CONSTELLATION SCHOOL ON

X-RAYS FROM STAR FORMING REGIONS

Palermo, 18-22 May 2009



Practical Session

The practical session is composed by lectures introducing the analysis techniques mainly used to analyse the observations obtained by Chandra and XMM/Newton plus practical exercises. The exercises are based on real data on young stars and may be carried out with the help of manuals purposely assembled and with the help of a number of tutors.



Introductory Lectures

Francesco Damiani: X-ray image analysis

Antonio Maggio: Spectral and variability analysis



Manuals
Edited by
Costanza Argiroffi, Marilena Caramazza, Francesco Damiani, Elena Franciosini, Antonio Maggio, Ignazio Pillitteri, Beate Stelzer

Chandra Analysis basic guide

XMM Analysis basic guide

Wavelet detection method for Chandra

Wavelet detection method for XMM

Spectral fitting: XSPEC

Ftools and identification process



Results

Antonio Maggio: Data Analysis Session: Results



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The school is part of a programme of meetings organised by the Marie Curie Research Training Network Constellation, funded by the European Commission under contract MRTN-CT-2006-035890.