modifications to mos response file:

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

Modifications to MOS Response File:

Current Fixed Response Matrix is:

m<1/2>_<thin1/med/thick>v9q19t5r5_<p0/all>_15.rsp

Modifications to rmf below 0.7 keV………………….…...r6

Modifications to QE around O edge……………………..q20

Modifications to High Energy QE to force MOS-PNagreement………………………………………………….q21

ftp files from ftp.star.le.ac.uk in /pub/sse/<q19/q20/q21>

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

q19r5: Multiple Gaussian model fit to MOS1 mono-pixel and bi-pixel spectra of 1E 0102.2-7219 (spectra supplied by

Paul Bennie (LUX))

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

q19r6: Multiple Gaussian model fit to mono-pixel and bi-pixel spectra

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

q19r6: Multiple Gaussian model fit to MOS2 mono-pixel and bi-pixel spectra

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

Comparison of rmf for q19r5, q19r6 and Ground

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

q19r5 versus q19r6 in Mrk 421

Single Power Law, NH = Ngal (1.6x1020 cm-2)

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

q20r6 versus q19r6 in Mrk 421Single Power Law, NH = Ngal (1.6x1020 cm-2)

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

q19r5χ2 = 861.1/447 dof (1.93) NH=Ngal

χ2 = 779.2/446 dof (1.75) NH=FreeReq. Systematic = 1-6-1.7%

Broken Power Law Fit (0.2-8 keV)

q21r6χ2 = 695.3/447 dof (1.56) NH=Ngal

χ2 = 689.5/446 dof (1.55) NH=FreeReq. Systematic = 1.4 %

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

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Steve Sembay (sse@star.le.ac.uk)EPIC Calibration meetingMilan 07-11-01

Comparison of MOS v PN spectrum of NGC 5548

q19r5

q21r6

Spectral Data supplied by James Reeves (LUX)

q21: high energy QE modification derived (independentlyof this source) by Richard Saxton (LUX/SOC)