Contents

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 XMM Point Sources
  
  
• 2 What's New?
  • 2.1 AE Version 2013mar6
  • 2.2 AE Version 2012nov1
  • 2.3 AE Version 2012apr05
  • 2.4 AE Version 2012-03-19
  • 2.5 AE Version 2011-04-06
  • 2.6 AE Version 2011-03-15
  • 2.7 AE Version 2010-02-26
  • 2.8 AE Version 2009-12-15
  • 2.9 AE Version 2009-12-01
  • 2.10 AE Version 2009-08-09
  • 2.11 AE Version 2009-06-22
  • 2.12 AE Version 2009-01-27
  
  
• 3 Getting Started
  • 3.1 Inputs to AE
  • 3.2 Create Sources
  • 3.3 Basic Extraction
  • 3.4 Spectral Fitting
  • 3.5 Collating the Results
  
  
• 4 Citation
• 5 Algorithms
  • 5.1 Point Spread Function Images
  • 5.2 Extraction and Mask Regions
  • 5.3 Source Positions
  • 5.4 Source Spectra, Single Observation
  • 5.5 Background Spectra, Single Observation
  • 5.6 Multi-ObsId Spectra
  • 5.7 Grouping of Spectra
  • 5.8 RMFs
  • 5.9 ARFs
  • 5.10 Broad Band Photometry
  • 5.11 Light Curves
  • 5.12 Automated Spectral Fitting
  • 5.13 Discarding Observations
  • 5.14 Diffuse Sources
  
  
• 6 Installation
  • 6.1 Unix Shells
  • 6.2 Tips on Minimizing Execution Times
  
  
• 7 Using ACIS Extract
  • 7.1 Recipes
  • 7.2 Source Management with the ae_source_manager Tool
  • 7.3 General Parameters
  • 7.4 Default Parameters
  • 7.5 The ae_make_catalog Tool
  • 7.6 The ae_standard_extraction Tool
  • 7.7 Adjust BACKSCAL Stage
  • 7.8 MERGE_OBSERVATIONS Stage
  • 7.9 CHECK_POSITIONS Stage
  • 7.10 SHOW_REGIONS Stage
  • 7.11 FIT_SPECTRA Stage
  • 7.12 COLLATED_FILENAME Stage
  • 7.13 Caveats
  • 7.14 Accessory Tools
  
  
• A. Running Multiple Instances of ACIS Extract
• B. Comparison of Wachter and cplinear Background Models
• C. Correction for Photometric Bias
• D. Standardized Directory Tree
• E. Obsolete Stages
  • E..1 CONSTRUCT_REGIONS Stage
  • E..2 EXTRACT_EVENTS Stage
  • E..3 EXTRACT_SPECTRA Stage
  • E..4 TIMING Stage
  • E..5 EXTRACT_BACKGROUNDS Stage
  • E..6 ae_better_backgrounds Tool
  
  
• F. Release History
  • F..1 AE Version 2008-06-09
  • F..2 AE Version 2008-04-29
  • F..3 AE Version 2008-03-03
  • F..4 February, 2008 (AE Version 3.175)
  • F..5 January, 2008 (AE Version 3.173b)
  • F..6 January, 2008 (AE Version 3.172)
  • F..7 April, 2007 (AE Version 3.135)
  • F..8 March, 2007 (AE Version 3.128)
  • F..9 February, 2007 (AE Version 3.125)
  • F..10 October, 2006 (AE Version 3.107)
  • F..11 September, 2006 (AE Version 3.101)
  • F..12 August, 2006 (AE Version 3.100)
  • F..13 January, 2006 (AE Version 3.96)
  • F..14 December, 2005 (AE Version 3.94)
  • F..15 November, 2005 (AE Version 3.91)
  • F..16 October, 2005 (AE Version 3.89)
  • F..17 July, 2005 (AE Version 3.79)
  • F..18 January, 2005 (AE Version 3.65)
  • F..19 October, 2004 (AE Version 3.56)
  • F..20 September, 2004 (AE Version 3.51)
  • F..21 August, 2004 (AE Version 3.42)
  • F..22 June, 2004 (AE Version 3.34)
  • F..23 February, 2004 (AE Version 3.19)
  • F..24 November, 2003 (AE Version 3.5)
  • F..25 September, 2003 (AE Version 3.0)
  • F..26 May, 2003 (AE version 2.22)
  • F..27 10 February, 2003
  • F..28 9 January, 2003
  • F..29 Initial Release, October 2002
  
  
• Bibliography