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Description
The SIXTE (SImulation of X-ray TElescopes) software package is an end-to-end simulation framework which simulates the full observation process of an X-ray telescope, in which photons are generated from a source catalog, imaged by the telescope optics and detected by a sensor, generating events which may receive additional post-processing.
It is the official simulator for the NewAthena mission and implements both the WFI and X-IFU detectors, including their behavior at high count rates.
This talk will discuss SIXTE in the context of simulating compact objects, including how to specify both variable sources and large source catalogs for surveys. It will also describe the implementations of the NewAthena instruments, their high count rate effects, and strategies on how to mitigate them.
