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The Low Energy Transmission Grating on Chandra (PI: A. Brinkman, SRON, Utrecht, with the collaboration of MPE, Garching) provides a spectral resolution of about 1000 in the 0.05-2 keV band (6-150 Angstrom). The dispersed spectrum is normally read out by the HRC-S.

References:

Brinkman A.C., et al., 1997, SPIE, 3113, 181

Predehl P., et al., 1997, SPIE, 3113, 172

See the Proposers' Observatory Guide (POG) for more details. The CXC LETG Calibration webpages have the latest calibration status.

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