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Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Introduction
Header Keywords
Directory Structure
Indexing System
Versioning
Download the CALDB
Download Version 3.4.3
Release Notes
Caveats for the Chandra CALDB
ACIS N0005 Responses Suite Caveat
Querying the CALDB
Calibration Data
Proposal Planning
References
CXC Links
CIAO (Data Analysis)
Site Map

Analysis Notes

Matching CIAO and CALDB Versions

CALDB 3.4.3 should not be used unless you are running CIAO 3.4 or CIAO 4.0.

Are your versions mismatched? Time to update CIAO and CALDB!

News

Previous Items

31 Mar 2008 [New]

CalDB 3.4.3, an upgrade to CalDB 3.3.0 or later versions, which introduces ACIS -110C "Epoch 0" T_GAINs for ACIS-S1 and -S3, and ACIS -120C EPOCH 32 (Nov 07 - Jan 08) T_GAIN updates, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.3 release notes for more information on this upgrade.

14 Dec 2007

CalDB 3.4.2, an upgrade to CalDB 3.3.0 or later versions, which updates ACIS T_GAINs for Aug - Oct 2007, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.2 release notes for more information on this upgrade.

14 Sep 2007

CalDB 3.4.1, an upgrade to CalDB 3.3.0 or later versions, which introduces new and finalized ACIS blank sky, T_GAIN, and HRC-I DEGAP files, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.1 release notes for more information on this upgrade.

16 May 2007

CalDB 3.4.0, an upgrade to CalDB 3.3.0/3.3.0.1, which introduces new ACIS T_GAIN, grating mask files, as well as upgrades to HRC-I GMAPS and HRC-S QE, has been released to the public. See the CalDB 3.4.0 release notes for more information on this upgrade.

Chandra Proposal Planning

These calibration files, released on 15 December 2007, are intended for use during the the Chandra Cycle 10 Call for Proposals.

ACIS RMFs and ARFs

RMFs and ARFs for specific positions on ACIS-I and ACIS-S. These files were generated from the most recent CALDB available at the start of the current proposal cycle.

Grating RMFs and ARFs

Grating RMFs and ARFs for the HETG/ACIS-S, LETG/ACIS-S, and LETG/HRC-S grating/detector configurations. These files were generated from the most recent CALDB available at the start of the current proposal cycle.

PIMMS Effective Areas

Technical information and plots of the effective areas used to calculate count rates in the PIMMS software.

Chandra Effective Area Viewer

View the current cycle effective areas for the PIMMS-supported configurations, including plots and specific data values versus photon energy, and compare data from different cycles.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: 29 November 2007

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