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Simulation Tools

Simulation Tools

Athena/WFI

Response Matrices and Background Files (WFI link)

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Athena/X-IFU

Response Matrices and Background Files (X-IFU link)

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Effective area

Estimates of the on-axis effective area, vignetting curves, and PSF (ESA link)

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SIXTE simulator

Athena SIXTE Simulator (Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg link)

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Image simulator

Simulator of Athena images based on hydrodynamical simulations (Cosmos Web Portal link)

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SIMX simulator

Athena SIMX Simulator (CfA link)

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Simulator

Athena WFI or X-IFU flux sensitivity simulator (by ACO at GitHub)

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Athena catalogs for stray light simulation

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), non-active galaxies and cluster of galaxies mock catalogs in SIXTE format, ready to be used in Athena stray light simulations:

Full details and catalogs over different sky areas and for different source classes available at INAF-OAS Bologna under this link.The catalogs here include a 0.5-2 keV flux cut at 10-18 erg s-1 cm-2.

Note: the files have been modified on 3 June 2021. People who downloaded the mocks before that date should download them again.