In-flight performance and calibration of the Chandra high-resolution camera imager (HRC-I)

Almus T. Kenter; John H. Chappell; Ralph Porter Kraft; Gary R. Meehan; Stephen S. Murray; Martin V. Zombeck; K. Tabetha Hole; Michael Juda; R. Hank Donnelly; Daniel Patnaude; Deron O. Pease; Charles R.A. Wilton; Ping Zhao; Gerald K. Austin; George W. Fraser; James F. Pearson; John Ernest Lees; Adam N. Brunton; Marco Barbera; Alfonso Collura; Salvatore Serio

doi:10.1117/12.391585

18 July 2000 In-flight performance and calibration of the Chandra high-resolution camera imager (HRC-I)

Almus T. Kenter, John H. Chappell, Ralph Porter Kraft, Gary R. Meehan, Stephen S. Murray, Martin V. Zombeck, K. Tabetha Hole, Michael Juda, R. Hank Donnelly, Daniel Patnaude, Deron O. Pease, Charles R.A. Wilton, Ping Zhao, Gerald K. Austin, George W. Fraser, James F. Pearson, John Ernest Lees, Adam N. Brunton, Marco Barbera, Alfonso Collura, Salvatore Serio

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Proceedings Volume 4012, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions III; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391585
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In this paper we present and compare flight results with the latest results of the ground calibration for the HRC-I detector. In particular we will compare ground and in flight data on detector background, effective area, quantum efficiency and point spread response function.

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Almus T. Kenter, John H. Chappell, Ralph Porter Kraft, Gary R. Meehan, Stephen S. Murray, Martin V. Zombeck, K. Tabetha Hole, Michael Juda, R. Hank Donnelly, Daniel Patnaude, Deron O. Pease, Charles R.A. Wilton, Ping Zhao, Gerald K. Austin, George W. Fraser, James F. Pearson, John Ernest Lees, Adam N. Brunton, Marco Barbera, Alfonso Collura, and Salvatore Serio "In-flight performance and calibration of the Chandra high-resolution camera imager (HRC-I)", Proc. SPIE 4012, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions III, (18 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391585

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