XMM-Newton Science Analysis System: Users' Guide

1.5 Structure of the document

The structure of the present document is as follows:

• Chapter 2 introduces the investigator to the analysis of XMM-Newton data. It provides a brief description of the XMM-Newton observation and calibration files. It outlines the analysis steps to produce calibrated event files and to extract scientific products.

• Chapter 3 describes the SAS graphical user interface (GUI). The SAS GUI is a user friendly tool which enables to run SAS interactive analysis tasks without using command lines.

• Chapter 4 describes the successive SAS analysis steps required prior to the scientific analysis of EPIC final data products.

• Chapter 5 describes the initial SAS analysis steps to obtain RGS final data products prior to their scientific analysis.

• Chapter 6 describes the SAS reduction and calibration of OM data which can be afterwards be analyzed using standard astronomical software packages.