XRT digest
Listed below are links to documents relevant to the Swift XRT data analysis and calibration:
Document | Description |
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XRT data analysis guide | Contains descriptions on how to reduce the XRT data starting from the unfiltered event to the extraction of the spectra lightcurves and images. It also includes a list of major XRT changes in how the instrument operates. |
On the Energy scale | Describes the effects contributing to the energy scale offset (spectral analysis) |
On the latest ARF and RMF | Describes the latest Response and Ancillary respose function (spectral analysis) |
On the latest Gain and CTI | Describes the latest derived Gain and CTI calibration |
On the latest Bad pixel | Lists the latest bad pixels |
On the position accuracy | Describes the calibration results that defines the new XRT boresight position. See also Moretti et al. astroph/0511604 |
On the position error | Describes the calibration results that defines the XRT position error. |
On the Point spread function | Describes the in-flight calibration of the Swift XRT Point Spread Function |
On the effective area | Describes the in-flight on-axis and off-axis effective area measuraments of the Swift XRT |
On the spectroscopic performance | Describes the in-flight spectroscopic performace of the Swift XRT CCD camera |
Timing accuracy | Describes the in-flight calibration on absolute timing with the Swift xrt |