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Table F.1
Essential dictionary and list of acronyms
| Term or Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1B | Catalogue created by DET chain run on a single broad band (0.2-2.3 keV) |
| 3B | Catalogue created by DET chain run simultaneously on three bands (0.2-0.6; 0.6-2.3; 2.3-5 keV) |
| AGN | Active Galactic Nuclei |
| ARF | Ancillary Response Function |
| CalPV | Calibration and Performance Verification |
| CCD | Charge-Coupled Device |
| CE | Camera Electronics |
| CGM | Circum-Galactic Medium |
| CME | Coronal Mass Ejection |
| CXB | Cosmic X-ray Background |
| DR1 | Data Release 1 |
| ECF | Energy Conversion Factor |
| EDR | Early Data Release |
| eFEDS | eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey |
| eRASS(n) | (nth) eROSITA All-Sky Survey |
| eRASS:n | Cumulative dataset from the first n eROSITA All-Sky Surveys |
| eROSITA | extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array |
| eROSITA-DE | German eROSITA Consortium |
| Eroday | Time-interval of 4 hours, equivalent to a scan |
| eSASS | eROSITA Science Analysis Software System |
| FAP | False Alarm Probability |
| FOV | Field Of view |
| FWC | Filter Wheel Closed |
| GTI | Good Time Interval |
| HiPS | Hierarchical Progressive Survey |
| HEW | Half Energy Width |
| ITC | Interface and Thermal Controller |
| L2 | Second Lagrange point of the Earth-Sun system |
| LHB | Local Hot Bubble |
| LMC | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| MIP | Minimum Ionizing Particles |
| MW | Milky Way |
| NRTA | Near Real Time Analysis |
| PS | Point Source |
| PSF | Point Spread Function |
| QSO | Quasi Stellar Objects |
| RASS | ROSAT All-Sky Survey |
| RMF | Redistribution Matrix File |
| Scan | One revolution of SRG around its axis during all-sky survey operations |
| SEP | South Ecliptic Pole |
| SEU | Single Event Upset |
| S/N | Signal to Noise |
| SMBH | SuperMassive Black Hole |
| SMC | Small Magellanic Cloud |
| SNR | SuperNova Remnants |
| SRG | Spektrum Roentgen Gamma Observatory |
| SWCX | Solar Wind Change Exchange |
| SZ | Sunyaev-Zedovich |
| TM(n) | (nth) Telescope Module |
| UTC | Coordinated Universal Time |
| Visit | Single pass (approximately 40s long) of eROSITA over a source during a scan |
| ZEA | Zenith Equal Area (projection) |
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