# File: grating2_hrc.exp # Specifies calibration tests of the gratings in combination with the HRC. # Most of these tests were discussed in a meeting of the Grating group # in Huntsville on 11/15. # Setup CLEAR # Assign defaults to most parameters INCLUDE default2_hrc.include DEFAULT # Set a few parameters that won't change from test to test #name MIT/ASC HLM sequence 2A priority 10 # Suite 1 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # Focus check with gratings. # We rely on the HRC team to determine the focus of the HRC-I and the # HRC-S for imaging purposes. When the gratings are used, the focus # should be the same, so the purpose is to verify that this is the # case. # With one image, we can see out to very high orders. The objective # is to check the focus at 0th order as well as at modest dispersion, # say +/-5 in LETG, +/- 3 in MEG and +/- 2 in HEG. # Total counts are for the 0th order but we also want high orders, so # about 10x more counts are planned for 0th order than needed. # We get enough counts in 1st order that the suite provides a good PSF # as well. # ___________________________________________________________________________ type Focus Check source EIPS target Mg-Ka # small spot requested to improve size of PSF. spot_size SMALL # KAF Focused beam cannot take more than 5/sec or get gain suppression. fam_dither_type grat1 max_fp_rate 5 name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG shutter ALL,SCAN detector HRC,S # Plan for 1000 counts in 5th order min_fp_counts 25000 GO SAMESUITE name HE/Herman Marshall grating HETG detector HRC,I # Plan for 1000 counts in 3th order min_fp_counts 9000 GO DEFAULT # Suite 2 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # Penning PSF Series # First use of Penning requires a focus check sequence. # All off-nominal tests require 20000 cnt, so this one should obtain # that many as well and create the nominal focus PSF. # ___________________________________________________________________________ type Focus Check grating LETG shutter ALL,SCAN # KAF Focused beam cannot take more than 5/sec or get gain suppression. # However, it seems Penning will not use "max_fp_rate". Must watch on # floor. Also, will get many orders, with 221 eV detected 3 times more # than 95 eV. INCLUDE penning.include energy 0.0954 name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG # counts requested are per shutter exposure in 0th order. # The count rate calculation is not working yet, so set integ. time. # Basing integration times on 30 cnt/s when all shutters are open. fam_dither_type grat1 detector HRC,S min_fp_counts 5000 integ_time 3200 atomic_time_list 800 multiplicity 4 GO # Suite 3 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # Let's take one set of defocus PSFs # Use the same set of defocus positions as in Phase 1. # The count rate calculation is not working yet, so set integ. time. # Basing integration times on 30 cnt/s when all shutters are open. # KAF Penning will not "take" and use max_fp_rate. # ___________________________________________________________________________ # KAF Since the Penning source dies quickly, it would be nice # to focus the Penning source in real time. If dither is not # required, use fam_dither_type FIXED. #fam_dither_type FIXED fam_dither_type grat1 sequence 2B shutter ALL,ALL defocus -1.0; -0.5; 0.5; 1.0; 2.0 min_fp_counts 15000 integ_time 500 atomic_time_list 500 multiplicity 1 GO # Suite 4 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # Finally, take a few off-axis. # Use the same set of off-axis angles as in Phase 1. # KAF - It is possible these count rates can be higher than 5/sec # because the image is defocused. I will put in a fam dither just in case # and we can leave it out at the last minute. # ___________________________________________________________________________ fam_dither_type grat1 defocus 0 hrma_az 0; 45; 90; 0 hrma_polar 1;1.0; 3; 8.33 CORRELATE hrma_az hrma_polar GO DEFAULT UNCORRELATE # Suite 5 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # EA suites # This series involves EIPS anodes, in contrast with DCM scans. # Defocus in order to reduce the count rate per pore to a level # of about 5 count/s/beam size. Defocus needs to expand the # beam by a factor of 10, roughly, so that we can get 50 count/s. # 2 mm defocus gives a beam size of 250 microns, which is 5 times # the nominal HRMA beam size of 50 micron. # ___________________________________________________________________________ type