XMM-Newton Data Files Handbook

6.4 Event list structure in the PN Timing Mode

In timing mode, only chip #4 is operated, and the PN Timing Mode event file is produced by epproc only for CCD4. It is named

REVN_OBSID_EPN_SEEE_TimingEvts.ds

with REVN the 4-digit revolution number, OBSID the 10-digit observation ID, and EEE the exposure number.

In contrast to the MOS timing mode, no additional image events files are produced. The PN Timing Events file is similar to the PN Imaging Events file as described in Table 32, with the following differences:

• Only the extensions EXPOSU04, BADPIX04, and STDGTI04 exist plus optional GTI000ZZ extensions if additional time filters were applied. Note that the CCD number 4 is not reflected in the name of the GTI extension.
• The EVENT extension does not contain the columns DETX, DETY, X, Y, and TIMERAW.
• OFFSET extension only contains the column CCDNR

Note that the RAWY coordinate (which for MOS is omitted) is not a spatial column but corresponds to time. Filtering on RAWY is thus equivalent to cutting the time axis of the extracted light curve.