Publications

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Citing CIAO in a Publication

If you are writing a paper and would like to cite the CIAO software, we recommend the following:

CIAO: Chandra's data analysis system (ADS, PS)
Fruscione et al. 2006, SPIE, 6270, 60

\bibitem[Fruscione et al.(2006)]{2006SPIE.6270E..60F} Fruscione, A., et 
al.\ 2006, \procspie, 6270

The specific version of CIAO and CALDB used for the analysis should be mentioned. Further guidelines are available from the Acknowledgment of Use of Chandra Resources.

Data Analysis

Handbook for X-ray Astronomy: Arnaud, K., Smith, R. and Siemiginowska A.; 2011, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9780521883733.
How to Piece Together Diffracted Grating Arms for AXAF Flight Data: Alexov, A.; McLaughlin, W.; Huenemoerder, D.; 1998, ADASS VII, ASPC, 145
The Sliding-Cell Detection Program for Chandra X-Ray Data: Calderwood, T.; Dobrzycki, A.; Jessop, H.; Harris, D. E.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
ChaRT: The Chandra Ray Tracer: Carter, C.; Karovska, M.; Jerius, D.; Glotfelty, K.; Beikman, S.; 2003, ADASS XII, ASPC, 295
The Formal Underpinnings of the Response Functions used in X-Ray Spectral Analysis: Davis, John E.; 2001, ApJ, 548, 1010
Interactive Analysis and Scripting in CIAO 2.0: Doe, S.; Noble, M.; Smith, R.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
ASMOOTH: A simple and efficient algorithm for adaptive kernel smoothing of two-dimensional imaging data: Ebeling, H.; White, D. A.; Rangarajan, F. V. N.; 2006, MNRAS, 368, 65
A Wavelet-Based Algorithm for the Spatial Analysis of Poisson Data: Freeman, P. E.; Kashyap, V.; Rosner, R.; Lamb, D. Q.; 2002, ApJS, 138, 185
X-Ray Source Detection Using the Wavelet Transform: Freeman, P. E.; Kashyap, V.; Rosner, R.; Nichol, R.; Holden, B.; Lamb, D. Q.; 1996, ADASS V, ASPC, 101
CIAO: Chandra's data analysis system: Fruscione, Antonella, et al.; 2006, Proc. SPIE, 6270, 60
ASC Coordinate Transformation - The Pixlib Library: He, H.; McDowell, J.; Conroy, M.; 1997, ADASS VI, ASPC, 125
ASC Coordinate Transformation - The Pixlib Library, II: He, H.; McDowell, J.; Conroy, M.; 1998, ADASS VII, ASPC, 145
Enhancements of MKRMF: He, X. H.; Wise, M.; Glotfelty, K. J.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
On the Discrepancy of Chandra and XMM Profiles for A1835: Markevitch, Maxim; astro-ph/0205333
The Impact of the ACIS Readout Streak and Pileup on Chandra Source Detection: McCollough, M. L.; Rots, A. H.; 2005, ADASS XIV, ASPC, 347
X-ray Astronomy and the Analysis of X-ray Data: McDowell, J. C.; 2006, ADASS XV, ASPC, 351
AXAF Data and Data Manipulation Software: The ASC Data Model: McDowell, J.; Noble, M.; Elvis, M.; 1998, Legacy, 7, 64
Elements of The Chandra Data Analysis System: Noble, M. S.; 2000, ADASS IX, ASPC, 216
TEBC: A Multi-mission Time, Ephemeris, and Barycenter Correction Package: Rots, Arnold H.; 2002, ADASS XI, ASPC, 281
Bayesian Estimation of Hardness Ratios: Modeling and Computations: Park, T; Kashyap V. L.; Siemiginowska, A.; et al.; 2006, ApJ, 652, 610

