Chandra ACIS
MAXI SSC
Suzaku XIS
Swift-XRT
XMM-Newton EPIC-MOS
XMM-Newton EPIC-pn


Chandra ACIS Papers and Resources

The new CXC Calibration webpage has many good references and links to presentations at Calibration Workshops.
http://cxc.harvard.edu/cal/Acis/detailed_info.html

ACIS CTI, initial discovery:

Prigozhin, et al. 2000, Proc SPIE, 4012, 720
Radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000SPIE.4012..720P

Prigozhin, et al. 2000, Proc SPIE, 4140, 123
Characterization of the radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000SPIE.4140..123P

ACIS CTI monitoring:

(CTI, trailing charge, correcting CTI for bkg and temperature, etc.)

Grant, et al. 2005, Proc. SPIE, 5898
Long-term trends in radiation damage of Chandra X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SPIE.5898..201G

LaMarr, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 66
Front- and back-illuminated x-ray CCD performance in low- and high-Earth orbit: performance trends of Suzaku XIS and Chandra ACIS detectors
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..66L

The ACIS monitoring web pages (updated monthly):
http://space.mit.edu.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/~cgrant/monitor.html

ACIS CTI Correction:

The Penn State CTI correction algorithm (short version):
Townsley, et al. 2000, ApJ, 543, L139
Mitigating charge transfer inefficiency in the Chandra X-ray Observatory Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJ...534L.139T

The Penn State CTI correction algorithm (long version):
Townsley, et al. 2002, NIMPA, 486, 751http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SSRv..120..165B
Modeling charge transfer inefficiency in the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002NIMPA.486..751T

MIT CTI correction algorithm (this is what acis_process_events uses):
Grant, et al. 2004, Proc. SPIE, 5501
A charge transfer inefficiency correction model for the Chandra X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004SPIE.5501..177G

CTI temperature dependence (but no temperature-dependent CTI-correction):
Grant, et al. 2006, Proc. SPIE 6276
Temperature dependence of charge transfer inefficiency in Chandra X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006SPIE.6276E..48G

CTI temperature dependence correction:
Grant, 2007, presentation at Chandra Cal Workshop
Correcting for the temperature dependence of ACIS charge transfer inefficency
http://cxc.harvard.edu/ccr/proceedings/07_proc/presentations/grant/

CTI correction with sacrificial charge: (not implemented)
Grant, et al. 2003, Proc. SPIE 4851
Sacrificial charge and the spectral resolution performance of the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003SPIE.4851..140G

ACIS QE:

Prigozhin, et al. 1998, Optical Engineering 37, 2848
X-ray absorption near edge structure in the quantum efficiency of x-ray charge-coupled devices
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998OptEn..37.2848P


Suzaku XIS Papers and Resources

XIS CTI Monitoring:

LaMarr, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 66
Front- and back-illuminated x-ray CCD performance in low- and high-Earth orbit: performance trends of Suzaku XIS and Chandra ACIS detectors
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..66L

LaMarr, et al. 2006, Proc SPIE, 6270, 56
Performance trends for the x-ray imaging spectrometer on Suzaku
(1 year of flight data, no charge injection, cal source only)
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006SPIE.6270E..56L

XIS CTI Correction:

Uchiyama, H., Ozawa, M., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2009, PASJ, 61, 9
New CTI Correction Method for the Spaced-Row Charge Injection of the Suzaku X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PASJ...61S...9U

Ozawa, M., Uchiyama, H., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2009, PASJ, 61, 1
Energy-Scale Calibration of the Suzaku X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer Using the Checker Flag Charge Injection Technique in Orbit
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PASJ...61S...1O

XIS Charge Injection Performance:

Nakajima, H., Yamaguchi, H., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2008, PASJ, 60, 1
Performance of the Charge-Injection Capability of Suzaku XIS
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PASJ...60S...1N

Ozawa, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 65
Flight calibration of the Suzaku XIS using the charge injection technique
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..65O

Bautz, M. W., LaMarr, B. J., Miller, E. D., et al. 2007, SPIE, 6686
Mitigating CCD radiation damage with charge injection: first flight results from Suzaku
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007SPIE.6686E..23B

Uchiyama, H., Hyodo, Y., Yamaguchi, H., et al. 2007, SPIE, 6686
The onboard calibration for the spaced-row charge injection of the Suzaku XIS
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007SPIE.6686E..22U

XIS General Information, Ground and Orbital Calibration:

Hayashida, Torii, Namiki, et al. 2007, PTPS, 169, 316
Orbital Calibration of the XIS
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PThPS.169..316H

Koyama, Tsunemi, Dotani, et al. 2007, PASJ, 59, 23
X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PASJ...59S..23K

Suzaku Technical Description
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/prop_tools/suzaku_td/suzaku_td.html

Suzaku XIS Pocket Guide
http://www.astro.isas.jaxa.jp/~tsujimot/pg_xis.pdf


Swift-XRT Papers and Resources

Swift-XRT instrument reference paper, Burrows et al 2005 SSR 120 165
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SSRv..120..165B

2009 XRT CCD calibration paper, Godet et al. 2009 AA 494 775
http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=bibcode&Itemid=129&bibcode=2009A%2526A...494..775GFUL

2013 XRT CCD trap mapping paper, Pagani et al. 2011 AA 534 20
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011A%26A...534A..20P

 

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