• Calibration Phases
  • Phase 2I Flat field w/ ACIS 5/6/97 - 5/18/97
  • Phase 2H w/ ACIS 4/17/97 - 4/26/97
  • Phase 2G w/ HRC & 2C 3/19/97 - 4/12/97
    • Phase 2G Measurements Tables
  • Phase 2F w/ 2C 2/21/97 - 3/10/97
  • Phase 1 w/ HXDS 12/20/96 - 2/13/97
    • Phase 1 Measurements Tables
  • Rehearsal Images, Simulations, and Notes
• Grating Calibration Review (Nov.13-15, 1996), updated.
• Grating Mysteries!
• Facility,etc. Information
  • HDXA Focus and PrimeY Rotation
  • XRCF Distances
  • Mirror sites
• Other XRCF info
• Contacting HETG Scientists and Engineers.

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ACIS Flat-field notes

Notes regarding the ACIS Flat-field XRCF testing (except for 2nd/3rd floor reports.)

Requested-Run CMDB for 2H

This phase2h-only CMDB is available as ~dd/idl/cmdb/Phase2/req_run_2honly.cmdb.

ACIS notes

Notes regarding the ACIS XRCF testing (except for 2nd/3rd floor reports.)

Location of diffracted orders on ACIS-S

The location of the diffracted orders for O-K, Fe-L, Cu-L, Mg-K, Al-K, and Si-K lines are plotted on an ACIS-S outline. Note that S0 is in the +Y_xrcf (south) direction and therefore corresponds to (XRCF) plus orders.

Expander file for Phase 2 ACIS Grating Measurements and resulting cmdb summary: Grating-ACIS CMDB

This well commented file is the input to the expander s/w and generates the ACIS-grating measurements for Phase 2H. It can be found as /proj/asc/cal/Calibration/HETG/phase2/otg_acis.exp . It uses for defaults the file default2_acis.include

Requested-Run CMDB for 2G

This is a summary of the Phase 2G measurements from the req_run.cmdb - a best guess of the CMDB describing the actual measurements that have been run. [ req_run.cmdb is available at SAO in /proj/asc/cal/req_run.cmdb. This phase2g-only CMDB is available as ~dd/idl/cmdb/Phase2/req_run_2gonly.cmdb .]

HRC notes

Notes regarding the HRC XRCF testing (except for 2nd/3rd floor reports.)

HRC data products

Dave H's description of the HRC pipe line output

Phase 2G Grating Measurements Tabulated

The measurements made are tabulated and annotated with comments, etc, for analysis tracking purposes and to have somewhere to "hang" analysis memos.

Energy-Order plots for the grating-detector combinations.

The HRC-LEG.ps, etc. plots indicate the regions of Energy-Order space that HRC-grating measurements will be made in (based on the 970317 cmdb).

Expander file for Phase 2 HRC Grating Measurements

(Nov.96 version) This well commented file is the input to the expander s/w and generates the HRC-grating measurements for Phase 2. It can be found as /proj/asc/cal/Calibration/Phase2/grating2_hrc.exp.

Phase 2 HRC measurements summary

Planned measurements back in Nov. '96

Requested-Run CMDB for 2F

This phase2f-only CMDB is available as ~dd/idl/cmdb/Phase2/req_run_2fonly.cmdb .

Phase 2F '2C data at MIT

Good old Norbert has made the 2C data available at MIT!

Description of '2C data products (130k .ps)

2C data product documentation, from Norbert.

DCM 2C analysis

Take the defocussed 2C image and select only those events in the middle. Then for these "middle" events plot the chipx value versus time (event number). Now we have time-resolved spectra... here the DCM energy jump is visible. If there were multiple lines at a given DCM setting then they would be resolved... Measuring the line ratios we could interpret the BND data.

Energy-Order plots for the grating-detector combinations.

The 2C-LEG.ps, etc. plots indicate the regions of Energy-Order space that '2C-grating measurements were be made in (based on req_run for Phase 2F).

970309 CMDB

This summary lists the 2C CMDB at the end of Phase 2F - thus this is the starting point for the next 2C phase (or paddle phase).

Phase 2 ACIS-2C measurements summary

Phase 2 under development...

Expander file for Phase 2 ACIS-2C Grating Measurements

This well commented file is the input to the expander s/w and generates the '2C-grating measurements for Phase 2.

Phase1 req_run CMDB

This summary is generated from the Phase 1 entries in the req_run.cmdb (This phase1-only CMDB is available as ~dd/idl/cmdb/Phase1/req_run_1only.cmdb)

Phase 1 HXDS master data!

Diab's note about the location of the HXDS Phase 1 raw data.

Phase1 HETG-only req_run CMDB

This summary is generated from the Phase 1 entries in the req_run.cmdb (This phase1-HETG only CMDB is available as ~dd/idl/cmdb/Phase1/req_run_1hetg.cmdb)

Energy-Order plots for the grating-detector combinations.

These plots indicate the regions of Energy-Order space that Phase 1 measurements were made in, based on information in the req_run CMDB (3/4/97).

Expander file for Grating Measurements, 12/17/96

This well commented file is the input to the expander s/w and generates the grating measurements for Phase 1.

Phase 1 Complete Set of Measurements with Simulations

The 961125 Phase 1 CMDB had 1209 measurements! Simulations are given for many of these.

Phase 1 Grating Measurements Tabulated

The measurements made are tabulated and annotated with comments, etc, for analysis tracking purposes and to have somewhere to "hang" analysis memos.

• Project Science XRCF Distances



• HDXA Focus and PrimeY Rotation
  
  
• Data:
  

  
           MST/HXDS Data:
  /data/mst1/mst         Rehearsal data
  /data/hxds4/phase1     all phase 1 data from MST
  /data/hxds4/phase2     all phase 2 data from MST
  
            CXC data products: 
  /data/hxds
  
  /data/asc13     Phase1 data, through 970224
  /data/asc19 
  /data/asc25 
  
  /data/prod1
  /data/prod1a
  /data/prod1b
  /data/prod1c
  /data/prod2
  /data/prod1d
  /data/prod1e
  /data/prod1f
  /data/prod1h
  /data/prod1g
  /data/prod11
  /data/prod1j
  /data/prod1k
  /data/prod1l
  

• Kenny Glotfelty on ACIS data
  
• Dan Patnaude on HRC data
  

HETG also has provided an IPX (rowland.msfc.nasa.gov) w/9Gb drive and DAT. This system is attached to the internet to allow out-of-XRCF communication. It was setup at MIT by our guru (and photographer!) Kenton.

   Bruce Wyshak
   Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
   Building 4718 Room 300
   Marshall Space Flight Center
   Huntsville, AL, 35812

Communicating with XRCF:

HETG Desk phone                        205 544-9235
ASC Cal 3rd flr                        205 544-0108
Other 3rd flr phone                    205 544-0182
FAX on 3rd floor                       205 544-7258
Bruce Wyshak (ASC 3rd flr guru)        205 544-0062
ACIS on 2nd floor                      205 961-4455
SAO on 2nd floor                       205 961-4458
XSS Source building  (Galen et al.)    205 961-4467
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Ann Pigg (SAO @ MSFC expert!)
         (arranges security briefing)  205 544-0570
Jay Carpenter, XRCF security           205 544-1313
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local address: 6200 Rime Village
               Huntsville, AL          205 971-1881