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What's New for the CALDB

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18 SEP 2009 CalDB 3.5.5 an upgrade for the CIAO 3.4 CalDB from any previous version, which includes the latest ACIS T_GAIN epoch updates, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.5.5 Release Notes for details.
13 JUL 2009 CalDB 3.5.4 an upgrade for the CIAO 3.4 CalDB from any previous version, which includes the latest ACIS T_GAIN epoch updates, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.5.4 Release Notes for details.
01 APR 2009 CalDB 3.5.3 an upgrade for the CIAO 3.4 CalDB from any previous version, which includes the latest ACIS T_GAIN epoch updates, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.5.3 Release Notes for details.
29 JAN 2009 CALDB 3.5.2, and upgrade for the CIAO 3.4 CalDB for any earlier version of CalDB 3.x.x, has been released. It includes upgrades to the HRMA Axial Effective Area, and an incumbent upgrade to the HETG Grating Efficiencies file. See the CalDB 3.5.2 Release Notes for details.
09 JAN 2009 CALDB 3.5.1, an upgrade for the CIAO 3.4 CalDB for any earlier version of CalDB 3.x.x, has been released. It includes the ACIS Epoch 35 T_GAIN data (for Aug-Oct 08), and a minor correction to the ACIS index listing for a DET_GAIN file. See the CalDB 3.5.1 release notes for more information on this upgrade.
08 SEP 2008 CalDB 3.5.0, which includes ACIS -120C EPOCH 34 (May - Jul 08) T_GAIN updates, and an upgrade to the ACIS -110C OSIP file for Grating/ACIS ObsIDs from year 1999, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.5.0 release notes for more information on this upgrade.
23 Jun 2008 CalDB 3.4.5, which includes only ACIS -120C EPOCH 33 (Feb - Apr 08) T_GAIN updates, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.5 release notes for more information on this upgrade.
31 Mar 2008 CalDB 3.4.3, which introduces ACIS -110C "Epoch 0" T_GAINs for ACIS-S1 and -S3, and ACIS -120C EPOCH 32 (Nov 07 - Jan 08) T_GAIN updates, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.3 release notes for more information on this upgrade.
14 Dec 2007 CalDB 3.4.2, which includes new ACIS T_GAIN files, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.2 release notes for more information on this upgrade.
14 Sep 2007 CalDB 3.4.1, which introduces new and finalized ACIS blank sky, T_GAIN, and HRC-I DEGAP files, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.1 release notes for more information on this upgrade.
16 May 2007 CalDB 3.4.0, which introduces new ACIS blank sky, T_GAIN, grating mask files, as well as upgrades to HRC-I GMAPS and HRC-S QE, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.0 release notes for more information on this patch.
02 Feb 2007 The CalDB 3.3.0.1 patch, to correct an error in the ACIS branch index files relevant to users of mkrmf and the -120C CTI-corrected FEF_PHA file, was released to the public. See the CalDB 3.3.0.1 release notes for more information on this correction.
18 Dec 2006 CalDB 3.3.0 was released to the public. See the CalDB 3.3.0 release notes for more information on the newly-released calibration data.
15 Dec 2006 Cycle 09 Proposal Planning calibration files (ARFs, RMFs, and PIMMS Effective Area Viewer FITS files) have been released, simultaneously with CalDB 3.3.0. Tar balls containing the ACIS Imaging and Grating ARFs and RMFs may also be downloaded for proposal planning purposes.
07 Nov 2006 CalDB 3.2.4 was released to the public. See the CalDB 3.2.4 release notes for more information on the newly-released calibration data.
10 Aug 2006 CalDB 3.2.3 was released to the public. See the CalDB 3.2.3 release notes for more information on the newly-released calibration data.
15 May 2006 CalDB 3.2.2 was released to the public. See the CalDB 3.2.2 release notes for more information on the newly-released calibration data.
15 Dec 2005 CalDB 3.2.1 has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.2.1 release notes for more information on the newly-released calibration data.
21 November 2005 CalDB 3.2.0 has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.2.0 release notes for more information on the newly-released calibration data.
21 November 2005 CIAO 3.3 has been released to the public. This is a full release of the CIAO software, which includes several new and very useful tools. See the Release Notes for CIAO 3.3.
21 November 2005 See the CAVEAT for certain cautions when interpreting low-energy gain shifts (with respect to the chip edges) seen near the centers of most ACIS front-illuminated chips.
23 June 2005 CalDB 3.1.0 has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.1.0 release notes for more information on the newly-released calibration data.
23 June 2005 Updates to mkacisrmf: Users are encouraged to upgrade to CIAO 3.2.2.
10 February 2005 Why topics New HRC-S QE and QE Uniformity and PIXLIB GEOM V5 are now available.
15 December 2004 Why topics ACIS QE Degradation and Creating ACIS RMFs in CIAO 3.2 are now available.
13 September 2004 The QEU Comparison why topic compares analysis results using two versions of the ACIS QEU file. The newer file (version 2) was released in CALDB v2.28.
7 July 2004 The CALDB webpages have been redesigned!
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