Effective Area source EIPS name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG shutter ALL,ALL order +1 check_order 0 # LETG objective is 100,000 counts so that the 30th order or so still # gives us 100 counts. # KAF - changed from 100,000 ctns to 10,000 cnts min_fp_counts 10000 detector HRC,S defocus 2 flux_line_all ALL # We need to correlate the max_fp_rate with the anode. # T/M limit is about 180 count/s but we need to limit the total # count rate to of order 150 count/s to reduce the problems of # the bandwidth. This limit must not be exceeded by the *SUM* # of *ALL* orders that are expected, both plus and minus, and zero. # Filters may help eliminate unwanted continuum. # KAF - up to 1 kev for LEG, assume 25 cnts/sec +1 and -1, # and 50 cnts/sec for 0th. For resonance peak, allow specific numbers; # Above 2 keV to 4.5 keV, 25 for 1st, 30 for 0th. These limits # will keep the total telemetry rate down to about 100 to # 120/sec (we hope). Separate out the high energy lines. # Setting the max_fp_rate is to set the largest of these values. # # LOW ENERGIES (UP TO 1 keV) sequence 2A CORRELATE target max_fp_rate max_fp_rate 50; 50; 50; 50; 50; 50; 50; 50 target Be-Ka; B-Ka; C-Ka; Ti-La; O-Ka; Fe-La; Ni-La; Cu-La GO # RESONANCE PEAK SAMESUITE sequence 2B CORRELATE target max_fp_rate max_fp_rate 30; 35; 40 target Mg-Ka; Al-Ka; Si-Ka GO #MEDIUM ENERGIES SAMESUITE sequence 2B max_fp_rate 30; 30; 30; 30 target Sn-La; Zr-La; Mo-La; Ag-La GO #HIGH ENERGIES SAMESUITE sequence 2C max_fp_rate 50; 50; 50 target Ti-Ka; Fe-Ka; Cu-Ka GO # KAF - Resultant count rates seem high, but we have flux_line_all = ALL. # To set integration times, I need to run it once with it set to LINE. # Suite 6 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # HETG objective is about 30,000 counts because fewer orders will # be involved. KAF - HRC will not flat field to better than 3% # so can choose 10,000 counts instead. # ___________________________________________________________________________ name HE/Herman Marshall grating HETG #min_fp_counts 30000 min_fp_counts 10000 detector HRC,I sequence 2A CORRELATE target max_fp_rate target O-Ka; Fe-La; Mg-Ka; Al-Ka; Si-Ka shutter MEG,ALL max_fp_rate 30; 40; 30; 35; 40 GO # Can't reach 1st order Fe-La, O-Ka with HEG on HRC-I # RESONANCE PEAK SAMESUITE target Mg-Ka; Al-Ka; Si-Ka shutter HEG,ALL max_fp_rate 30; 35; 40 GO SAMESUITE # HIGH ENERGY LINES sequence 2B target Ti-Ka; Fe-Ka; Cu-Ka shutter MEG,ALL max_fp_rate 50; 50; 50 GO SAMESUITE shutter HEG,ALL max_fp_rate 50; 50; 50 GO SAMESUITE sequence 2C target Ti-La; Ni-La; Cu-La; Zr-La; Mo-La; Ag-La; Sn-La shutter MEG,ALL max_fp_rate 45; 30; 40; 30; 30; 30; 30 GO # Can't reach 1st order Ni-La, Ti-La with HEG on HRC-I SAMESUITE target Cu-La; Zr-La; Mo-La; Ag-La; Sn-La shutter HEG,ALL max_fp_rate 40; 30; 30; 30; 30 GO DEFAULT UNCORRELATE # Suite 7 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # These are the EA scans which involve coarse scans with the DCM. # They repeat exactly all scans done in phase 1 (suite 23). # Only running with LETG/HRC-S here. HETG is used with ACIS-2C. # ___________________________________________________________________________ source DCM target N/A name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG shutter ALL,ALL min_fp_counts 3000 detector HRC,S defocus 2 # split into three portions: small steps with TAP, small steps with Ge, # then large steps with Ge. mono_init 1.5 mono_range 0.75 mono_step 0.25 GO # small steps with Ge crystal SAMESUITE mono_init 2.5 mono_range 1.5 GO # Finally, large steps with Ge crystal SAMESUITE mono_init 4.5 mono_range 4.5 mono_step 0.5 GO # Suite 8 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # These are the EA scans which involve edge scans with the DCM. # They repeat exactly all scans done in phase 1 (suite 24). # Only running with LETG/HRC-S here. HETG is used with ACIS-2C. # EA survey of the Ir and Au edges with the DCM. Use fine scans # near 2 keV. # All gratings measured; the no-grating case is done by the HRMA # calibration team in phase 1. # Same setup as for the last test, just different monochromator # settings. # ___________________________________________________________________________ # First, a scan using the TAP crystal. min_fp_counts 3000 mono_init 1.50 mono_range 0.60 mono_step 0.050 GO # Second, a scan using the Ge crystal. SAMESUITE mono_init 2.15 mono_range 0.50 mono_step 0.050 GO DEFAULT # Suite 9 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # Next are