A new comprehensive 2D model of the point spread functions of the XMM-Newton EPIC telescopes: Spurious source suppression and improved positional accuracy

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 534, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Read, A M ^a   Rosen, S R ^a   Saxton, R D ^b   Ramirez, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^c ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

instrumentation: miscellaneous; telescopes; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; ANALYSIS SYSTEM; AZIMUTHAL ANGLE; AZIMUTHAL POSITION; AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; BRIGHT POINTS; FIELD OF VIEWS; INSTRUMENTATION: MISCELLANEOUS; OFF-AXIS ANGLES; POINT SOURCES; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; PSF MODEL; SPOKE STRUCTURE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; X-RAYS: GENERAL; XMM-NEWTON;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 80053270489     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117525     Document Type: Article

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