Status of the EPIC/MOS calibration
P. Ferrando, A. F. Abbey, B. Altieri, M. Arnaud, P. Bennie, M. Dadina, M. Denby, S. Ghizzardi, R. G. Griffiths, N. La Palombara, A. de Luca, D. Lumb, S. Molendi, D. Neumann, J. L. Sauvageot, R. D. Saxton, S. Sembay, A. Tiengo, M. J. L. Turner
Abstract
The XMM-Newton observatory has the largest collecting area flown so far for an X-ray imaging system, resulting in a very high sensitivity over a broad spectral range. In order to exploit fully these performances, a very accurate calibration of the XMM-Newton instruments is required, and has led to an extensive ground and flight calibration program. We report here on the current status of the EPIC/MOS cameras calibrations, highlighting areas for which a reasonably good accuracy has been achieved, and noting points where further work is needed.
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