XMM-Newton-NEWS

 

XMM-Newton-NEWS  #232,    22-July-2020

XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre at
ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre,
P.O. Box - Apdo. 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada Madrid, Spain
SOC Home Page: http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/
Helpdesk web interface: http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Helpdesk email address: xmmhelp@sciops.esa.int
News Mailing List: http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/newsletter

CONTENTS

  • XMM-Newton Users Handbook update for AO-20
  • XMM-Newton Users' Group Meeting: presentations available
  • Let us know about XMM-Newton related Ph.D and prizes for XMM-Newton results

XMM-NEWTON USERS HANDBOOK UPDATE FOR AO-20

The XMM-Newton Users Handbook (UHB) has been updated to version 2.18 in preparation for the next Announcement of Opportunity (AO-20) which will open next 18th of August.

The UHB contains information on the instrumentation on board XMM-Newton and serves as the main technical support document for proposal preparation, based on which potential XMM-Newton users can assess the technical feasibility of their planned observations.

The XMM-Newton Users Handbook is on-line at

     https://xmm-tools.cosmos.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/documentation/uhb
 

Alternatively, pdf and postscript versions of the UHB can be downloaded from the "XMM-Newton Proposer's Info and Manuals" portal

     https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/documentation
 

XMM-NEWTON USERS' GROUP MEETING: PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE

The XMM-Newton Users' Group met on the 17th and 18th June 2020. The presentations of the meeting are available at

     https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/users-group
 

LET US KNOW ABOUT XMM-NEWTON RELATED PH.D. AND PRIZES FOR XMM-NEWTON RESULTS

As already announced in previous issues of this Newsletter, the XMM-Newton team is collecting information about the completion of doctorates and Ph.D. theses based on (or making use of) XMM-Newton observations.

We would appreciate if you - being a candidate or a supervisor of a doctorate - could let us know details through the page

     http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/phd-theses
 

Also we would be grateful if you could inform us (via a message to xmmhelp@sciops.esa.int, with subject "Ph.D. thesis work") in case you are aware of theses from, or supervised by, colleagues that make use of XMM-Newton data but are not yet included in the above list.

In addition, the XMM-Newton SOC would like to establish a list of prizes won based on XMM-Newton results. Information about such prizes can be sent via e-mail to the Helpdesk (xmmhelp@sciops.esa.int) indicating the name of the winner, year, prize name and granting institution.

 

Yours sincerely,

XMM-Newton SOC