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The constituency last meeting of the IACHEC Heritage Working Group was held on the 14th of May, between 09:00 and 10:30am 2nd of March 2016 (11th IACHEC). The outcome of the discussion is summarised summarized in the following documents:

• Heritage Working Group Charter (draft v0.9)
  
• Summary of the 1st Working Group meeting at the 9th IACHEC
• Introduction to and summary of the 2nd Working Group meeting at the 10th IACHEC
• Introduction to and summary of the 3rd Working Group meeting at the 11th IACHEC
• List of actions
• A Syniptic View of In-Flight Calibration Plans (v0.2)

Library of ground-based calibration document (still under construction):

• Summary of the 4th Working Group meeting at the 12th IACHEC
• On the in-flight calibration plans of modern X-ray observatories (JATIS paper, accepted version, 29 December 2015) 

IACHEC source database:

• Requirement document
• Current implementation (Credit: AHEAD and Dr. J. Rodi)
  

Library of ground-based and in-flight calibration documents:

• Chandra
• Hitomi (in-flight calibration plan)
  • SXS + SXT-S
    • Kelley, R. L. et al. "The Astro-H high resolution soft x-ray spectrometer", JATIS, in press
    • de Vries, C. et al. "Calibration sources and filters of the soft x-ray spectrometer instrument on the Hitomi spacecraft" , JATIS 4(1), 011204 (2017).
    • Leutenegger, M. A. et al. "In-flight verification of the calibration and performance of the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) Soft X-ray Spectrometer", JATIS 4(2), 021407 (2018)
    • Eckart, M. E. et al. "Ground calibration of the Astro-H (Hitomi) soft x-ray spectrometer", JATIS 4(2), 021406 (2018).
    • Iizuka, R. et al. "Ground-based x-ray calibration of the Astro-H/Hitomi soft x-ray telescopes", JATIS 4(1), 011213 (2018).
    • Porter, F. S. et al. "In-flight performance of the soft x-ray spectrometer detector system on Astro-H", JATIS 4(1), 011218 (2018)
    • Okajima, T.  et al. "First peek of ASTRO-H Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) in-orbit performance", Proc. of SPIE, 99050Z (2016)
    • Kilbourne, C. A. et al. "In-flight calibration of Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer (1) Background" , PASJ, Volume 70, Issue 2, 1 March 2018, 18
    • Maeda, Y., et al. "In-flight calibration of the Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer. (2) Point spread function", PASJ, Volume 70, Issue 2, 1 March 2018, 19
    • Tsujimoto, M., et al. "In-flight calibration of Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer. (3) Effective area", PASJ, Volume 70, Issue 2, 1 March 2018, 20
  • SXI + SXT-I
    • Nakajima, H., et al. "In-orbit performance of the soft X-ray imaging system aboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H) ", PASJ, Volume 70, Issue 2, 1 March 2018, 21
    • Tanaka, T., et al. "Soft X-ray Imager aboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H)", JATIS 4(1), 011211 (2018).
  • HXI
  • SGD
  • Timing
    • Terada Y., et al. "Time Assignment System and Its Performance aboard the Hitomi Satellite", JATIS 4(1), 011206, (2017)
• Integral
  • JEM-X

    • Brandt S., et al., “JEM–X inflight performance”, A&A 411, L243–L251 (2003)

    • Loffredo G., et al., “X–ray facility for the ground calibration of the X–ray monitor JEM-X on board INTEGRAL”, A&A 411, L239–L242 (2003)

    • Frontera, F., et al. 1997, “Ground and On-Board Calibration Design of the JEM-X Detector” Proc. of the 2nd INTEGRAL Workshop, 16-20 September 1996, St. Malo, France. Edited by C. Winkler, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, and Ph. Durouchoux, European Space Agency, 1997., p.663

    • Pareschi, G. et al. 1997, “Hard x-ray calibration facility design for JEM-X detector on board INTEGRAL”

      SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3114

  • SPI

    • Roques, J. et al. 2003, “SPI/INTEGRAL in-flight performance”, A&A 411, L91–L100 (2003)

    • Schanne, S. et al 2001, “The space-borne INTEGRAL-SPI gamma ray telescope: test and calibration campaigns”, IEEE, Trans. Nucl. Sci.,p.478 - 482 vol.1

    • Lonjou, V. et al. 2005, "Characterization of the in-flight degradation of the INTEGRAL/SPI detectors”, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A, 554, 320–330

    • Schanne et al. 2003, “Calibration of the spectrometer aboard the INTEGRAL satellite”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1132-1143 (2003)

    • Attie, D. et al. 2003, “Integral/SPI ground calibration”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 411(no.1); p. L71-L79

    • Sturner, S.J. et al. 2003, “Monte Carlo simulations and generation of the SPI response”, A&A 411, L81-L84 (2003)

  • IBIS

    • Caballero, I. et al., “INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI energy calibration in OSA 10”, Proc.Conf “An INTEGRAL view of the high-energy sky (the first 10 years)" October 15-19, 2012, Paris, France

    • R. Terrier et al., “In flight calibration of the ISGRI camera”, Astron.Astrophys. 411 (2003) L167-L172

    • F. Lebrun, “The ISGRI CdTe gamma camera In-flight behavior”, IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci. 52 (2005) 3119-3123 astro-ph/0411411

    • Malaguti, G., Di Cocco, G. & Stephen, J.B, “In-flight calibration requirements for the PICsIT high-energy imaging detector” Proc. SPIE 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 42 (October 22, 1999)

