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Chandra ACIS Papers and Resources

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ACIS ACIS

The new CXC Calibration webpage has many good references and links to presentations to presentations at Calibration Workshops. It's not officially
live yet, but can be found here:
http://asccxc.harvard.edu/cal/Acis/detailed_info_new.html

ACIS CTI

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, initial discovery:

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(CTI, trailing charge, correcting CTI for bkg and temperature)

Prigozhin, et al. 2000, Proc SPIE, 4012, 720
Radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000SPIE.4012..720P

PrigozhinLaMarr, et al. 20082000, Proc SPIE, 70114140, 66
Front- and back-illuminated x-ray CCD performance in low- and high-Earth orbit: performance trends of Suzaku XIS and Chandra ACIS detectors 123
Characterization of the radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE2000SPIE.4140.7011E..66L.123P

ACIS CTI monitoring:

(CTI, trailing charge, correcting CTI for bkg and temperature, etc.)

Grant, et al. 2005, Proc. SPIE, 5898
Long-term trends in radiation damage of Chandra X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SPIE.5898..201G

LaMarr, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 66
Front- and back-illuminated x-ray CCD performance in low- and high-Earth orbit: performance trends of Suzaku XIS and Chandra ACIS detectors
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..66L

The ACIS monitoring web pages (updated monthly)The continually updated monitoring web pages:
http://space.mit.edu/~cgrant/monitor.html

ACIS CTI Correction:

The PSU Penn State CTI correction algorithm (short version):
Townsley, et al. 2000, ApJ, 543, L139
Mitigating charge transfer inefficiency in the Chandra X-ray Observatory Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJ...534L.139T

The PSU Penn State CTI correction algorithm (long version):
Townsley, et al. 2002, NIMPA, 486, 751 751http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SSRv..120..165B
Modeling charge transfer inefficiency in the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002NIMPA.486..751T

CEG MIT CTI correction algorithm (this is what acis_process_events uses):
Grant, et al. 2004, Proc. SPIE, 5501
A charge transfer inefficiency correction model for the Chandra X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004SPIE.5501..177G

CTI temperature dependence (but no temperature-dependent CTI-correction algorithm yet):
Grant, et al. 2006, Proc. SPIE 6276
Temperature dependence of charge transfer inefficiency in Chandra X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006SPIE.6276E..48G

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CTI correction with sacrificial charge: (not implemented)
Grant, et al. 2003, Proc. SPIE 4851
Sacrificial charge and the spectral resolution performance of the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003SPIE.4851..140G

ACIS

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QE:

Grant Prigozhin, et al. 2002, ASP Conf. Proc., 262
The Temporal Characteristics of the Chandra X-ray Observatory High Energy Particle Background 1998, Optical Engineering 37, 2848
X-ray absorption near edge structure in the quantum efficiency of x-ray charge-coupled devices
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998OptEn..37.2848P

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Suzaku XIS Papers and Resources

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XIS XIS

XIS CTI Monitoring:

LaMarr, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 66
Front- and back-illuminated x-ray CCD performance in low- and high-Earth orbit: performance trends of Suzaku XIS and Chandra ACIS detectors
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..66L

LaMarr, et al. 2006, Proc SPIE, 6270, 56
Performance trends for the x-ray imaging spectrometer on Suzaku
(1 year of flight data, no charge injection, cal source only)
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ASPC..262..401G2006SPIE.6270E..56L

XIS CTI Correction:

Uchiyama, H., Ozawa, M., Matsumoto, H., Markevitch et al. 20032009, ApJPASJ, 58361, 70
Chandra Spectra of the Soft X-ray Diffuse Background 9
New CTI Correction Method for the Spaced-Row Charge Injection of the Suzaku X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ2009PASJ...58361S...70M

Chandra radiation environment:

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Ozawa, M., Uchiyama, H., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2009, PASJ, 61, 1
Energy-Scale Calibration of the Suzaku X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer Using the Checker Flag Charge Injection Technique in Orbit Grant, Lamarr, Bautz, O'Dell, 2010, Proc. SPIE, 7732
Using ACIS on the Chandra X-ray Observatory as a particle radiation monitor
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010SPIE2009PASJ...61S.7732E..80G1O

XIS Charge Injection Performance:

Nakajima, H., Yamaguchi, H., Matsumoto, H.O'Dell, et al. 2008, PASJ, Proc. SPIE60, 6686 1
Managing radiation degradation Performance of CCDs on the Chandra X-ray Observatory III Charge-Injection Capability of Suzaku XIS
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007SPIE2008PASJ...6686E60S...3O1NO'Dell

Ozawa, et al. 20052008, Proc . SPIE, 7011, 5898
Managing radiation degradation of the CCDs on the Chandra X-ray Observatory II 65
Flight calibration of the Suzaku XIS using the charge injection technique
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SPIE2008SPIE.58987011E..212OO'Dell, et al. 2003, Proc. SPIE, 4851
Managing radiation degradation of the CCDs on the Chandra X-ray Observatory 65O

Bautz, M. W., LaMarr, B. J., Miller, E. D., et al. 2007, SPIE, 6686
Mitigating CCD radiation damage with charge injection: first flight results from Suzaku
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007SPIE.6686E..23B

Uchiyama, H., Hyodo, Y., Yamaguchi, H., et al. 2007, SPIE, 6686
The onboard calibration for the spaced-row charge injection of the Suzaku XIS
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003SPIE2007SPIE.48516686E...77O

(and others, but these are the main ones)

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XIS General Information, Ground and Orbital Calibration:

Hayashida, Torii, NamikiPrigozhin, et al. 20002007, Proc SPIEPTPS, 4012169, 720
Radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs 316
Orbital Calibration of the XIS
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000SPIE2007PThPS.4012169..720PPrigozhin316H

Koyama, Tsunemi, Dotani, et al. 20002007, Proc SPIEPASJ, 4140, 123
Characterization of the radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs 59, 23
X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PASJ...59S..23K

Suzaku Technical Description
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/prop_tools/suzaku_td/suzaku_td.html

Suzaku XIS Pocket Guide
http://www.astro.isas.jaxa.jp/~tsujimot/pg_xis.pdf

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Swift-XRT Papers and Resources

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SwiftXRT SwiftXRT

Swift-XRT instrument reference paper, Burrows et al 2005 SSR 120 165
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SSRv..120..165B

2009 XRT CCD calibration paper, Godet et al. 2009 AA 494 775
http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=bibcode&Itemid=129&bibcode=2009A%2526A...494..775GFUL

2013 XRT CCD trap mapping paper, Pagani et al. 2011 AA 534 20
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000SPIE2011A%26A...4140534A..123P20P

Gain and RMF/ARF Release Notes at UoL  : Swift XRT Cal Release Notes