Chandra Proposal Planning

These calibration files, updated to the final CY27 release on 19 DEC 2024, are intended for use during the Chandra Cycle 27 Call for Proposals.

ACIS RMFs and ARFs: RMFs and ARFs for specific positions on ACIS-I and ACIS-S. These files were generated from the most recent CALDB available at the start of the current proposal cycle.
Grating RMFs and ARFs: Grating RMFs and ARFs for the HETG/ACIS-S, LETG/ACIS-S, and LETG/HRC-S grating/detector configurations. These files were generated from the most recent CALDB available at the start of the current proposal cycle.
PIMMS Effective Areas: Technical information and plots of the effective areas used to calculate count rates in the PIMMS software.
Chandra Effective Area Viewer: View the current cycle effective areas for the PIMMS-supported configurations, including plots and specific data values versus photon energy, and compare data from different cycles.

Analysis Notes

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News

Previous Items

31 Jan 2025 [New]

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 Notes

19 Dec 2024 [New]

CfP Cycle 27 Release Includes CY27 PIMMS Effective areas information, ACIS and GRATING sample (G)RMFs and (G)ARFs for proposal planning by non-CIAO users.

17 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 Notes

16 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.