XMM-Newton Users Handbook

2.7 Acknowledgements

Extensive contributions to several sections of the Users Handbook are gratefully acknowledged, especially from

• B. Aschenbach and P. Gondoin (§ 3.2, X-ray Telescopes),

• U. Briel, A. De Luca, K. Dennerl, P. Ferrando, M. Freyberg, G. Griffiths, F. Haberl, E. Kendziorra, M. Kirsch, D. Lumb, S. Molendi, A. Read, R. Saxton and S. Sembay (§ 3.3, EUROPEAN PHOTON IMAGING CAMERA (EPIC)),

• A. Read and the whole Background Working Group (§3.3.7.4, EPIC background and its importance for extended sources)

• M. Audard, C. Erd, J. W. den Herder, C. Gabriel, F. Paerels, A. Pollock, A. Rasmussen, M. Sako and T. Tamura (§ 3.4, REFLECTION GRATING SPECTROMETER (RGS)),

• I. Antokhin, A. Breeveld, B. Chen, K.O. Mason, R. Much, A. Talavera and S. Rosen (§ 3.5, OPTICAL MONITOR (OM)),

• N. Webb, M. Watson, S. Rosen (Appendix A, XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre (SSC)).