XMM-Newton-NEWS

XMM-Newton-NEWS #137, 16-Jul-2012

XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre at
ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre,
P.O. Box - Apdo. 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain

SOC Home Page:	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/
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Reminder: Anticipated timeline for AO-12

	Announcement of Opportunity	21 August 2012
	Due date for proposals	5 October 2012 (12:00 UT)
	Final OTAC approved programme	mid December 2012

For approved proposals only:

	Start of phase II proposal submission	8 January 2013
	Closure of phase II proposal submission	1 February 2013
	Start of AO-12 observations	May 2013

The official "Announcement of Opportunity" will be made public in a dedicated issue of this Newsletter and on the XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre web site.

XMM-Newton Users Handbook update for AO-12

The XMM-Newton Users Handbook (UHB) has been updated to version 2.10 in preparation for the next Announcement of Opportunity (AO-12).

The UHB contains information on the instrumentation on board XMM-Newton and serves as the main technical support document for proposal preparation, based on which potential XMM-Newton users can assess the technical feasibility of their planned observations.

The XMM-Newton Users Handbook is available on-line at

xmm-tools.cosmos.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/documentation/uhb/

Alternatively, pdf and postscript versions of the UHB can be downloaded from the "XMM-Newton Proposer's Info and Manuals" portal at

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/documentation

Let us know about XMM-Newton related Ph.D.

The XMM-Newton team is collecting information about the completion of doctorates and Ph.D. theses based on (or making use of) XMM-Newton observations. Ideally, it is our intention to collect the complete list of Ph.D. works based on XMM-Newton data and this is why we need your help.

This information is one of the measures of the scientific impact of XMM-Newton included in the proposal for mission extension that will be presented to the ESA Advisory Structure next Autumn.

We would appreciate if you - being a candidate or supervisor of a doctorate - could let us know the following details:

Year of the thesis
Candidate's name
Supervisor's name
Institution
Thesis Title
Statement that the thesis is either based on, or making use of, XMM-Newton observations

Please contact us through the helpdesk at:

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk

sending an e-mail with Subject: "Ph.D. thesis work". The message can be flagged as private. In any case, all provided information will be handled confidentially.

XMM-Newton Workshop "Galaxy Clusters as Giant Cosmic Laboratories":
Presentations and Posters available on-line

The XMM-Newton science workshop "Galaxy Clusters as Giant Cosmic Laboratories" was held at ESAC from 21^st to 23^rd May 2012, with more than 110 registered participants. Presentations and posters are available on-line at

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/2012-workshop/

and stored in the ADS database under

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?&ref_stems=2012gcgc.conf

Refereed proceedings are under preparation and will appear next year as an issue of Astronomical Notes / Astronomische Nachrichten.

Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC