SAS Threads

Common Threads

Starting the SAS
- SAS start-up	command line
All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products
- Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor	command line
Guidelines for scientific analysis
- Spectral analysis with XSPEC	command line
- Timing analysis with XRONOS	command line

EPIC related Threads

All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products
- Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor	command line
Step-by-Step
Event list generation:
- How to reprocess ODFs to generate calibrated and concatenated EPIC event lists	command line
Filtering against high background:
- How to filter EPIC event lists for flaring particle background	command line & GUI version
Light curve generation:
- Extraction of a light curve for a point-like source (EPIC and RGS)	command line	GUI version
Spectrum extraction:
- Extraction of MOS spectra from point-like sources	command line	GUI version
- Extraction of MOS spectra from point-like sources taken in timing mode	command line
- Extraction of pn spectra from point-like sources	command line	GUI version
- Extraction of pn spectra from point-like sources taken in timing mode	command line
- Extraction of spectra in a few clicks: especget		GUI version
- Combining the spectra of the 3 EPIC cameras	command line
Point Spread Function (PSF) generation:
- 2-D PSF à la carte	command line
More complex analysis for bright or extended sources
- Dealing with EPIC Out-of-Time (OoT) events	command line
- How to evaluate the pile-up fraction in an EPIC source	command line
- How to use EPIC background blank field files	command line
ESAS:
- Creation of EPIC background subtracted, exposure corrected images	command line
- Creation of EPIC spectral analysis files for a cluster radial profile	command line
The "images" Script:
- A shell script to create attractive EPIC-pn & MOS combined images	dedicated Web page
Source detection
- EPIC source finding thread in one go: edetect_chain	command line
- EPIC source finding thread: step-by-step	command line
- EPIC source finding in overlapping exposures	command line
Slew data processing
- How to process EPIC slew data	command line

RGS related Threads

All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products
- Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor	command line
Step-by-Step
- How to reduce RGS data and extract spectra of point-like sources	command line
- rgsproc, coordinates and masks	command line
Light curve generation:
- Extraction of a light curve for a point-like source (EPIC and RGS)	command line	GUI version
More complex analysis for the very bright sources
- Pile-up in the RGS: how to prevent it, evaluate its existence and make corrections	command line

OM related Threads

All in one go: from raw data (ODF) to science products
- Analysis chain for point-like sources: xmmextractor	command line
Step-by-Step
- OM image mode data processing chain	command line	descriptive version
- OM fast mode data processing chain	command line	descriptive version
- OM Grism processing chain	command line
- Interactive OM photometry	command line