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Course
In
the first part of the tutorial, I will present the procedure of X-ray
data reduction. I will show the steps to follow from the download of
the data set to the generation of the X-ray spectrum, for the case
study of an XMM-Newton observation of an X-ray binary. I will point out
the concepts and tools applied to X-ray astronomical data in
general. I will invite the participants to run some of the
commands on their own in this workshop.
The second part of the tutorial will deal with the spectral analysis of
an X-ray spectrum. I will invite the participants to perform a spectral
analysis of the XMM-Newton spectrum generated during the data reduction
session. I will guide them through the analysis using the standard
X-ray fitting package XSPEC, with the objective to estimate the column
density towards the target, the source flux and luminosity in the X-ray
band, the type of physical process producing the X-ray continuum and
the lines if present, and the properties of the plasma that may be
inferred from the spectrum.
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Outline
- X-ray data reduction: from the archives to the spectrum
- Spectral analysis of an X-ray spectrum
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