XMM-Newton Data Center at MPE Pipeline Products overview

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This page will give an overview of all the product files the have been created automatically through the pipeline process.

If you got your XMM observation data on a CD-ROM or from the Public archive at ESAC (former VILSPA) you can choose between the Observational Data File (ODF) and the already processed product files created by an automatic pipeline. The advantage of the pipeline products is that you do not have to create the event files etc. yourself on you machine, which sometimes takes several hours and you can start immediately working scientifically with the data. However, please keep in mind that the disadvantage of using the pipeline products is that especially months or even years after the CD_ROM has been sent out the files have been created by and older version of the XMMSAS software and were calibrated by using older calibration files. It might be o.k. to use those files, but to be on the safe side it may be better to invest a few hours to create the eventfiles yourself. Nevertheless, here are the list of the product files that are available:

In general, the product files all start with the P followed by the observation number, the instrument identifier, the exposure number and the file identifier, e.g. P0113070101PNU002PIEVLI0000.FTZ for an EPIC PN event list file.

1. Summary HTML Files:

   On the CD-ROM there are several HTML files that summarize the available product files which you can call directly by Netscape, like these examples:

   • P0113070101OBX000SUMMAR0000.HTM for the Observation Data File (ODF) summary
   • P0113070101OBX000PPSSUM0000.HTM for the Processing summary
   • P0113070101EPX000SUMMAR0000.HTM for the EPIC Processing summary (contains both EPIC PN and MOS)
   • P0113070101RGX000SUMMAR0000.HTM for the Reflection Grating Spectrograph (RGS) Processing summary
   • P0113070101OMX000SUMMAR0000.HTM for the Optical Monitor (OM) Processing summary
   • P0113070101CAX000XCORRE0000.HTM for the main cross correlation catalogue page

2. Generic PPS Products: Gives an overview of all processed product files:
   • P0113070101OBX000ATTTSR0000.FIT Attitude Time Series
   • P0113070101OBX000CALIND0000.FIT Calibration index file
   • P0113070101OBX000PINDEX0000.FIT PPS Product index FITS file
   • P0113070101OBX000PPSSUM0000.HTM Processing summary HTML file
   • P0113070101OBX000SCRLOG0000.ASC PPS Script log file

3. EPIC Processing Summary: Lists all automatically created files of all EPIC PN and MOS observations. The files are the same for EPIC PN and MOS-1 and MOS-2 observations. MOS-1 and MOS-2 files can be identified by M1 and M2, respectively and the EPIC PN files by PN. In the example we list the EPIC PN files:
   • EPIC Multi-exposure products (combined PN and MOS source lists and images):
     • P0113070101EPX000OBSMLI0000.FIT EPIC Summary source list file (FITS format)
     • P0113070101EPX000OBSMLI0000.HTM EPIC Summary source list file (HTML file)
     • P0113070101EPX000OIMAGE0000.FIT Merged image of EPIC MOS and PN observation images (FITS file)
     • P0113070101EPX000OIMAGE0000.FIT Merged image of EPIC MOS and PN observation images (PNG file, can be displayed directly by Netscape)

   • EPIC Exposure Specific Products (here only the PN files are given as an example, MOS files are principally the same):
     • P0113070101PNU002EBLSLI0000.FIT Source list from source detection in local detection mode (see eboxdetect for details)
     • P0113070101PNU002EBMSLI0000.FIT Source list from source detection in map detection mode (see eboxdetect for details)
     • P0113070101PNU002EBLSLI0000.FIT Source list from source detection by maximum likelyhood method (see emldetect for details)
     • P0113070101PNU002EXPMAP1000.FIT Exposure map in the 0.2-0.5 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002EXPMAP2000.FIT Exposure map in the 0.5-2.0 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002EXPMAP3000.FIT Exposure map in the 2.0-4.5 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002EXPMAP4000.FIT Exposure map in the 4.5-7.5 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002EXPMAP5000.FIT Exposure map in the 7.5-12.0 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002EXPMAP8000.FIT Exposure map in the 0.2-12.0 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002EXSNMP0000.FIT Exposure sensitivity map
     • P0113070101PNU002FBKTSR0000.FIT Flare background series
     • P0113070101PNU002IMAGE_1000.FIT EPIC Image in the 0.2-0.5 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002IMAGE_2000.FIT EPIC Image in the 0.5-2.0 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002IMAGE_3000.FIT EPIC Image in the 2.0-4.5 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002IMAGE_4000.FIT EPIC Image in the 4.5-7.5 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002IMAGE_5000.FIT EPIC Image in the 7.5-12.0 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002IMAGE_8000.FIT EPIC Image in the 0.2-12.0 keV energy band
     • P0113070101PNU002IMAGE_8000.PNG EPIC Image in the 0.2-12.0 keV energy band (PNG file, can be displayed directly by Netscape)
     • P0113070101PNU002PIEVLI0000.FIT EPIC PN imaging mode Event list file

4. RGS Processing summary. RGS-1 and RGS-2 file have the identifier R1 and R2, respectively. The files for RGS-1 and RGS-2 have the same structure, therefore only the RGS-1 files are given as an example:
   • P0113070101R1S004BGSPEC1001.FIT RGS Source background spectrum in 1st order
   • P0113070101R1S004BGSPEC2001.FIT RGS Source background spectrum in 2nd order
   • P0113070101R1S004EVENLI0000.FIT RGS event list file
   • P0113070101R1S004EXPMAP0000.FIT RGS Exposure map
   • P0113070101R1S004IMAGE_0000.FIT RGS Spatial dispersion image (FITS file)
   • P0113070101R1S004IMAGE_0000.PNG RGS Spatial dispersion image (PNG file, can be displayed by Netscape)
   • P0113070101R1S004ORDIMG0000.FIT RGS Energy-dispersion image (FITS file)
   • P0113070101R1S004ORDIMG0000.PNG RGS Energy-dispersion image (PNG file, can be displayed by Netscape)
   • P0113070101R1S004SRCLI_0000.FIT Source list file
   • P0113070101R1S004SRSPEC0001.PDF RGS Source spectrum in 1st and 2nd order (PDF file, to be displayed by Acroread)
   • P0113070101R1S004SRSPEC1001.FIT RGS Source spectrum in 1st order (FITS file)
   • P0113070101R1S004SRSPEC2001.FIT RGS Source spectrum in 2nd order (FITS file)

5. Optical Monitor Processing summary: Each exposure contains the same type of files. As an example only the files of one exposure are listed:
   • P0113070101OMX000OBSMLI0000.FIT OM Observation source list
   • P0113070101OMS006IMAGE_0000.FIT OM Observation Window (OSW) Image
   • P0113070101OMS006IMAGE_1000.FIT OM Observation Window (OSW) Image
   • P0113070101OMS006SIMAGE_0000.FIT OM Observation Window (OSW) Sky Image
   • P0113070101OMS006SIMAGE_1000.FIT OM Observation Window (OSW) Sky Image
   • P0113070101OMS006SWSRLI0000.FIT OM Observation Window (OSW) source list
   • P0113070101OMS006SWSRLI1000.FIT OM Observation Window (OSW) source list
   • P0113070101OMS006TSHPLT0000.PDF OM Tracking history plot (PDF file, to be displayed by acroread)
   • P0113070101OMS006TSTRTS0000.FIT OM Tracking star time series

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last update:2008-01-11, editor of this page:Frank Haberl, Dirk Grupe