XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


multixmmselect (xmmselect-2.67) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Typical usage scenarios

multixmmselect has been designed to process a list of EPIC tables, e.g.

multixmmselect tables=”pn.fits mos1.fits mos2.fits” calindexsets=”ccf.cif ccf.cif ccf.cif”

The following is a collection of common scientific processing problems together with instructions on how to perform them within multixmmselect:

• Generate a OGIP spectrum product without doing any selections.
  1. Select the X and Y column for the mosaic image extraction.
  2. Click the image product extraction button at the bottom of the GUI to create the mosaic EPIC iamge and visualize it.
  3. Create the regions (source and background) of interest within the imgdisplay window.
  4. Click the OGIP Spectral Product button.

• Generate a OGIP spectrum product with time filter selection.
  1. Select real TIME column
  2. Click the OGIP Rate Curve button and select an appropiate time binning.
  3. Select one or multiple intervals in the displayed window product.
  4. Click the 1D region in the “Region Selection” area of the multixmmselect GUI.
  5. Select the X and Y column for the mosaic image extraction.
  6. click the image product extraction button at the bottom of the GUI to create the mosaic EPIC iamge and visualize it.
  7. Create the regions (source and background) of interest within the imgdisplay window.
  8. Click the OGIP Spectral Product button.