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Matching CIAO and CALDB Versions

CIAO 3.4 requires CALDB 3.3.0 or higher to operate properly.

CALDB 3.4.0 and higher 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

11 Nov 2008

These are the webpages relative to the CIAO 3.4 release (18 December 2006). They are no longer actively updated, however the CXC will continue limited support of CIAO 3.4 for the near future.

CIAO 3.4 users should check the CALDB 3 website for compatible calibration updates.

15 Dec 2008

The newest version of the Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations software, is CIAO 4.1, released on 15 December 2008. Read the release notes for detailed information. This release requires that CALDB 4.1.0 be installed for the software to work correctly.

2nd Chandra/CIAO Workshop Program Schedule

Please note that registration for this workshop is closed as of 5 April 2001. Information on registering for the October workshop will be announced in the coming months.

MONDAY - April 23

  9:00-9:05   Welcome (Roger Brissenden)
  9:05-9:20   Chandra Overview (Roger Brissenden)
  9:20-10:15 Introduction to X-ray Data Analysis (Randall Smith)
10:15-10:45 The Chandra Data products (Casey Law)

10:45-11:15 BREAK

11:15-11:45 Introduction to CIAO (Doug Burke)
11:45-12:15 Introduction to the Data Manipulation Tools (Antonella Fruscione)
12:15-12:45 Introduction to the hands-on session (Elizabeth Galle)

12:45-2:00   Lunch BREAK

  2:00-2:30   Calibration/Aspect Issues (Larry David, Tom Aldcroft)
  2:30-3:00   Introduction to Source Detection (Dan Harris)

  3:00-3:30   BREAK

  3:30-6:30   Hands-on session (introductory threads)

TUESDAY - April 24

  9:00-9:30   PSF Issues (Margarita Karovska)
  9:30-9:45   Introduction to imaging spectroscopy (Fabrizio Nicastro)
Grating analysis:
  9:45-10:10 Introduction to grating analysis and fitting (Antonella Fruscione)

10:10-10:30 BREAK

Spectral Analysis of Extended Sources:
10:30-11:00 Calibration issues in extended source analysis (Mike Wise)
11:00-11:30 Averaging responses in extended source analysis (Jonathan McDowell)
11:30-12:00 Radial Profiles of Extended Sources (Frank Primini)
12:00-12:30 2D modelling and fitting (Aneta Siemiginowska)

12:30-2:00   Lunch BREAK

  2:00-6:30   Hands-on session

WEDNESDAY - April 25

  9:00-9:30   Reprocessing (Dong-Woo Kim)
  9:30-10:00 CALDB (Dale Graessle)
10:00-10:30 Introduction to Slang and GUIDE (Randall Smith)
10:30-10:45 Introduction to ISIS (John Houck)

10:45-11:15 BREAK

11:15-6:00   Hands-on session