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Pileup: Analysis of XRCF Data and Comparison with Models



Rita M. Sambruna and George Chartas , Penn State Univ.
Preliminary contribution to the ACIS Calibration Report, PSU ACIS Team


We describe a pileup analysis based on data collected at the X-ray Calibration Facility (XRCF) in 1997 February and April during phases F and H of the calibration operations. Our primary goals are to investigate possible trends of pileup with source flux and grade selection, and to compare in detail the measured pileup fraction with current theoretical models, in order to assess the general validity of the latter for predicting pileup for in-flight observations.

A more general discussion of pileup was done in the ACIS Calibration Report . Here we concentrate on an application to the data.


 

Scott Koch
7/13/1998