XMM-Newton Data Files Handbook

2.1 The XMM-Newton Science Archive

All data resulting from or pertinent to a given observation are archived, catalogued and linked in the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA):
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xsa
All relevant files, from the proposal abstract up to the processed data, catalogues and publications are stored and can easily be retrieved by means of a web based interface
http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-web/#search
The data can also be retrieved directly via the AIO
http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-web/#aio

The XSA archive constitutes the main interface to the scientific community. Alongside ODFs and PPS data products for all performed XMM-Newton pointed and slew observations, the XSA contains a wide range of information, such as:

• Links to Catalogues:
  http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xsa/#download
  
  1. The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogues
  2. The XMM-Newton Slew survey source catalogue
  3. The XMM-OM source catalogue
• Images, spectra and light curves that can be displayed with ds9 or with Aladin
  
• For each observation, access to refereed publications using the data, via a link to the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  
• Access to proposal information (science abstract, instrument configuration)
  
• Links to XMM-Newton documentation
  http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/documentation
  
• Link to EPIC Radiation Monitor data files
  http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/radmon-details

For access to the XSA and download of files see the XSA web page:
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xsa