Summary release note for ppsprod-16.37 ====================================== Pipeline Version: 16.37_20170628_1250 Pipeline name: ppsprod Release Date: 2017-06-28 SAS Manifest: xmmsas_20170627_1830 Summary ======= This new version of the pipeline is based on SAS16.0 public release and fixes some minor bugs found in ppsprod-16.35 related to source detection (eboxdetect) and computation of the backscal keyword in background spectral files for sources found in the central CCD of MOS cameras in windowed modes. The main points in previous summary release notes still apply: -) Source detection algorithms are applied to slew data. -) Observations of the solar system objects can be processed such that X-rays images and spectra are correctly referred to the moving target. Changes have been introduced for the handling of background extraction: The method established in the previous pipeline version to define the background region for source products from pn data has now been extended to MOS. Note that this method is not applied to sources detected in CCD#1 of MOS cameras operated in "Small Window" readout mode, because the area exposed in that CCD is very small compared to the Point-Spread Function (PSF). Instead, background is estimated from an annulus centred on the source and extending inside the peripheral CCDs. Some new products are delivered to ease quick inspection of the data: -) A single file per souce which includes the plots of the light curves in all EPIC and RGS exposures of the observation. -) For every EPIC spectrum there is a new image file (PNG) which shows the source and background extraction regions. -) Time binning for RGS light curves is now adjusted for the brightness of the source. -) RGS spectral plots are produced without any binning in wavelength. The version of SAS being used is a pipeline-specific manifest xmmsas_20170627_1830. This is based on the public SAS release 16.0.0, described at http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/sas-release-notes-1600 Documentation ============= Documentation for this pipeline can be found at: http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/pipeline and links therein.