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Preprint A/00

In­Orbit Performance of the EPIC­PN CCD­Camera on Board XMM­Newton

Ulrich. G. Briel (1), B. Aschenbach (1), M. Balasini (4), H. Bräuninger (1), W. Burkert (1), K. Dennerl (1), M. Ehle (1), F. Haberl (1), R. Hartmann (1), G. Hartner (1), P. Holl (3), P. Massa (4), N. Meidinger (1), J. Kemmer (3), E. Kendziorra (2), M. Kirsch (2), N. Krause (1), M. Kuster (2), D. Lumb (5), E. Pfeffermann (1), J. Pal (2), W. Pietsch (1), M. Popp (1), A. Read (1), C. Reppin (1), H. Soltau (3), R. Staubert (2), L. Strüder (1), J. Trümper (1), G. Villa (4), Ch. v. Zanthier (3), V. E. Zavlin (1)

(1) Max­Planck­Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, 85748 Garching, Germany
(2) Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Astronomie, Universität Tübingen, Waldhäuser Str. 64, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
(3) KETEK GmbH, Am Isarbach 30, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
(4) Istituto di Fisica Cosmica "G. Occhialini", Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
(5) European Space Research and Technology Center, 2200 AG Noordwijk zh, the Netherlands

To appear in: Proc. SPIE

Abstract. On 10^th December 1999, the European X­ray satellite XMM, now called XMM­Newton, was successfully put into orbit. After initial commissioning of the satellite's subsystems, the EPIC­pn camera was switched on and tested thoroughly in the period Jan./Febr. 2000. After refining of some of the parameter settings and the on­board pn­computer programs, we started the Calibration and Performance Verification Phase, which will last until the end of May 2000.
In this paper we report on the results of the EPIC­pn Commissioning Phase with respect to the in­orbit performance of the camera. We also show some of the early results with the pn­camera, the first light image of a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and an observation of the Crab Nebular.

Key words: XMM­Newton, pn­CCD, X­ray detector

Paper (3028k gzip'ed Postscript including figures)

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