XMM-Newton Science Analysis System: User Guide

4.2 The EPIC pipeline products

The Pipeline processing produces a number of useful products which allow a first look at the data. These are described in detail in the Pipeline Products Description document.

Within the products, the page INDEX.HTM is the main page which gives a summary of the observation and provides links to the instrument observation summary pages, of the form:

• PPooooooooooiiX000SUMMAR0000.HTM
  • oooooooooo : the Observation Identifier.
  • ii : the detector ID (EP - EPIC, OM - Optical Monitor, RG - RGS).

As well as these summary files, links to two other summary files are provided:

PooooooooooOBX000PPSSUM0000.HTM: the PPS processing summary file, and
PooooooooooCAX000XCORRE0000.HTM: the EPIC field of view cross-correlation results

With each group of the pipeline products (Table 4) there is an HTML (.HTM extension) file which lists the associated data files and gives a short description of them.

The HTML file names are of the following format:

• PPooooooooooAAAAAA000_0.HTM, where
  • oooooooooo : the Observation Identifier.
  • AAAAAA: the Group ID (Table 4).

The data file names are of the form:

• Pooooooooooiiseeeccccccbnnn.ttt, where
  • oooooooooo the Observation Identifier.
  • ii the detector ID.
  • s the scheduled flag.
  • eee the exposure number.
  • cccccc the File ID (Table 4).
  • b the instrument specific field (ISF):
    • Energy band for EPIC instruments (8: 0.2-12 keV; 1: 0.2-0.5 keV; 2: 0.5-2 keV; 3: 2-4.5 keV; 4: 4.5-7.5 keV; 5: 7.5-12 keV).
    • OM science window or OM filter code for OM products.
    • Spectral order for RGS products (1: Order 1; 2: Order 2).
  • nnn the hexidecimal source number or 000.
  • ttt the file type.
    • ASC: ASCII file, use Netscape, other web browser, or the more command.
    • FTZ: gzipped FITS format, use e.g. ds9, xmmselect, fv.
    • HTM: HTML file, use web browser.
    • PDF: Portable Data Format, use Acrobat Reader.
    • PNG: Portable Networks Graphics file, use web browser.

Table 4 lists the Group and File ID for the Pipeline processing data files relevant for EPIC.

Table 4: Pipeline processing data files relevant for EPIC

File ID	Product Description	File Type
XCORRE	Main Cross Correlation Page	HTML
OBLSLI	EPIC Observation BOX-LOCAL Source List	FTZ
OBMSLI	EPIC Observation BOX-MAP Source List	FTZ
OMSRLI	EPIC Observation ML Source List	FTZ
OBSMLI	EPIC Summary Source List	FTZ & HTML
OSNSMP	EPIC Observation Sensitivity Map$^{1}$	FTZ
FBKTSR	EPIC Flare Background Timeseries	FTZ & PDF
EXPMAP	EPIC Exposure Map$^{1}$	FTZ & PNG
REGION	EPIC Source DS9 Regions	ASC
DETMSK	EPIC Detection Mask	FTZ & PNG
BKGMAP	EPIC Merged Background Map$^{1}$	FTZ & PNG
OBKGMP	EPIC Observation Background Map$^{1}$	FTZ & PNG
MIEVLI	EPIC MOS Imaging Mode Event List	FTZ
PIEVLI	EPIC PN Imaging Mode Event List	FTZ
TIEVLI	EPIC Timing Mode Event List	FTZ
IMAGE_	EPIC IMAGE$^{1}$	FTZ & PNG
OEXPMP	EPIC Observation Exposure Map$^{1}$	FTZ & PNG
OIMAGE	EPIC Observation Image$^{1}$	FTZ & PNG
SUMMAR	EPIC Observation Summary	HTM
SFFTPL	EPIC Source FFT Plot$^{1}$	PDF
SPCPLT	EPIC Source Spectrum Plot	PDF
STSPLT	EPIC Source Timeseries Plot$^{1}$	PDF
SRCREG	EPIC Source DS9 Region	ASC
SRCARF	EPIC Ancillary Response Function	FTZ
BGSPEC	EPIC Source Background Spectrum	FTZ
SRSPEC	EPIC Source Spectrum	FTZ
SRCTSR	EPIC Source Timeseries$^{1}$	FTZ
FOVRES	EPIC Field Of View Cross-Correlation Results	HTML
FOVSUM	EPIC Field Of View Cross-Correlation Summary	FTZ & HTML
SRCRES	EPIC sources Cross-Correlation results	HTML
SRCSUM	EPIC Source Cross-Correlation Summary	FTZ& HTML

1; One file per band, where the bands id are
8: 0.2-12 keV; 1: 0.2-0.5 keV; 2: 0.5-2 keV; 3: 2-4.5 keV; 4: 4.5-7.5 keV; 5: 7.5-12 keV.