ESA Science & Technology - 14th XMM-Newton SAS Workshop

Start date: 03 Jun 2014
Address: XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain

The SAS Workshop provides an introduction to the procedures and techniques of the Science Analysis System to reduce and analyse astronomical X-ray data from the XMM-Newton Observatory. No specific knowledge of X-ray data analysis is required to attend the workshop, although a general knowledge of XMM-Newton and its scientific payload is desirable. Workshop participants are recommended to refer to the XMM-Newton Users Handbook, accessible from the workshop website at the link above.