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Handy Acronym List



HANDY ACRONYM LIST
 
ACIS Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (IPI: G. Garmire)
ASC AXAF Science Center
ASCDS ASC Data System
AXAF Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility
BI Back Illuminated CCD Chip
ChIPS Chandra Imaging and Plotting System
CIAO Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations
CSR Center for Space Research (at MIT)
CTI Charge Transfer Inefficiency
CXC Chandra X-ray Center
CXO Chandra X-ray Observatory
DDT Director's Discretionary Time
FI Front Illuminated CCD Chip
FPC Flow Proportional Counter
GO General Observer (anyone but a GTO)
GTO Guaranteed-Time Observer (SI teams, TS, IDSs)
HEG High Energy Gratings (part of the HETG instrument)
HESF High Energy Suppression Filter
HETGS High Energy Transmission Gratings/Spectrometer (IPI: C. Canizares)
HRC High Resolution Camera (IPI: S. Murray)
HRMA High Resolution Mirror Assembly (telescope)
IDS InterDisciplinary Scientist (A. Fabian, S. Holt, R. Giacconi, J. Linsky, R. Mushotzky, A. Wilson )
IPI Instrument Principal Investigator (A. Brinkman, C. Canizares, G. Garmire, S. Murray)
LETGS Low Energy Transmission Gratings/Spectrometer (IPI: A. Brinkman)
MARX Model of AXAF Response to X-Rays (simulator)
MCP Micro-Channel Plate
MEG Medium Energy Gratings (part of the HETG instrument)
MPE Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA)
MST Mission Support Team
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NRA NASA Research Announcement
OCC Operations Control Center (for Chandra at SAO)
OOV On-Orbit Verification
OTG Objective Transmission Grating
PIMMS Portable Interactive Multi-Mission Simulator software
PROS Post-Reduction Off-Line Software
PS Project Scientist (M. Weisskopf)
PSF Point Spread Function
QE Quantum Efficiency
SAO Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Sherpa Data fitting package
SI Science Instrument (detector)
SRON Stichting RuimteOnderzoek Nederland
SWG Science Working Group
TOO Target of Opportunity
TRW TRW, Inc.
TS Telescope Scientist (L. Van Speybroeck)
UVIS UltraViolet/Ion Shield (on the HRC)
XRCF X-Ray Calibration Facility



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