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Table 2

Count rate to energy conversion factors for thin and medium filters of the EPIC instruments in the energy ranges R1–R5.

Detector Filter R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
EPIC (10-12) erg cm-2 ct-1

PN Thin 0.8850 1.091 1.731 5.020 17.97
Medium 1.055 1.110 1.730 4.977 17.47
MOS Medium 6.796 5.582 5.189 13.71 69.63

Notes. We assumed an absorbed powerlaw with a photon index of 1.7 and the Galactic foreground absorption 3.69 × 1020 cm-2 in the direction of M 83.

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