Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
English version MPE HEG Röntgen-Astronomie Wave XMM-Newton 
Survey Science CentreSurvey Science Centre
Future XMM projects: GUI, X-ray All Sky Survey, nearby galaxies, time variability.
(Click on images for details).
MPE Garching home page of the
[About XMM]
[Science Operation Centre]
[Survey Science Centre]
SSC Consortium Meeting No. 5, Garching, May 11-13, 1998:
Conference photo
The XMM Survey Science Centre (SSC) is a consortium of eight European institutions, led by Leicester University (Survey Scientist: Dr. M. G. Watson). Within the XMM project, the SSC has responsibilities to
- develop science analysis software for XMM (jointly with ESA's XMM Science Operations Centre),
- perform a pipe-line processing of all XMM observations, and
- conduct a follow-up/identification programme for the XMM serendipitous X-ray survey.
Within the consortium, MPE has responsibility to provide software
- for the verification and validation of XMM PPS data
- for the creation of calibrated eventsfiles.
In addition, the MPE group will support the SSC with its profound knowledge about and experience with ROSAT and XMM/EPIC hardware.
MPE's contribution to the SSC is conducted in close collaboration with the Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, which will provide source detection software for the pipe-line processing.
MPE SSC Documents:
- T.
Boller: Lessons learnt from the ROSAT BSC and RRA screening process for
the XMM PPS
(SSC-MPE-TN-0001, V1.0; PostScript) - T.
Boller: XMM PPS data product screening requirements
(SSC-MPE-SP-0001, V1.0; PostScript)
Other XMM document servers:
- XMM SSC Archive at Leicester University (access restricted)
- XMM Technical Documents at the XMM Science Operation Centre
- EPIC Ground Support and Test Equipment documents at CNR
XMM related links and handbooks:
[About XMM]
[Science Operation Centre]
[Survey Science Centre]
; The Web Counter says you're visitor