MIT ASC Documents

CONTENTS:

Subject: ACIS
04/02/99
      
    CXC implementation of ACIS event grading schemes 

    Memo summarizing the existing and proposed systems for assigning grades to ACIS events, and describing the CXC's planned implementation of these systems.

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12/29/98
 
12/11/98
 
04/07/98
      
    ASC Data Processing Tools for ACIS 

    Description of ACIS data processing tools under design and/or construction by the ASC (Rev 1.2).

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Subject: HETG and LETG
03/27/99
05/28/99
07/20/98
07/20/98

Subject: PSF
03/03/98
      
    PSF TOOL Inputs 

    The inputs for the various PSF tools is outlined here.  

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02/05/99
10/07/98

Subject: Analysis Reference Data
3/26/99
       Exposure Maps and Gratings Data Level 1.5 and 2.0 Analysis Reference Data ICD 

    Interface Control Document describing the reference data read by exposure map and gratings pipelines and tools.

    Download postscript (about 68 pages, 0.8-1.6 MB) or LaTeX source or LaTeX template for new files.
    Change-Orders.

04/21/98
      
    Spectroscopy Database: Analysis Reference Data ICD 

    The format of the Spectroscopy Database files to be used in L2 spectral analysis is described here.

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    Download LaTeX source .... (40K ARD_template)

03/12/99
      
    ACIS: Analysis Reference Data ICD, Rev 1.3 

    The formats of analysis reference data files to be used by ACIS L1 and L2 pipelines and tools are described here.

    Download postscript .... (525K)

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Subject: ISIS
1/8/99
      
    ISIS: Interactive Spectral Interpretation System
    Describes the functions we wish to include in the analysis system for high 
    resolution X-ray spectra (currently under development). 

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Subject: Exposure Map
2/09/99
2/08/99
      
    Aspect Histogram Processing and Data Products ICD 

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Subject: Miscellaneous
04/02/97
      
    AXAF Transmission Grating Diffraction Coordinates
    Describes the transformation from reported event positions 
    to dispersion coordinates. 

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04/02/97
      
    Grating Response Matrices for XSPEC...and Beyond 

    Defines the spatial and pulse-height redistribution of the grating spectrometers and their relationship to XSPEC response matrices. 

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