CALDB 4.9.4 should not be used unless you are running CIAO 4.12
or later versions!
16 Dec 2020 ![[New]](../imgs/new.gif)
CalDB 4.9.4 has been released to the public.
Included in this release are the ACIS CONTAM N0014 upgrade, an HRC-S QEU N0014 upgrade with 29 new
files for the library, and a delayed upgrade to the HRC-S PI Region background filter file N0002.
See the
CalDB 4.9.4 Release Notes
for details.
15 Dec 2020 ![[New]](../imgs/new.gif)
Chandra CfP Cycle 23 proposal planning support data and information have been released, including
PIMMS Effective Areas, and model ARFs and RMFs for ACIS Imaging and GRATINGs proposal planning purposes.
See the
Calibration Proposal Planning web pages
for information and access to downloadable files.
16 Oct 2020
CalDB 4.9.3 has been released to the public.
Included in this release are the ACIS T_GAIN upgrades for the period 2019-05-02T12:00:00 through
the present, and a modified HRC-I GTI_LIM file to be applied to events during the HV Ramp-up
on 28-29 September 2020.
see the
CalDB 4.9.3 Release Notes
for details.
09 Jul 2020
CalDB 4.9.2.1 has been released.
Included in this release are (1) A full upgrade of the T_GAIN library (Epochs 1-80);
(2) Extended ACIS FP_TEMP boundary conditions for warmer OBS_IDs; (3) HRC-S time-dependent gain maps V3;
(4) HRC-S QE version N0015 time-displaced file set; (5)HRC-I QE version N0012 time-displaced file set.
See the
CalDB 4.9.2.1 Release Notes
and the
CalDB 4.9.2 Release Notes
for details.
04 Apr 2020
CalDB 4.9.1 has been released.
CalDB 4.9.1 is compatible only with CIAO 4.12, and vice versa!
Included in this release are (1) ACIS T_GAIN updates for 02 May 2019 - present;
(2) ACIS DET_GAIN/P2_RESP N0008 files to fix the FI mid-chip gain droop; (3) HRC-S QEU version N0013 file set;
(4) ASPECT CALFDC N0004 with STAR and FID light plate scale upgrades.
See the
CalDB 4.9.1 Release Notes
for details.
17 Dec 2019
CalDB 4.9.0 has been released.
CalDB 4.9.0 is compatible only with CIAO 4.12, and vice versa!
Included is an upgrade to the ACIS CalDB bad pixel library, to identify and tag events falling in the
ACIS framestore shadow regions as bad pixel events, to be excluded in Level 2 filtering.
This applies only to non-CC-mode observations at this point.
See the
CalDB 4.9.0 Release Notes
for details.
07 Nov 2019
CalDB 4.8.5,
an upgrade to CalDB 4.8.2 and later versions, has been released. Included is
ACIS Contamination Model version N0013, with improved fitting results for ACIS modeling for observations taken
since 2018.
See the
CalDB 4.8.5 Release Notes
for details.
13 Sep 2019
CalDB 4.8.4.1,
an upgrade to CalDB 4.8.2 and later versions, has been released. Included items are
EMERGENCY CORRECTIONS to ACIS T_GAIN bi-epochal periods 75+76 and 77+78, which
affect ACIS data sets including chips ACIS-0, 1, 2, 3, or 6 for data sets with DATE-OBS
later than 2018-05-02T12:00:00. For the way to determine if your data have been affected,
see the
CalDB 4.8.4.1 Release Notes.
03 Sep 2019
CalDB 4.8.4,
an upgrade to CalDB 4.8.2 and later versions, has been released. Included items are
ACIS T_GAIN Epochs 77 + 78 (effective 01 Feb 2019 through 31 Jul 2019),
HRC-S Version N0012 time-dependent QEU upgrade files,
and HRC-I/S SAMP-based RMF files version N0002.
See the
CalDB 4.8.4 Release Notes
for details.
23 May 2019
CalDB 4.8.3,
an upgrade to CalDB 4.8.2 and later versions, has been released. Included items are
ACIS T_GAIN Epochs 75 + 76 (effective 01 Aug 2018 through 31 Jan 2019), and
HRC-S Version N0011 time-dependent QEU upgrade files.
See the
CalDB 4.8.3 Release Notes
for details.