energy scans using the HIREFS monochromator. # LETG/HRC tests are better than those done with the HSI or an FPC # because the contaminating high order flux will be dispersed onto # the detector in first order, so its intensity can be estimated. # ___________________________________________________________________________ source HIREF-W mono_resolution 300 defocus 0 # This first test is the only one that has high enough # priority to be in the 2A group, because the Au-N edge region # is nearly unmeasurable by other means. # See suite 14 of phase 1. # The count rate is so low that we need to reduce the objective # number of counts in order to keep this test from taking 2 days. sequence 2A mono_init 60 mono_step 8 mono_range 40 defocus 15. min_fp_counts 1000 GO # Suite 10 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # The rest of these edge scans are really intended to calibrate # features of the detectors. They are listed in overall priority # order. If the detector team does a proper job, then we may not # need to include the test here. # ##### WARNING ######### # ALL TESTS NEED SPECIFICATIONS OF WAVELENGTH OR ENERGY RANGES AND # STEP SIZES # ------- # The first set consists of HIREFS tests. # The idea here is to scan across several HRC coating edges in the # 0.6 - 1.0 keV region. The HIREFS is set to low resolution in # order to make up a "mini-continuum" that is restricted in # wavelength but meanwhile allows the gratings to see features # in the range of the band passed by the HIREFS. Fewer steps # are then needed to cover the entire region of interest. # ___________________________________________________________________________ sequence 2B mono_resolution 30 min_fp_counts 1000 # O-K region of HRC,S. mono_init 20 mono_step .4 mono_range 4 defocus 0 GO SAMESUITE # Cs-I 600-1000eV region of HRC,S. # This scan was discussed in some detail. mono_init 12 mono_range 9 mono_step 0.25 name HE/Herman Marshall grating HETG shutter MEG,ALL detector HRC,I GO SAMESUITE # N-K region of HRC-S. mono_init 26 mono_range 5 mono_step 0.5 name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG shutter ALL,ALL detector HRC,S GO SAMESUITE # CsI 200eV region of HRC-S. mono_init 57 mono_range 10 mono_step 1.0 GO # SAMESUITE # Al-La region of HRC-S. # Need to offset the HRMA to get to Al-L. # 180 A is at 159mm from 0th order, so offset 0th order by 10 mm; # offset HRMA by 3.3 arcmin. # Must be commented out for now because HIREFS can't get to this wavelength # mono_init 155 # mono_range 25 # mono_step 2.5 # hrma_polar 3.3 # hrma_az 0 # GO DEFAULT # Suite 11 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # More edge scans. # ------- # The second set consists of DCM tests. # ___________________________________________________________________________ sequence 2B source DCM target N/A mono_range 0.200 mono_step 0.020 # Al-K region of HRC-S. mono_init 1.45 name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG shutter ALL,ALL detector HRC,S GO # This test is a repeat in order to check out a different portion of # the HRC-S filter. # Need to check value that this sim_z is good enough to change filter types. SAMESUITE sim_z 5 GO sim_z 0 SAMESUITE # Cs-I 5 keV region of HRC-I. mono_init 4.9 name HE/Herman Marshall grating HETG shutter HEG,ALL detector HRC,I GO SAMESUITE # Al-K region of HRC-I. mono_init 1.45 name HE/Herman Marshall grating HETG shutter HEG,ALL; MEG,ALL detector HRC,I GO SAMESUITE # Al-K region of HRC-I. name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG shutter ALL,ALL GO DEFAULT UNCORRELATE # Suite 12 # ___________________________________________________________________________ # Finally, an effective area survey at low E. # ------- # This series is just a few EIPS anodes used so that the entire # band is observed without significant emission lines. # Test patterned after Phase 1 test with LETG. # C anode produces bright K line, so there is a concern about pore # dosage/high flux. # High order flux is a problem but the purpose of the test is to # look for unusual edges, so order separation may not be so important. # Increasing optical depth in Be filter to reduce the count rate, which # would ordinarily be too high for the HRC. # ___________________________________________________________________________ type Molecular Contamination source EIPS target C-Ka flux_line_all ALL energy 0.277 voltage 15 filter1_mat NONE filter2_mat Be name LE/Herman Marshall grating LETG shutter ALL,ALL detector HRC,S min_fp_counts 100000