Status of the EPIC/MOS calibration
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/ Authors
P. Ferrando, A. F. Abbey, B. Altieri, M. Arnaud, P. Bennie, M. Dadina, M. Denby, S. Ghizzardi, R. G. Griffiths, N. La Palombara
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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.