Contents

• Contents
• Supernova Remnants and Their Compact Objects
  • G292.0+1.8: An SNR for the Textbooks
  • Ejecta:Dredging the Depths of Stellar Explosions
  • Shock Structure: Getting up to Speed
  • Compact Cores:Not Like the Crab (or Are They?)
• Chandra Mission Extended
• Leon Van Speybroeck Wins Rossi Prize
• Report from the Project Scientist
• CXC Project Manager's Report
• Press Releases From CXC in 2001
• Instruments: ACIS
  • Calibration: Response Matrix Products
  • Cross-Calibration with XMM-Newton
  • Backgrounds
  • Operations
• Instruments: HRC
  • Is the compact source at the center of Cas A pulsed?
  • M15
• Instruments: HETG
  • Status, Calibration, and Software
  • Science I: All along the line-of-sight...
  • Science II: The wind began to howl.
  • References and Web pages:
• Instruments: LETG
  • LETG+HRC-S Effective Area
  • Dispersion Relation
  • Operations and Processing
  • Cross-Calibration with XMM-Newton
  • References
• Shelter from the Storm: Protecting the Chandra X-ray Observatory from Radiation
  • Radiation Protection System Components
  • Autonomous Protection
  • Mission Planning and Ground Operations
  • Improved Radiation Modeling and Predictions
• ChaSeR and WebChaSeR
  • Introduction
  • WebChaSeR
  • ChaSeR
  • Future Development
  • Processing Status Tool
  • ADS links
  • Acknowledgements
• CIAO:Focus on Threads
• Processing Chandra Data
• Education and Outreach
  • Cycle 4 EPO
  • Chandra Data Analysis for Students
  • 2001 Outreach Resources
• Chandra Fellowships
• CXC Contact Personnel
• Chandra Users' Committee Membership List
• Important Dates
• Useful URL Addresses
• HELP DESK
• Chandra and the Leonids
• Venus
• Contents

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