XMM-Newton-NEWS


XMM-Newton-NEWS  #160,    13-Feb-2014

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/
Helpdesk web interface: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Helpdesk email address: xmmhelp@sciops.esa.int
News Mailing List: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/newsletter

Contents:



"The X-ray Universe 2014"
Deadline for Abstract Submission: Friday 28th February

As announced in a previous issue of this Newsletter, the XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre is organising a major astrophysical symposium from Monday 16th to Thursday 19th June 2014 in Dublin, Ireland, see http://xrayuniverse.esa.int

We take the opportunity to remind of the deadlines for abstract submission and registration:

Abstract Submission deadline    Friday 28th February 2014
Early Registration deadline Monday 28th April 2014

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations can be submitted via

     http://xrayuniverse.esa.int/#submission


SAS Users Guide updated

The Users Guide to the XMM-Newton Science Analysis System has been updated for SAS version 13.5 in order to include the latest information on data analysis methods and updated SAS tasks.

The guide is available from the XMM-Newton Proposers Info Documents and Manuals Web page (Section: Data Analysis) at:

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

The html version of the SAS Users Guide can directly be accessed under

     https://xmm-tools.cosmos.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/documentation/sas_usg/USG/


14th XMM-Newton SAS Workshop

The XMM-Newton SOC announces the 14th SAS Workshop, which will be held at the European Space Astronomy Centre of ESA, near Madrid (Spain), from the 2nd to the 6th of June 2014.

The SAS Workshop provides an introduction to the procedures and techniques of the Science Analysis System to reduce and analyse astronomical X-ray data from the XMM-Newton Observatory. The 5-day workshop is organised around 5 half-days of presentations and 5 half-days of practical training sessions. The sessions cover all aspects of data reduction and data analysis for all the X-ray instruments and the Optical Monitor on board XMM-Newton.

Interested persons are invited to send an email through the XMM-Newton HelpDesk

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

before 15th April 2014 specifying in the subject line:

Interest in participating in the 14th XMM-Newton SAS Workshop

and providing the following information: 

Name                   :
Organisation           :
Address                :
Country                :
Phone                  :
Institutional e-mail   :
Main Research Field    :

In  need of  transportation  between the  pre-booked 
accommodation  in Madrid and the workshop venue at ESAC? : YES/NO
Bringing your own laptop?                                : YES/NO
No fee is required to attend the SAS Workshop.

More information is given at the workshop website:

     https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/sas-workshop-2014



Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC