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Analysis Notes
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News
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18 Dec 2025
CfP Cycle 28 Release Includes CY28 PIMMS Effective areas information, ACIS and GRATING sample (G)RMFs and (G)ARFs for proposal planning by non-CIAO users.16 Dec 2025
CALDB 4.12.3 has been released to the public. Included in this release are (1) ACIS CONTAM N0016 updates effective from 2021-11-01 through the present, (2) HRC-I QE file set upgrade version N0017, and (3) new PCAD DARK_CURR updates (four new files.) See the CalDB 4.12.3 Release Notes19 Aug 2025
CALDB 4.12.2 has been released to the public. Included in this release are (1) ACIS T_GAIN updates effective from 2021-11-01 through the present, (2) HRC-S QEU file set upgrade version N0022, and (3) new PCAD DARK_CURR updates (three new files.) See the CalDB 4.12.2 Release Notes31 Jan 2025
CalDB 4.12.0 has been released to the public. Included in this release are (1) new ACIS P2_RESP files for warm ACIS observations up to -105.0 C, and (2)the HRC-S QEU N0021 file set, See the CalDB 4.12.0 Release Notes17 Dec 2024
CalDB 4.11.6 was released to the public. Included in this release are (1) the HRC-I QE N0016 file set, (2) PCAD ACA-P DARK_CURR file updates #9, and (3) Proposal Cycle 27 PIMMS Effective Areas. See the CalDB 4.11.6 Release Notes16 Oct 2024
CalDB 4.11.5 was released to the public. Included in this release are HRC-S QE version N0017, and QEU version N0020 file sets as well as two new ACA-P DARK_CURR files (periodic updates #8), which do not affect CIAO. See the CalDB 4.11.5 Release Notes for details.21 Aug 2024
CalDB 4.11.3 was released to the public. Included in this release is an updated HRC-S QEU time-dependent file set version 19 (34 new files), as well as four new ACA-P DARK_CURR files (periodic updates #7), which do not affect CIAO. See the CalDB 4.11.3 Release Notes for details.06 Jun 2024
CalDB 4.11.2 was released to the public. Included in this release is an updated HRC-I QE time-dependent file set version 15 (38 new files). See the CalDB 4.11.2 Release Notes for details.18 Apr 2024
CalDB 4.11.1 was released to the public. Included in this release are the new ACIS "warm-temperature" CTI corrections vN0012, and an updated HRC-S QEU N0018 file set (33 new files). Also included are set #6 of the PCAD ACA-primary DARK_CURR (dark current) image files. See the CalDB 4.11.1 Release Notes for details.12 Dec 2023
CalDB 4.11.0 was released to the public. Included in this release are the new ACIS "warm-temperature" CTI corrections vN0011, and an updated HRC-I QE N0014 file set (37 new files). Also included are set #5 of the PCAD ACA-primary DARK_CURR (dark current) image files and the Cycle 26 PIMMS Effective Area configuration files, neither of which affect CIAO users. See the CalDB 4.11.0 Release Notes for details.14 Sep 2023
CalDB 4.10.7 was released to the public. Included in this release are the latest HRC-S QE Uniformity data sets (version N0017) including one addtional data set effective for OBS_IDs taken after the HRC-S restart. Also included are more PCAD ACA-primary DARK_CURR (dark current) image files, which do not affect CIAO users. See the CalDB 4.10.7 Release Notes for details.22 Mar 2023
CalDB 4.10.4 was released to the public. Included in this release are the latest ACIS T_GAIN (time-dependent gain) updates, which will be updated annually rather than semiannually going forward. Also included with this release are PCAD ACA-primary DARK_CURR (dark current) image files, which do not affect CIAO users. See the CalDB 4.10.4 Release Notes for details.