Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG)

HETG Instrument Publications

Ishibashi et al., Chandra/HETGS Observations of the Capella System: The Primary as a Dominating X-Ray Source . In ApJL, ---, ---, 2006.

Canizares et al., The Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating: Design, Fabrication, Ground Calibration and Five Years in Flight. In PASP, 117, 1144, 2005.
Available via ADS and in low-res format at astro-ph/0507035.

D. Dewey. Instruments: HETG. Chandra News. 9: 12, 2002.

N.S. Schulz, D. Dewey, H.L. Marshall. Absolute effective areas of the HETGS. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 3444, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions, Richard B. Hoover, Arthur B. Walker, Eds. p. 160-176, 1998.

K.A. Flanagan, N.S. Schulz, S.S. Murray, G.D. Hartner, P. Predehl. HETG high-order diffraction efficiency. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 3444, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions, Richard B. Hoover, Arthur B. Walker, Eds. p. 106-126, 1998.

H.L. Marshall, D. Dewey, N.S. Schulz, K.A. Flanagan . Spectral features in the AXAF HETGS effective area using high-signal-continuum tests In Proc. SPIE Vol. 3444, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions, Richard B. Hoover, Arthur B. Walker, Eds. p. 64-75, 1998.

D. Dewey, J.J. Drake, R.J. Edgar, K. Michaud, P. Ratzlaff. AXAF grating efficiency measurements with calibrated nonimaging detectors. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 3444, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions, Richard B. Hoover, Arthur B. Walker, Eds. p. 48-63, 1998.

M.D. Stage, D. Dewey. Verifying the HETG spectrometer Rowland design. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 3444, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions, Richard B. Hoover, Arthur B. Walker, Eds. p. 36-47, 1998.

A. Alexov, W. McLaughlin, D. Huenemoerder. How to Piece Together Diffracted Grating Arms for AXAF Flight Data. In ASP Conf. Ser. 145: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII, p. 169-172, 1998.

D. Dewey. HETG Spectra. Chandra News (published as AXAF News). 5: 18, 1997.

H.L. Marshall, D. Dewey, K.A. Flanagan, C. Baluta, C.R. Canizares, D.S. Davis, J.E. Davis, T.T. Fang, D.P. Huenemoerder, J.H. Kastner, N.S. Schulz, M.W. Wise, J.J. Drake, J.Z. Juda, M. Juda, A.C. Brinkman, C.J. Gunsing, J.S. Kaastra, G.D. Hartner, P. Predehl. Toward the calibration of the HETGS line response function. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 3113, Grazing Incidence and Multilayer X-Ray Optical Systems, Richard B. Hoover, Arthur B. Walker, Eds. p. 160-171, 1997.

D. Dewey, K.A. Flanagan, H.L. Marshall, C. Baluta, C.R. Canizares, D.S. Davis, J.E. Davis, T.T. Fang, D.P. Huenemoerder, J.H. Kastner, N.S. Schulz, M.W. Wise, J.J. Drake, J.Z. Juda, M. Juda, A.C. Brinkman, C.J. Gunsing, J.S. Kaastra, G.D Hartner, P. Predehl. Toward the calibration of the HETGS effective area. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 3113, Grazing Incidence and Multilayer X-Ray Optical Systems, Richard B. Hoover, Arthur B. Walker, Eds. p. 144-159, 1997.

M.W. Wise, D.P. Huenemoerder, J.E. Davis. Simulated AXAF Observations with MARX. In ASP Conf. Ser. 125: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VI, p. 477-480, 1997.

K.A. Flanagan, T.T. Fang, C. Baluta, J.E. Davis, D. Dewey, T.H. Markert, D.E. Graessle, J.Drake, J.J. Fitch, J.Z. Juda, J. Woo, S. Kraft, P. Bulicke, R. Fliegauf, F. Scholze, G. Ulm, J.M. Bauer. Modeling the diffraction efficiencies of the AXAF high-energy transmission gratings: II. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 2808, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, Oswald H. Siegmund, Mark A. Gummin, Eds. p. 650-676, 1996.

D. Dewey. Subassembly Calibration: HETG. Chandra News (published as AXAF News). 4: 11, 1996.

K.A. Flanagan, D. Dewey, L. Bordzol. Calibration and characterization of HETG grating elements at the MIT X-Ray Grating Evaluation Facility. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 2518, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Oswald H. Siegmund, John V. Vallerga, Eds. p. 438-456, 1995.

T.H. Markert, D. Dewey, J.E. Davis, K.A. Flanagan, D.E. Graessle, J.M. Bauer, C.S. Nelson. Modeling the diffraction efficiencies of the AXAF high-energy transmission gratings. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 2518, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Oswald H. Siegmund, John V. Vallerga, Eds. p. 424-437, 1995.

D. Dewey, D.N. Humphries, G.Y. McLean, D.A. Moschella. Laboratory calibration of x-ray transmission diffraction gratings. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 2280, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy V, Oswald H. Siegmund, John V. Vallerga, Eds. p. 257-271, 1994.

M.L. Schattenburg, R.J. Aucoin, R.C. Fleming, I. Plotnik, J. Porter, H.I. Smith. Fabrication of high-energy x-ray transmission gratings for the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF). In Proc. SPIE Vol. 2280, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy V, Oswald H. Siegmund, John V. Vallerga, Eds. p. 181-190, 1994.

C.R. Canizares, D. Dewey, E.B. Galton, T.H. Markert, H.I. Smith, M.L. Schattenburg, B.E. Woodgate, S. Jordan. The MIT high resolution X-ray spectroscopy instruments on AXAF. In AIAA Conf. Proc.: Space Programs and Technologies, p. 11, 1992.

D. Dewey, T. Isobe. Data Analysis Issues for the High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG) on AXAF. In ASP Conf. Ser. 25: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems I, p. 408-410, 1992.

A.C. Brinkman. The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility. In Advances in Space Research: Proceedings of the Topical Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission Meetings of the COSPAR 28th Plenary Meeting, 11: 231-241, 1991.

C.R. Canizares, H.V.D. Bradt, G.W. Clark, P.C. Joss, A.M. Levine, W.H.G. Lewin, T.H. Markert, W. Mayer, A.C. Fabian, B.E. Woodgate. The MIT spectroscopy investigations on AXAF and the study of supernova remnants. Astrophysical Letters and Communications, 26: 87-98, 1987.