    • Quadrini, E.M. et al.,”IBIS Veto System: Background rejection, instrument dead time and zoning performance”, A&A 411, L153-L157 (2003)

    • Natalucci, L. et al., “Systematic effects induced on IBIS detectors by background and inhomogeneity of the spatial response”, A&A 411, L209–L213 (2003)

• NuSTAR
  • NuSTAR in-orbit calibration paper: "Calibration of the NuSTAR High-energy Focusing X-ray Telescope", K. K. Madsen et al, ApJS, 220, 8,2015
  • HEASARC NuSTAR CALDB documentation
    • "NuSTAR Gain Tracking" Grefenstette et al (2021) CAL_NUSTAR_20211020a memo
  • SPIE telescope articles:
    • "2021 Effective Area calibration of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Telescope Array (NuSTAR)" Madsen, K.K. et al, (2021) JATIS in prep (arXiv paper)
    •  "In-flight PSF calibration of the NuSTAR hard X-ray optics", H. An et al, 9144, 1, 2014
    • "NuSTAR on-ground calibration: I. Imaging quality", N. J. Westergaard, 8443, 2012 
    • "NuSTAR on-ground calibration: II. Effective area", N. Brejnholt et al, 8443, 2012
    • "Coatings for the NuSTAR mission", F. Christensen et al, 8147, 2011 
    • "NuSTAR ground calibration: The Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility (RaMCaF)", N. Brejnholt et al2011, 8147, 2011 
    • "First results from the ground calibration of the NuSTAR flight optics", J. Koglin, 8147, 2011 
    • "Fabrication of the NuSTAR flight optics", W. Craig et al, 8147, 2011
    • "Optimizations of Pt/SiC and W/Si multilayers for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array", K. K. Madsen et al, 7437, 16, 2009
      
    • "Evaluation of epoxy for use on NuSTAR optics", H. An et al, 7437, 2009
    • "NuSTAR hard X-ray optics design and performance", J. E. Koglin et al, 7437, 2009 
    • "Manufacture of Mirror Glass Substrates for the NuSTAR Mission", W. Zhang et al, 7437, 2009
    • "W/SiC and Pt/SiC multilayers for the NuSTAR hard X-ray telescope", C. P. Jensen et al, 5900, 2005
  • SPIE detector articles:
    • "Inflight performance and calibration of the NuSTAR CdZnTe pixel detectors", T. Kitaguchi et al, 9144, 2014 
    • "Spectral calibration and modeling of the NuSTAR CdZnTe pixel detectors", T. Kitaguchi et al, 8145, 2011 
    • "Development of focal plane detectors for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission", V. Rana et al, 7435, 2009
  • SPIE operations articles:
    • "NuSTAR observatory science operations: on-orbit acclimation", K. Forster et al, 9149, 2014 
    • "Highly automated on-orbit operations of the NuSTAR telescope", B. Roberts et al, 9149, 2014 
  • SPIE mast articles:
    •  "NuSTAR: System engineering and modeling challenges in pointing reconstruction for a deployable X-ray telescope", D. I. Harp et al, 7738, 2010  
• Suzaku (list of suzaku memo)
  
  • XIS
    • Koyama et al. "X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku", PASJ, 2007, 59, S23

    • Yamada, S. et al. "Data-Oriented Diagnostics of Pileup Effects on the Suzaku XIS", PASJ, 2012, 64, 53

  • HXD
    • Kouzu, T., et al., "Spectral Variation of the Hard X-ray Emission from the Crab Nebula with the Suzaku Hard X-ray Detector", PASJ 65 74 (2013)
    • Yamada, S., et al. "The calibration improvement on GSO scintillators in the Suzaku Hard X-ray Detector" PASJ 63, S645-S656 (2011)
    • Fukazawa, Y., et al.,  "Modeling and Reproducibility of Suzaku HXD PIN/GSO Background", PASJ 61 S17-S34 (2009) 
    • Terada, Y., et al., "In Orbit Timing Calibration of the Hard X-Ray Detector on Board Suzaku",PASJ 60, S25-S34 (2008)
    • Kokubun, M., et al., "In-Orbit Performance of the Hard X-ray Detector on Board Suzaku", PASJ 59,  S53–S76 (2007)
    • Fukazawa, Y., et al., "Inflight calibration and performance of the Hard X-ray Detector (HXD) onboard Suzaku", Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6266, pp.75-86 (2006) 
    • Terada, Y., et al., "Development of a Monte Carlo Simulator for the Astro-E2 Hard X-ray Detector (HXD-II)", IEEE TNS Vol. 52, Issue 4, pp. 902-909 (2005)
  • HXD-WAM
    • Yamaoka, K., et al., "Design and In-Orbit Performance of the Suzaku Wide-Band All-Sky Monitor", PASJ  61, ppS35-S53 (2009) 
    • Yamaoka, K., et al., "In-orbit performance of the Suzaku wide-band all-sky monitor",  Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6266, pp. 626643-1-626643-12 (2006) 
    • Ohno, M., et al., "Preflight Calibration and Performance of the Astro-E2/HXD-II Wide-Band All-Sky Monitor", IEEE TNS Vol. 52, Issue 6, Part 2, pp. 2758-2764 (2005) 
• Swift (in-flight calibration plan)
  
• XARM
  • Resolve (formally SXS)
  • Xtend (formally SXI)
    
• XMM-Newton:
  • EPIC public calibration documents
  • RGS public calibration documents
  • telescopes' calibration documents

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