|
|
|
The official PSF library is distributed with the Chandra Calibration Database .
Data caveats for the CIAO PSF Library are located here.
| PSF | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Enclosed Count Fractions (ECF) using circular apertures based upon the SAOsac model of the Chandra PSF | Data File (6/24/04) | Help File | |
| Enclosed Count Fractions (ECF) using elliptical apertures based upon the SAOsac model of the Chandra PSF. These do not cover as large a range in source position and energy as do those based upon circular apertures | Data File (6/24/04) | Help File | |
| Wings | |||
| Fits to the HRMA on-orbit wings based on an observation of Her X-1 | Fits | Memo | |
| Fits to HRMA surface brightness based on ground measurements. (Superceded by Fits to the HRMA on-orbit wings based on an observation of Her X-1, above) | Fits | Memo | |
| PSF | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Calibration of Chandra's Near On-axis Optical Performace: 2004 Chandra User's Committee Presentation | Diab Jerius (1/12/04) | ||
| Calibration of Chandra's Near On-axis PSF: 2003 Calibration Workshop Presentation | Diab Jerius (10/27/03) | ||
| A Parameterization of the Chandra PSF: 2003 Calibration Workshop Presentation | Kester Allen (10/27/03) | ||
| Calibration of Chandra's Near On-Axis Performance: 2003 SPIE paper [ps, pdf] |
Diab Jerius (August, 2003) | ||
| A Parameterization of the Chandra PSF: 2003 SPIE paper (pdf) | Kester Allen (August, 2003) | ||
| The Chandra Off-Axis PSF: 2002 Calibration Workshop Presentation | Kester Allen (11/6/02) | ||
| Paramaterization of Chandra's PSF: 2002 Calibration Workshop Presentation | Diab Jerius (11/6/02) | ||
| Calibrating Chandra's PSF: Comparison of Models to Data. 2002 Calibration Workshop Presentation | Diab Jerius (11/6/02) | ||
| PSF Comparison of on-axis Chandra Observations of AR Lac to SAOsac Simulations | Diab Jerius (10/29/02) | ||
| PSF Analysis Paper for SPIE Symposium | Diab Jerius, et al. (March, 2000) | ||
| Wings | |||
| Analysis of the Chandra on-orbit PSF wings | Terry Gaetz (6/23/04) | ||
| Calibrating the Wings of the Chandra PSF: 2003 Calibration Workshop Presentation | Terry Gaetz (10/27/03) | ||
| Calibrating the wings of the Chandra PSF: 2003 SPIE paper | Terry Gaetz (August, 2003) | ||
| Wings of the Chandra PSF: 2002 Calibration Workshop Presentation | Terry Gaetz (11/6/02) | ||
| Assessing the Chandra PSF Wings: An Estimate from XRCF (Ground Calibration) Data | Terry Gaetz (06/25/02) | 2002 Chandra Users' Committee presentation | Terry Gaetz (01/31/02) |
2001 Chandra Users' Committee presentation | Terry Gaetz (06/29/01) |
A preliminary report on the HRMA PSF Wings | Terry Gaetz (01/30/01) |
Quick Check of PSF Wings | Maxim Markevitch (10/24/00) |
Last modified:12/06/06
 |
The Chandra X-Ray
Center (CXC) is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. Email: cxcweb@head.cfa.harvard.edu Smithsonian Institution, Copyright © 1998-2004. All rights reserved. |