HRMA CXC Calibration

Recent updates: Proposers' Observatory Guide v.11, Chapter 4 (January 2009)

Effective Area (On-Axis) - Predicted On-Axis Effective Area Tables.
Effective Area (Off-Axis) - Predicted Off-Axis Effective Area (Vignetting) Tables.
Point Spread Function - Enclosed Count Fractions (ECF), Notes on PSF, Wings, Imaging
Optical Axis and Aimpoint - Optical Axis and Aimpoint Positions for Each Detector
Focal Length - HRMA Focal Length, Plate Scale, and Detector Positions
Focus - Current Focus Settings, Latest Plate-Focus Test

Miscellaneous HRMA Analysis

The HRMA User's Guide
XRCF Analysis Results - Links to PostScript Files of the Report
Role of Modeling in Calibration of Chandra's Optics - 2003 SPIE Paper [ps,pdf]

Miscellaneous HRMA Analysis
The HRMA User's Guide XRCF Analysis Results - Links to PostScript Files of the Report Role of Modeling in Calibration of Chandra's Optics - 2003 SPIE Paper [ps,pdf]

Related Links

Contributors:
SAO: Eli Beckerman, Larry David, Terry Gaetz, Diab Jerius, Maxim Markevitch, Ping Zhao
MIT: Norbert S. Shultz, Sara-anne Taylor
Comments to cxccal@cfa.harvard.edu

Last modified: 06/18/09

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