HANDY ASC ACRONYM LIST

Mission, Telescopes, Instruments

• ACIS : AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (Principal Investigator: G.Garmire)
• AXAF : Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility
• CCD : Charge-Coupled Device (see ACIS instrument)
• HETG : High-Energy Transmission Gratings (Principal Investigator: C.Canizares)
• HRC : High Resolution Camera (Principal Investigator: S.Murray)
• HRMA : High Resolution Mirror Assembly
• HTMA : High Throughput Mirror Assembly
• LETG : Low-Energy Transmission Gratings (Principal Investigator: A.Brinkman)
• SI : Science Instrument (detector)
• XRS : X-ray Spectrometer (Principal Investigator: S.Holt)

Organizations, Facilities, Groups

• ASC : AXAF Science Center
• GO : General observer (anyone but a GTO)
• GSFC : Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)
• GTO : Guaranteed-time observer (SI teams, TS, IDSs)
• HDOS : Hughes Danbury Optical Systems
• IDS : Interdisciplinary scientist (A.Fabian, R.Giacconi, J.Linsky, R.Mushotzky, A.Wilson)
• MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MSFC : Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA)
• NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• OCC : Operations Control Center (for AXAF at MSFC)
• PS : Project Scientist (M.Weisskopf)
• PSU : Penn State University
• SAO : Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• TRW : TRW, Inc.
• TS : Telescope Scientist (L.Van Speybroeck)
• XRCF : X-ray Calibration Facility