Brief Chandra Observatory Bibliography

We have compiled a list of basic references and URLs intended to be a starting point for understanding the instrument and data. It is deliberately limited to a few references for each topic and not intended to be comprehensive, just a good start.
Several articles about many aspects of the Chandra mission and CIAO - Chandra's data analysis software - have appeared in the Chandra newsletters.

Chandra Overview:

Proposers' Observatory Guide (POG)
Call for Proposals (CfP)
"Chandra's First Decade of Discovery"
Swartz, D.A.; Wolk, S.J.; Fruscione, A., Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Vol.107, Iss. 16, p.7127-7134 (2010)
First paper of a special issue of PNAS dedicated to Chandra's First Decade of Discovery
"The first decade of science with Chandra and XMM-Newton"
Santos-Lleo, M.; Schartel, N.; Tananbaum, H.; Tucker, W.; Weisskopf, M.C. Nature, Vol.462, Iss.7276, pp. 997-1004 (2009).
"The Chandra X-ray observatory: Five years of observations"
Weisskopf, M. C., Space Research Today, Vol. 162, p. 5-18 (2005)
"An Overview of the Performance and Scientific Results from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory"
Weisskopf, M. C., Brinkman, B. Canizares, C.; Garmire, G., Murray, S., Van Speybroeck, L. P. PASP, Vol. 114, p.1 (2002)

High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA)

The HRMA Calibration Page
HRMA chapter of the POG
"The HRMA User's Guide"
Gaetz, T.J., Jerius, Diab
"Calibration of Chandra's Near On-Axis Performance"
Jerius, D.H.; Gaetz, T.J.; Karovska, M., Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5165, p. 433-444 (2004)
"The Absolute Effective Area of the Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly"
Schwartz, D.A. et al., Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4012, p. 28-40 (2000)

Aspect

The Chandra Aspect Page
Pointing and Aspect chapter of the POG
"The AXAF (Chandra) Guide and Acquisition Star Catalog V1.5 (AGASC 1.5)"
Schmidt, D., and Green, P., ADASS XII ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 295, p.81 (2003)
"Initial performance of the aspect system on the Chandra Observatory: postfacto aspect reconstruction"
Aldcroft, T.L., Karovska, M., Cresitello-Dittmar, M.L., Cameron, R.A., Markevitch, M.L. Proc. SPIE Vol. 4012, p. 650-657 (2000)
"Initial performance of the attitude control and aspect determination sub-systems on the Chandra Observatory"
Cameron, R.A., Aldcroft, T.L., Podgorski, W.A., Freeman, M.D., Shirer, J.J., Proc. SPIE Vol. 4012, p. 658-668 (2000)

High Resolution Camera (HRC)

The HRC Calibration Page
HRC chapter of the POG
The HRC Instrument Team Page
"In-flight Performance of the Chandra High Resolution Camera"
Murray, S.S. et al., Proc. SPIE Vol. 4012, p. 68-80 (2000)

Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS)

The ACIS Calibration Page
ACIS chapter of the POG
The ACIS Instrument Team Page at MIT
The ACIS Instrument Team Page at PSU

"Innovations in the Analysis of Chandra-ACIS Observations"
Broos, P.S.; Townsley, L.K.; Feigelson, E.D.; Getman, K.V.; Bauer, F.E.; Garmire, G.P., ApJ Vol.714, Iss.2, p.1582-1605 (2010).
"Chandra ACIS Subpixel Event Repositioning: Further Refinements and Comparison between Backside- and Frontside-illuminated X-Ray CCDs"
Li, J.; Kastner, J.H.; Prigozhin, G.Y.; Schulz, N.S.; Feigelson, E.D.; Getman, K.V., ApJ, Vol. 610, Iss. 2, p. 1204-1212 (2004)
"A charge transfer inefficiency correction model for the Chandra Advanced Imaging Spectrometer"
Grant, C.E.; Bautz, M.W.; Kissel, S. E.; LaMarr, B., Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5501, p.177-188 (2004)
"Composition of the Chandra ACIS contaminanant"
Marshall, H.L.; Tennant, A.; Grant, C.E.; Hitchcock, A.P.; O'Dell, S.L.; Plucinsky, P.P., Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol.5165, pp. 497-508 (2004)
"Advanced CCD imaging spectrometer (ACIS) instrument on the Chandra X-ray Observatory"
Garmire, G.P.; Bautz, M.W.; Ford, P.G.; Nousek, J.A.; Ricker, G.R.,Jr., Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 4851, pp. 28-44 (2003)
X-ray CCD calibration for the AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS)
Bautz, M.W. et al, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3444, p. 210-224 (1998).

High-Energy Transmission Grating (HETG)

The HETG Calibration Page
HETG chapter of the POG
The HETG Instrument Team Page

"The Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating: Design, Fabrication, Ground Calibration and Five Years in Flight"
Canizares, C.R et al, PASP, Vol. 117, Iss. 836, p. 1144-1171 (2005)

"In-Flight Calibration of the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer"
Marshall, H. L., Dewey, D., and Ishibashi, K., Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5165, p. 457-468 (2004)
"High-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer for the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)"
Markert, T.H., Canizares, C.R., Dewey, D., McGuirk, M., Pak, C.S., Schattenburg, M. L., Proc. SPIE Vol. 2280, p. 168-180 (1994)

Low-Energy Transmission Grating (LETG)

The LETG Calibration Page
LETG chapter of the POG
The LETG Instrument Team Page
"LETGS: Instrument status and science highlights"
Mendez, M., Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 4851, p. 57-68 (2003)
"Description and performance of the low-energy transmission grating spectrometer on board Chandra"
Brinkman, B.C. et al., Proc. SPIE Vol. 4012, p. 81-90 (2000)
"First Light Measurements of Capella with the Low-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer aboard the Chandra X-Ray Observatory"
Brinkman, A. C. et al., ApJ, Vol. 530, p. L111-L114
"In-flight Performance and Calibration of the Chandra High Resolution Camera Spectroscopic Readout (HRC-S)"
Kraft, R.P. et al., Proc. SPIE Vol. 4012, p. 493-517 (2000)
"Low Energy Effective Area of the Chandra Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer"
Pease, D.O. et al., Proc. SPIE Vol. 4012, p. 700-711 (2000)

Ground Calibration at XRCF

XRCF Calibration: Newsletter 5

Calibration Reports: Newsletter 6

Chandra Data Analysis: Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (CIAO)

The CIAO Home Page
The Sherpa (CIAO's modeling and fitting package) Home Page
"CIAO: Chandra's data analysis system"
Fruscione, A. et al., Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 6270, p. 62701V (2006)
"Sherpa: a mission-independent data analysis application"
Freeman, P.; Doe, S.; Siemiginowska, A., Proc. SPIE Vol. 4477, p. 76-87 (2001)

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