Background WG Meeting Presentations

Meetings Table




Leicester, March 2012

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A. Read Introduction, actions and discussions [pdf]
J. Carter Updates to the EPIC blank sky and SWCX projects [pdf]
B. Mueck Current status of the blank field templates for the PN timing mode [pdf]
I. de la Calle Status of background group activities at the SOC [pdf]
C. Gabriel Expected ESAS upgrades in SAS [pdf]
A. Read MOS CCD noise and other BG issues [pdf]
 

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Mallorca, March 2011

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A. Read Introduction, actions and discussions [pdf]
J. Carter Blank Sky update [pdf]
I. de la Calle SOC activities [pdf]
C. Gabriel PN treatment in ESAS [pdf]
K. Kuntz Particle-induced background update - part 1 [pdf]
K. Kuntz Particle-induced background update - part 2 [pdf]
S. Molendi Background extraction methods [pdf]
 

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Madrid, March 2010

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A. Read Introduction, actions and discussions [pdf]
MOS CCD Noise [pdf]
J. Carter BGWG Blank Sky Update [pdf]
Solar Wind Charge Exchange as seen by XMM-Newton [pdf]
I. de la Calle SOC Activities [ppt]
 

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Mallorca, April 2009

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A.Read Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt]
Ignacio de la Calle SOC view of the FWC data [ppt]
Jenny Carter BGWG Blank Sky update [ppt]
Hubert Chen Low energy noise on the MOS CCDs [pdf]
Carlos Gabriel ESAS into SAS [pdf]
Kip Kuntz The MOS Background and XMM-ESAS [ppt]
 

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Mallorca, April 2008

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A.Read Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt]
J.Carter Update on Blank Sky work [ppt]
 

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Mallorca, November 2007

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A.Read Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt, pdf]
M.Ehle BGWG report from the June XMM-Newton User Group meeting [ppt, pdf]
S.Snowden An XMM-Newton XMM-ESAS software update [ppt, pdf]
J.Carter Update on Blank Sky work [ppt, pdf]
M.Freyberg Filter wheel closed update [pdf]
W.Pietsch EPIC PN background spectra for low surface brightness sources [ppt, pdf]
 

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Palermo, April 2007

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A.Read Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt, pdf]
J.Carter Update on Blank Sky work plus soft proton flaring analysis [ppt, pdf]
M.Ehle New version of image generation script [ppt, pdf]
A.Leccardi Analysis of low surface brightness sources with EPIC [ppt, pdf]
S.Snowden An XMM-Newton XMM-ESAS software update [ppt, pdf]
Kip's view of soft proton flaring [ppt, pdf]
Filter wheel closed calibration observations [ppt, pdf]
 

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Mallorca, October 2006

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
J.Carter Blank sky data analysis [ppt, pdf]
A.Read The BGWG: agenda, actions, web pages, scripts, etc. [ppt, pdf]
S.Snowden Clusters galore [ppt, pdf]
 

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MPE, May 2006

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
J.Carter Blank Sky data analysis [ppt, pdf]
M.Freyberg XMM-Newton XRT+EPIC straylight [pdf]
K.Kuntz A study of the quiescent particle background [ppt, pdf]
A.Leccardi & S.Molendi Background treatment in spectral analysis of low surface brightness sources [ppt, pdf]
A.Read Overview - including agenda, action items, meetings, webpages & double-subtraction [ppt, pdf]
S.Snowden XMM-Newton Extended Source Analysis Software [ppt, pdf]
 

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MPE, November 2005

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
J.Carter Blank Sky data scripts [ppt, pdf]
M.Freyberg EPIC-pn background: Updates [pdf]
A.Read Overview, BG components and updates [ppt, pdf]
S.Snowden Solar Wind Charge Exchange [ppt, pdf]
A study of the quiescent particle BG [ppt, pdf]
 

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ESAC, June 2005

Meeting summary [pdf]
 

Author Presentation
A.Read EPIC-BG Meeting June/July 2005 - introduction [ppt, pdf]
M.Freyberg EPIC-PN background: general remarks [pdf]
 

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