PSF

XRCF Point Spread Function Analysis

A. Ware, B.R. McNamara
Comments to cxccal@cfa.harvard.edu
Last updated April 30, 1999

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A schematic of the ACIS focal plane as seen by XRCF.
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Memo regarding the PSF analysis:
HTML format / Postscript format

Analysis: Data tables:

Analysis Results: Plots and text from the PSF analysis memo - XRCF and simulated data.

PSF Analysis Data Products, XRCF and MARX

Software and Procedures

Downloadable XRCF PSF data

Pileup fractions: Includes photon and event pileup fractions for both on- and off-axis tests.

PSF shapes: One-pixel-wide slices through the brightest pixel of each image, with gaussian fits to the resulting plots. For each on-axis test, this table provides: the peak counts, the integrated and analytically calculated areas under the gaussian, and the FWHM of the gaussian.

Off-axis spectra: The width (sigma) of each Gaussian fit to the peaks in all off-axis pulse height spectra.

Memo regarding the PSF analysis:
HTML format / Postscript format
Analysis:	Data tables:
Analysis Results: Plots and text from the PSF analysis memo - XRCF and simulated data. PSF Analysis Data Products, XRCF and MARX Software and Procedures Downloadable XRCF PSF data	Pileup fractions: Includes photon and event pileup fractions for both on- and off-axis tests. PSF shapes: One-pixel-wide slices through the brightest pixel of each image, with gaussian fits to the resulting plots. For each on-axis test, this table provides: the peak counts, the integrated and analytically calculated areas under the gaussian, and the FWHM of the gaussian. Off-axis spectra: The width (sigma) of each Gaussian fit to the peaks in all off-axis pulse height spectra.

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