Infrastructure

A Flexible Object Oriented Design for Page Formatting: Adams-Wolk, N. R.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
ASC Data Analysis Tool Architecture: Conroy, M.; Doe, S.; Herrero, J.; 1996, ADASS V, ASPC, 101
ASC Data Analysis Architecture: Conroy, M.; Joye, W.; Herrero, J.; Doe, S.; Mistry, A.; 1997, ADASS VI, ASPC, 125
ASC Data Structures and Model: Conroy, M.; Simon, R.; McDowell, J.; Barry, K.; 1995, ADASS IV, ASPC, 77
Crates: High-Level I/O Interface for Scripting Languages: Cresitello-Dittmar, M.; Burke, D.; Doe, S.; Evans, I.; Evans, J.; Germain, G.; Lyn, J.; 2007, ADASS XVI, ASPC, 376
CIAO 4 Infrastructure - Moving in a Modular Direction: Deponte Evans, J.; Cresitello-Dittmar, M.; Doe, S.; Evans, I. N.; Germain, G.; Glotfelty, K.; Overly, J.; 2008, ADASS XVII, ASPC, 394
The AXAF Data Analysis System: Infrastructure and New Features: Fruscione, A.; 1997, Data Analysis in Astronomy, Proc. Fifth Workshop (PS)
Implementation Design of the ASC Data Model: Herrero, J.; Oberdorf, O.; Conroy, M.; McDowell, J.; 1997, ADASS VI, ASPC, 125
Testing of Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (CIAO): Karovska, M.; Evans, J. D.; The CIAO Testing Team; 2006, ADASS XV, ASPC, 351
The Transform Library - A High-Level Interface to Coordinate Systems: Lyn, J.; Burke, D.; Cresitello-Dittmar, M.; Doe, S.; Evans, I.; Deponte Evans, J.; Germain, G.; McDowell, J.; Miller, J.; 2008, ADASS XVII, ASPC, 394
The Chandra Automatic Data Processing Infrastructure: Plummer, D. A.; Subramanian, S.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
The ASC Scientific Data Model and its DDF Implementation: van Stone, D.; Conroy, M.; McDowell, J.; 1996, ADASS V, ASPC, 101
The Chandra Automatic Processing/Archive Interface: Subramanian, S.; Plummer, D. A.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
Chandra FITS Dictionary: Winkelman, S. L.; Rots, A. H.; Michaud, K.; Blecksmith, S. E.; 2004, ADASS XIII, ASPC, 314

Instruments

On the Fly Bad Pixel Detection for the Chandra X-ray Observatory's Aspect Camera: Cresitello-Dittmar, M.; Aldcroft, T. L.; Morris, D.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
Kalman Filtering in Chandra Aspect Determination: Hain, R.; Aldcroft, T. L.; Cameron, R. A.; Cresitello-Dittmar, M.; Karovska, M.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
Desmearing Solar System Objects in Chandra Data: Hain, R.; McDowell, J. C.; Rots, A.; Glotfelty, K.; Wolk, S. J.; 2003, ADASS XII, ASPC, 295
Improving Chandra High Resolution Camera Event Positions via Corrections to Crossed-Grid Charge Detector Signals: Juda, Michael, et al.; 2000, Proc. SPIE, 4140, 155
The Chandra X-ray Observatory PSF Library: Karovska, M.; Beikman, S. J.; Elvis, M. S.; Flanagan, J. M.; Gaetz, T.; Glotfelty, K. J.; Jerius, D.; McDowell, J. C.; Rots, A. H.; 2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238
Composition of the Chandra ACIS contaminant: Marshall, Herman L.; Tennant, Allyn; Grant, Catherine E.; Hitchcock, Adam P.; O'Dell, Stephen L.; Plucinsky, Paul P.; 2004, Proc. SPIE, 5165, 497
The Absolute Effective Area of the Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly: Schwartz, Daniel A., et al.; 2000, Proc. SPIE, 4012, 28
Simulating CCDs for the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer: Townsley, L. K.; Broos, P. S.; Chartas, G.; Moskalenko, E.; Nousek, J. A.; Pavlov, G. G.; 2002, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 486, 716
Improvement of the Spatial Resolution of the ACIS Using Split-Pixel Events: Tsunemi, Hiroshi; Mori, Koji; Miyata, Emi; Baluta, Christopher; Burrows, David N.; Garmire, Gordon P.; Chartas, G.; 2001, ApJ, 554, 496

Documentation

Documenting CIAO: the command-line and web-based help system: Burke, D. J.; Fruscione, A.; Galle, E.; Milaszewski, R. M.; Stawarz, C.; 2006, ADASS XV, ASPC, 351
The CIAO Website Unveiled: Galle, E. C.; Burke, D. J.; Stawarz, C.; Fruscione, A.; 2005, ADASS XIV, ASPC, 347