Reference Papers on ACIS Operations
- "The Chandra X-Ray Observatory's Radiation Environment and the AP-8/AE-8 Model", Virani, et al. (2000)
- "Observed On-Orbit
Background Of The ACIS Instrument On The Chandra X-ray
Observatory ", Plucinsky and Virani, (2000)
- "The Periods of Enhanced Background Experienced By The ACIS Instrument on the Chandra X-ray Observatory", Plucinsky and Virani, (2000)
- "The Temporal Characteristics of the Chandra
X-ray Observatory High Energy Particle Background ", Grant,
Bautz, and Virani, (2001)
- "Monitoring the Health and Safety of the ACIS Instrument
on-board the Chandra X-ray Observatory", Virani, et al. (2002)
- "Optimizing the Efficiency of Command Load Inspection for
the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on the Chandra X-ray
Telescope", DePasquale, et al. (2002)
- "Improving the Science Observing Efficiency of the Chandra
X-ray Observatory via the Chandra Radiation Model", Virani, et
al. (2003)
- "A Study of the
Seasonal Variations of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Radiation
Model", DePasquale, et al. (2003)
Reference Documents on Spacecraft
-
PDF Observatory to Science Instrument ICD (MSFC
Baseline) IF1-20C, 16 July 1998, NAS8-37710, DPD692 CM07a
- ACIS flight SW
Users Guide (HTML
| PDF |
PS)
- ACIS SI
Operations Handbook (HTML | PDF)
Radiation Environment/Modelling Reference Papers
- "Monitoring the Chandra X-ray Observatory Radiation Environment: Correlations between GOES-8 and Chandra/EPHIN during DOY 89-106, 2001",
Virani, et al. (2002).
- "Managing Radiation
Degradation of CCDs on the Chandra X-ray Observtory ",
O'Dell, et al. (2002).
- "Shelter from the Storm: Protecting the Chandra X-ray Observatory from Radiation",
Cameron, et al. (2001).
- "Modeling the Chandra Space Environment ",
Blackwell, et al. (2000).
- "Radiation Environment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory",
O'Dell, et al. (2000).
ACIS Mission-Critical Scripts Documentation
ACIS CRON Task list (executed by `acisdude')
The following are scripts executed by CRON on colossus:
- 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/acisdude/real-time/back-up/RTwebpage.script
- 3,8,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,53,58 * * * * /home/acisdude/FLU-MON/ace-flux.pl
- 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,00 * * * * /home/acisdude/FLU-MON/acis_fluence_P3p-scaling.pl
- 6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56,01 * * * * /home/acisdude/FLU-MON/ace_fluence.pl
- 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,00 * * * * /home/acisdude/pmon2/pmonCRON.script
where 'less /home/acisdude/real-time/back-up/RTwebpage.script.primary' is:
The following are scripts executed by CRON on rhodes:
- 3,8,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,53,58 * * * * /export/acis-flight/FLU-MON/ace-flux.pl
- 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,00 * * * * /export/acis-flight/FLU-MON/acis-fluence_P3pscaling.pl
- 6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56,01 * * * * /export/acis-flight/FLU-MON/ace_fluence.pl
- 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /export/acis-flight/primary/RTwebpage.script.primary
- 0 9,21 * * * /export/acis-flight/FLU-MON/history-file-checker-rhodes.pl
- 5 0 * * * /data/acis/LoadReviews/script/makepasswordfile.pl
- 47 * * * * /data/acis/ephin_plots/code/ephin_plot.pl
- 15 0,12 * * * /data/acis/ephin_plots/code/eph_archiver.pl
- 3 * * * * /export/acis-flight/primary/acis/bin/tracelog_checker_primary.pl
where 'less /export/acis-flight/primary/RTwebpage.script.primary' is:
- /export/acis-flight/primary/acis/bin/acis-acorn-check.pl
- /export/acis-flight/primary/acis/bin/acis-read.pl
- /export/acis-flight/primary/acis/bin/acis-www.pl
- /export/acis-flight/primary/acis/bin/limitpager_primary.pl
- /export/acis-flight/primary/acis/bin/acis-tl-cleanup.pl
- cp /export/acis-flight/primary/acis/www/acis-mean.html /data/mta4/www/RT/acis/www/.
- /home/acisdude/real-time/hrc/bin/hrc-acorn-check.pl
- /home/acisdude/real-time/hrc/bin/hrc-read.pl
- /home/acisdude/real-time/hrc/bin/hrc-web.pl
- /home/acisdude/real-time/hrc/bin/hrc-tl-cleanup.pl
The following are scripts executed by CRON on xcanuck:
- 0 9,21 * * * /home/acisdude/real-time/history-file-checker.pl
- 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/acisdude/real-time/back-up/RTwebpage.script
- 4,9,14,19,24,29,34,39,44,49,54,59 * * * * /proj/sot/acis/FLU-MON/ace-flux.pl
- 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,00 * * * * /proj/sot/acis/FLU-MON/acis_fluence_P3p-scaling.pl
- 6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56,01 * * * *
/proj/sot/acis/FLU-MON/ace_fluence.pl
- 3 * * * * /home/acisdude/real-time/back-up/acis/bin/tracelog_checker_backup.pl
- 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,00 * * * * /home/acisdude/pmon/pmonCRON.script
- 30 00 * * * /home/acisdude/bin/advance_schedule.pl
- 18 00 * * * /home/acisdude/bin/update_tln.sh
where 'less /home/acisdude/real-time/back-up/RTwebpage.script' is:
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