Maxim Markevitch's items related to Chandra background calibration (see also the CXC public calibration pages and the internal calibration page).

• ACIS background:

  • Blank sky datasets and tools for modeling of the quiescent background
    Last change 11 Feb 2010

  • Particle background observations: dark Moon and ACIS stowed
    Last change 15 Jun 2006 (This memo is also at the ACIS calibration page)

  • Soft CXB paper   (Markevitch et al. 2003, ApJ, 583, 70),
    Hard CXB paper   (Hickox & Markevitch 2006, ApJ, 645, 95),
    Detailed discussion of ACIS background modeling for sky background work

  • General discussion  (somewhat outdated, but still correct; see Chandra Observatory Guide for updated time-sensitive info.)
    Last change 28 Sep 2001 (This memo is also at the ACIS calibration page)

• make_readout_bg   A script to model the ACIS readout artifact as a background component, for the analysis of extended sources with sharp brightness peaks (e.g., clusters).
  Last change 11 Jun 2010

• Astrometry for star cluster NGC2516 (includes the star catalog)
  Last change 14 Jan 1999 (This memo is also at the aspect calibration page)