Technical Documents
Science Instrument (SI)Calibration Report for the AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS)
This document is an interim report on the analysis of data collected for the calibration of the AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS). The goal of the calibration is to provide the most accurate estimates of the in-orbit performance of the ACIS/HRMA instrument and to enable the most accurate translation of in-orbit measurements to absolute and relative values of the incident X-ray flux and physical models of the source emission.
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Science Instrument (SI) Operations Handbook for the AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS)
This paper presents the information needed for the operations and AXAF Science Center (ASC) personnel to properly operate and maintain the ACIS experiment on orbit.
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Tools for ACIS Real-time Analysis (TARA)
TARA is a suite of interactive tools used to analyze calibration data. A brief description of TARA can be found in the Science Instrument (SI) Calibration Report for the AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS). A User's Guide and the source code are also available:
User's Guide for the Penn State ACIS Simulator
The Penn State ACIS simulator is analogous to the pileup tool in the MARX system - a physical simulation of ACIS CCD's is performed using a MARX simulation as the source of photons. The output of the simulator is a FITS event list compatible with Event Browser (TARA).
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