In-flight calibration of the XMM-Newton reflection grating spectrometers

Christian Erd; M. Audard; Antonius J. F. den Boggende; Graziella Branduardi-Raymont; A. C. Brinkman; Jean Cottam; Luc Dubbeldam; Manuel Guedel; Jan-Willem den Herder; Jelle S. Kaastra; Steven M. Kahn; Rolf Mewe; Frits B. S. Paerels; John Russell Peterson; Andrew P. Rasmussen; Irini Sakelliou; Joshua Spodek; Knud Thomsen; Cor P. de Vries; Alex Zehnder

doi:10.1117/12.409112

13 December 2000 In-flight calibration of the XMM-Newton reflection grating spectrometers

Christian Erd, M. Audard, Antonius J. F. den Boggende, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, A. C. Brinkman, Jean Cottam, Luc Dubbeldam, Manuel Guedel, Jan-Willem den Herder, Jelle S. Kaastra, Steven M. Kahn, Rolf Mewe, Frits B. S. Paerels, John Russell Peterson, Andrew P. Rasmussen, Irini Sakelliou, Joshua Spodek, Knud Thomsen, Cor P. de Vries, Alex Zehnder

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Proceedings Volume 4140, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XI; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.409112
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The activities during the instrument calibrations are summarized and first data are presented. The main instrument features, the line-spread function and the effective area, are discussed and the status of the in-flight calibrations is summarized.

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Christian Erd, M. Audard, Antonius J. F. den Boggende, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, A. C. Brinkman, Jean Cottam, Luc Dubbeldam, Manuel Guedel, Jan-Willem den Herder, Jelle S. Kaastra, Steven M. Kahn, Rolf Mewe, Frits B. S. Paerels, John Russell Peterson, Andrew P. Rasmussen, Irini Sakelliou, Joshua Spodek, Knud Thomsen, Cor P. de Vries, and Alex Zehnder "In-flight calibration of the XMM-Newton reflection grating spectrometers", Proc. SPIE 4140, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XI, (13 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.409112

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