arcsec = 0 pixels
RA: 0.0 arcsec
Dec: 0.0 arcsec
  
Percentage of flaring time:
--
  
EPIC exposures used in the source detection:
-- 
 
** GENERAL COMMENTS
 
 
No science data at all
 
EPIC comments refer, in general, to Energy-band 8.
 
 
 
** EPIC MOS1
 
 
 
 
 
** EPIC MOS2
 
 
 
 
** EPIC PN
 
 
 
 
 
** epic
 
 
 
 
**  RGS1, RGS2 
 
 
 
 
** OM
 
 
 
 
** Catalogue cross-correlation products
 
 
 
 

