diff --git a/VOHE-Note.tex b/VOHE-Note.tex index a7ed7b3..e5c7f29 100644 --- a/VOHE-Note.tex +++ b/VOHE-Note.tex @@ -224,11 +224,34 @@ \subsubsection{Chandra}\label{sec:chandra} \subsubsection{XMM-Newton} -The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched in 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's -second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Program. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an -unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, dedicated to the study of celestial X-ray sources. - -\todo[inline]{To be completed: XMM catalogs, data... and VO access.} +The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) \footnote{https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton} +was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. +It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, 2 reflexion grating spectrometers and an optical monitor. +The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. +The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes +to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, +applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. + +One of the mission's ground segment modules, the SSC /footnote{http://xmmssc.irap.omp.eu/}, is in charge of maximizing the scientific return of +this space observatory by exhaustively analyzing +the content of the instruments' fields of view. During the development phase (1996-1999), the SSC, +in collaboration with the SOC (ESAC), designed and produced the scientific analysis software (SAS). +Since then, it has contributed to its maintenance and development. This software is publicly available. + +The general pipeline is operated as ESAC (Villafranca, Spain) since 2012, except for the part concerning cross-correlation +with astronomical archives which runs in Strasbourg. +The information thus produced is intended for the guest observer and, after a proprietary period of one year, +for the international community. +In parallel, the SSC regularly compiles an exhaustive catalog of all X-ray sources detected by EPIC cameras. +The SSC validates these catalogs, enriches them with multi-wavelength data and exploits them in several scientific programs. + +The XMM catalog is published through various WEB applications: XSA \footnote{https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xsa}, +XCatDB \footnote{https://xcatdb.unistra.fr/4xmm}, IRAP \footnote{http://xmm-catalog.irap.omp.eu/} and +HEASARCH \footnote{http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/db-perl/W3Browse/w3browse.pl}. +It is also published in the VO, mainly as TAP services. +It is to be noted that the TAP service operated in Strasbourg (\url{https://xcatdb.unistra.fr/xtapdb} - to be deployed in 10/2024) returns responses where data is mapped on the MANGO model with MIVOT. + +\todo[inline]{To be validated by ADA.} \subsubsection{SVOM}