HRMA CXC Calibration

Recent updates:The HRMA User's Guide (Feb 2005); Analysis of On-Axis Effective Area and Ir Edge (Jan 2005)

Effective Area (On-Axis) - Predicted On-Axis Effective Area Tables. - August 2000
Effective Area (Off-Axis) - Predicted Off-Axis Effective Area (Vignetting) Tables. - March 1999
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:
Eli Beckerman, SAO; Larry David, SAO; Terry Gaetz, SAO; Diab Jerius, SAO; Maxim Markevitch, SAO;
Norbert S. Shultz, MIT; Sara-anne Taylor, MIT; Ping Zhao, SAO
Comments to cxccal@cfa.harvard.edu

Last modified: 12/06/06

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