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Handy Acronym List

HANDY ACRONYM LIST
ACA Aspect Camera Assembly
ACIS AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (IPI: G. Garmire)
AGASC AXAF Guide and Aspect Star Catalog
ASC AXAF Science Center
ASCDS ASC Data System
AXAF Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility
CLI Command Line Interface
CSR Center for Space Research (at MIT)
EKC Eastman Kodak Corporation
FPC Flow Proportional Counter
FTOOLS A suite of X-ray analysis software
GESS Grating Element Support Structure
GO General Observer (anyone but a GTO)
GTO Guaranteed-Time Observer (SI teams, TS, IDSs)
GUI Graphical User Interface
HEG High Energy Gratings (part of the HETG instrument)
HESF High Energy Suppression Filter
HETG High Energy Transmission Gratings (IPI: C. Canizares)
HRC High Resolution Camera (IPI: S. Murray)
HRMA High Resolution Mirror Assembly (telescope)
HSI High Speed Imager
HXDS HRMA X-ray Detection System (at the XRCF)
IDS InterDisciplinary Scientist (A. Fabian, S. Holt, R. Giacconi, J. Linsky, R. Mushotzky, A. Wilson )
IPI Instrument Principal Investigator (A. Brinkman, C. Canizares, G. Garmire, S. Murray)
LESF Low Energy Suppression Filter
LETG Low Energy Transmission Gratings (IPI: A. Brinkman)
MARX Model of AXAF Response to X-rays
MEG Medium Energy Gratings (part of the HETG instrument)
MPE Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA)
MST Mission Support Team
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NRA NASA Research Announcement
OCC Operations Control Center (for AXAF at SAO)
OOV On-Orbit Verification
PIMMS Portable Interactive Multi-Mission Simulator software
PROS Post-Reduction Off-Line Software
PS Project Scientist (M. Weisskopf)
PSF Point Spread Function
QE Quantum Efficiency
SAO Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
SI Science Instrument (detector)
SRON Stichting RuimteOnderzoek Nederland
SSD Solid State Detector
SWG Science Working Group
TRW TRW, Inc.
TS Telescope Scientist (L. Van Speybroeck)
XDS X-ray Detection System (at XRCF)
XSPEC An X-ray spectral fitting package
XRCF X-ray Calibration Facility
XSS X-ray Source System (at the XRCF)


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Roy Kilgard
Mon Dec 22 10:05:00 EST 1997