- eROSITA cross-calibration with clusters
- Cluster not useful for absolute calibration.
- Clusters good for cross-calibration whichis not a high priority
- A1795 and A2029 are in the calibration program
GO time may yield nearby clusters (with a single pointing far beyond the virial radius)
- Any updates on eROSITA cluster observations that might be useful for IACHEC?
- (A/I Eric) Contact Konrad about cluster observations and calibration status; also him and Michael F. about ROSAT cluster person
- Multi-Mission Study
- 2017 plan was (from Clusters_WG_session_2017_final.pdf):
- TASK 1: Define the extraction radius
- Statistics requirement and PSF minimisation prefer bigger values
- bkg and vignetting minimisation prefer smaller values
- Extraction radius = 6 arcmin
- TASK 2: Define a suitable cluster
- Hot enough (minimise 1 keV line emission, better src/to bkg at 7 keV energies
- Not too distant to yield enough photons
- Preferably low NH... if high, harder to get enough photons at the lowest energies. But we can cut the low energy band and use the rest. No requirement for NH at the moment
- kT > 6 keV z < 0.1
- TASK 3: Define a suitable observation
- Long enough for statistics.
- Cluster center – FOV center offaxis minimised
- Proceed with single on-axis observations. If too constraining (not enough clusters with enough counts) we will discuss about merging several observations.
- 100000 c in central 6 arcmin (40000 for PSPC)
- Offaxis < 3 arcmin
- Following PRELIMINARY! list consists hot nearby clusters from HIFLUGCS sample, following these criteria:
- kT > 6 keV, except for Perseus
- Offset btw. the cluster center and pointing FOV center < 3 arcmin
- Exposure > 10 ks in the available data
- Clusters are not only HIFLUGCS, so some added, maybe Jukka added some in the Galactic plane
- Swift now has lots of data on PKS0745
- Chandra has lots of data on A1795
- Ivan has worked on A1795, adjusting work flow, also worked on chip gap/bad pixel correction on pn using image from MOS, reduces the effect on the ARF to 0.1% (link to technical note: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.01753)
- A/I Task 4: Compile a list of available clusters and obs. ID:s fulfilling our criteria: Larry (Chandra), Eric (Suzaku), Andy B. (Swift), Steven Snowden (ROSAT), Jukka (XMM) Deadline end of April
- A/I Task 5: Extract and process data with May 2017 calibration information. Deadline end of June
- (A/I All) Update compiled list of available clusters and obs. IDs fulfilling our criteria: Larry & Gerrit (Chandra), Eric (Suzaku), Andy B. (Swift), TBD (check with Konrad, Michael) (ROSAT), Ivan (XMM EPIC), Dan Wik/Karl (NuSTAR LP, A2029, A478, A1795, A2199, all completed according to Karl)
- (A/I Eric) contact Dan (Karl) about NuSTAR data
- (A/I All) Add A2199?
- A/I Task 6: Jukka will do the stack residuals ratio analysis.
- TASK 1: Define the extraction radius
- 2018 summary used just XMM EPIC pn vs. ROSAT PSPC, just 6 arcmin extraction radius
- Action items from 2018
- A/I TASK 1: Check ROSAT PSPC calibration using one of our clusters (Jukka & M. Freyberg)
- A/I TASK 2: Check one cluster with Konrad's methods. Needs isothermal region for simple and accurate modelling.
- A/I TASK 3: Swift XRT flux weighting of ARFs (XRT mkarf doesn't flux-weight ARFs, so Andy has to figure out how to do this by hand)
- A/I TASK 4: Draft ready by next IACHEC
- 2017 plan was (from Clusters_WG_session_2017_final.pdf):
- Complete multi-mission study?
- Jukka has the full details of this and is unlikely to share.
- Any updates on whether Jukka is actively working on this? It was the subject of an AHEAD award.
- (A/I Ivan) Contact Jukka to find out whether he is working on IACHEC cluster related work.
- Simply supply data to the concordance effort (Statistics WG)? Probably wants fluxes or flux ratios in a number of energy bands.
- We need point people for each mission/instrument.
- XMM EPIC MOS & pn: Ivan
- Chandra ACIS: Larry & Gerrit
- Suzaku XIS: Eric
- Swift XRT: Andy B.
- ROSAT PSPC: Catherine? Eric ask MPE folks.
- NuSTAR: Karl and Dan Wik
- eROSITA: Eric ask MPE folks.
- ASTROSAT: ? Eric will investigate.
- HXMT: Chen Yong; says only two clusters have been observed: Coma, Perseus
- NICER: (A/I Eric) Ask about cluster observations/calibration, contact, interest in cross-calibration
- Two more WG meetings before September IACHEC meeting in Virginia