MIT ASC Analysis Page

Capella flight HETG data: preliminary analysis.

Here is a summary of the Chandra grating data processing.
The CXCDS help pages as of August 1999 comprise Attachment 1.

Graphical examples can be found in Attachment 2: AXAF Dispersive Spectroscopy Pipeline Overview --- a presentation for the 3rd HEAD Coordinating Committee meeting, 11 December, 1998.
(Postscript version; 20 pages; 7Mb uncompressed; 2Mb compressed).

Calibration Input Data Required for Grating Processing

ARD: Analysis Reference Data ..... Lists, definitions, examples of ARD for pipeline processing. (work in progress).

AXAF Exposure Maps: specifications, background material.

XRCF pileup analysis: describes analysis of Phase H XRCF pileup test data (Kastner, Allen, \& Glotfelty, 2/25/98; postscript, 347K).

ACIS Analysis

ACIS Event-Selection Criteria (11/10/99)

Event Status Bits (11/19/99)

Mapping of FLTGRADE to GRADE (12/08/99)

ACIS tools list (12/10/97)

ACIS data products list (12/9/97)

ACIS Memos

Changes to the ACIS processing tools to compensate for the effects of CTI (10/20/99)

PSF Analysis & Results

Fitted 1-d profiles (05/15/98)

Gaussian PSF fits (01/27/99)

PSF Analysis & Results

RMF & ARF tests (19/15/99)