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Chandra ACIS Papers and Resources

The new CXC Calibration has many good references and links to presentations at Calibration Workshops.
http://cxc.harvard.edu/cal/Acis/detailed_info.html

ACIS CTI, initial discovery:

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

Prigozhin, et al. 2000, Proc SPIE, 4140, 123
Characterization of the radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000SPIE.4140..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):
http://space.mit.edu/~cgrant/monitor.html

ACIS CTI Correction:

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

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):
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

CTI temperature dependence correction:
Grant, 2007, presentation at Chandra Cal Workshop
Correcting for the temperature dependence of ACIS charge transfer inefficency
http://cxc.harvard.edu/ccr/proceedings/07_proc/presentations/grant/

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


Suzaku XIS Papers and Resources

XIS CTI Monitoring:

LaMarr, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 66  PDF\
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
Performace 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/2006SPIE.6270E..56L

XIS CTI Correction:

Uchiyama, H., Ozawa, M., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2009, PASJ, 61, 9
New CTI Correction Method for the Spaced-Row Charge Injection of the Suzaku X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer

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

XIS Charge Injection Performance:

Nakajima, H., Yamaguchi, H., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2008, PASJ, 60, 1
Performance of the Charge-Injection Capability of Suzaku XIS

Ozawa, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 65
Flight calibration of the Suzaku XIS using the charge injection technique
2008SPIE.7011E..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

Uchiyama, H., Hyodo, Y., Yamaguchi, H., et al. 2007, SPIE, 6686
The onboard calibration for the spaced-row charge injection of the Suzaku XIS

XIS Background:

Tawa, N., Hayashida, K., Nagai, M., et al. 2008, PASJ, 60, 11
Reproducibility of Non-X-Ray Background for the X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard Suzaku

XIS General Information, Ground and Orbital Calibration:

Hayashida, Torii, Namiki, et al. 2007, PTPS, 169, 316
Orbital Calibration of the XIS

Koyama, Tsunemi, Dotani, et al. 2007, PASJ, 59, 23
X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku

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

XIS Celestial Calibration Sources:

Plucinsky, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011
The SMC SNR 1E0102.2-7219 as a Calibration Standard for X-ray Astronomy in the 0.3-2.5 keV Bandpass
(arXiv:0807.2176)

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