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Meetings Table

  • Leicester, March 2012
  • Mallorca, March 2011
  • Madrid, March 2010
  • Mallorca, April 2009
  • Mallorca, April 2008
  • Mallorca, November 2007
  • Palermo, April 2007
  • Mallorca, October 2006
  • MPE, May 2006
  • MPE, November 2005
  • ESAC, June 2005

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  • Leicester, March 2012
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
  • A. Read
    • Introduction, actions and discussions [pdf]
  • J. Carter
    • Updates to the EPIC blank sky and SWCX projects [pdf]
  • B. Mueck
    • Current status of the blank field templates for the PN timing mode [pdf]
  • I. de la Calle
    • Status of background group activities at the SOC [pdf]
  • C. Gabriel
    • Expected ESAS upgrades in SAS [pdf]
  • A. Read
    • MOS CCD noise and other BG issues [pdf]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • Mallorca, March 2011
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
  • A. Read
    • Introduction, actions and discussions [pdf]
  • J. Carter
    • Blank Sky update [pdf]
  • I. de la Calle
    • SOC activities [pdf]
  • C. Gabriel
    • PN treatment in ESAS [pdf]
  • K. Kuntz
    • Particle-induced background update - part 1 [pdf]
  • K. Kuntz
    • Particle-induced background update - part 2 [pdf]
  • S. Molendi
    • Background extraction methods [pdf]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • Madrid, March 2010
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • A. Read
      • Introduction, actions and discussions [pdf]
      • MOS CCD Noise [pdf]
    • J. Carter
      • BGWG Blank Sky Update [pdf]
      • Solar Wind Charge Exchange as seen by XMM-Newton [pdf]
    • I. de la Calle
      • SOC Activities [ppt]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • Mallorca, April 2009
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • A.Read
      • Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt]
    • Ignacio de la Calle
      • SOC view of the FWC data [ppt]
    • Jenny Carter
      • BGWG Blank Sky update [ppt]
    • Hubert Chen
      • Low energy noise on the MOS CCDs [pdf]
    • Carlos Gabriel
      • ESAS into SAS [pdf]
    • Kip Kuntz
      • The MOS Background and XMM-ESAS [ppt]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • Mallorca, April 2008
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • A.Read
      • Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt]
    • J.Carter
      • Update on Blank Sky work [ppt]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • Mallorca, November 2007
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • A.Read
      • Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt, pdf]
    • M.Ehle
      • BGWG report from the June XMM-Newton User Group meeting [ppt, pdf]
    • S.Snowden
      • An XMM-Newton XMM-ESAS software update [ppt, pdf]
    • J.Carter
      • Update on Blank Sky work [ppt, pdf]
    • M.Freyberg
      • Filter wheel closed update [pdf]
    • W.Pietsch
      • EPIC PN background spectra for low surface brightness sources [ppt, pdf]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • Palermo, April 2007
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • A.Read
      • Introduction and action items from last meeting [ppt, pdf]
    • J.Carter
      • Update on Blank Sky work plus soft proton flaring analysis [ppt, pdf]
    • M.Ehle
      • New version of image generation script [ppt, pdf]
    • A.Leccardi
      • Analysis of low surface brightness sources with EPIC [ppt, pdf]
    • S.Snowdon
      • An XMM-Newton XMM-ESAS software update [ppt, pdf]
      • Kip's view of soft proton flaring [ppt, pdf]
      • Filter wheel closed calibration observations [ppt, pdf]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • Mallorca, October 2006
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • J.Carter
      • Blank sky data analysis [ppt,pdf]
    • A.Read
      • The BGWG: agenda, actions, web pages, scripts, etc. [ppt,pdf]
    • S.Snowden
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • MPE, May 2006
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • J.Carter
      • Blank Sky data analysis [ppt,pdf]
    • M.Freyberg
      • XMM-Newton XRT+EPIC straylight [pdf]
    • K.Kuntz
      • A study of the quiescent particle background [ppt,pdf]
    • A.Leccardi & S.Molendi
      • Background treatment in spectral analysis of low surface brightness sources [ppt,pdf]
    • A.Read
      • Overview - including agenda, action items, meetings, webpages & double-subtraction [ppt,pdf]
    • S.Snowdon
      • XMM-Newton Extended Source Analysis Software [ppt,pdf]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • MPE, November 2005
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • J.Carter
      • Blank Sky data scripts [ppt,pdf]
    • M.Freyberg
      • EPIC-pn background: Updates [pdf]
    • A.Read
      • Overview, BG components and updates [ppt,pdf]
    • S.Snowdon
      • Solar Wind Charge Exchange [ppt,pdf]
      • A study of the quiescent particle BG [ppt,pdf]
    • Back to Meetings Table
  • ESAC, June 2005
    • Meeting summary [pdf]
    • A.Read
      • EPIC-BG Meeting June/July 2005 - introduction [ppt,pdf]
    • M.Freyberg
      • EPIC-PN background: general remarks [pdf]
    • Back to Meetings Table

     

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