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- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2 The Basic Scheme
- 1.3 Organization of this Guide
- 1.4 How to Use this Guide
- 1.5 New Releases, Bug Fixes, Other Updates
- 1.6 ASCA Newsletters
- 1.7 Calibration Uncertainties
- 1.8 Obtaining Help and Information, Reporting Bugs, Submitting Comments
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 FITS Files
- 2.3 Data Processing Versions
- 2.4 Three Levels of ASCA Data Files
- 2.5 Basic File Structure
- 2.6 Important Keywords and Columns in ASCA FITS Events Files
- 2.6.1 RAWX/Y, DETX/Y, X/Y Columns and RA/DEC_NOM Keywords
- 2.6.2 TIME Column and TIMESYS, MJDREF, TSTART, TSTOP Keywords
- 2.6.3 GIS PHA, PI Columns
- 2.6.4 GIS RISE_TIME, RTI Columns
- 2.6.5 GIS MPC Mode Files
- 2.6.6 SIS PHA, PHAS, GRADE, PI Columns
- 2.7 MKF Files
- 2.8 Housekeeping Files
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Description of GIS Modes
- 3.3 Imaging with the GIS
- 3.4 GIS Mode-Dependent Keywords
- 3.5 GIS Gain Determination
- 3.6 Other Issues Related to GIS Data
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Description of SIS Modes
- 4.3 Summary of Issues Related to SIS Data
- 4.4 Hot and Flickering Pixels
- 4.5 Analyzing BRIGHT Mode Data, Grade and PI
- 4.6 Analyzing FAINT and BRIGHT2 Mode Data, Echo, and DFE
- 4.7 Non-uniform CTI
- 4.8 Residual Dark Distribution (RDD)
- 4.9 Event Threshold and 2-pixel Events
- 4.10 Analyzing FAST Mode Data and Address Discrimination
- 4.11 SIS Field of View
- 4.12 SIS Mode-Dependent Keywords
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Screening Criteria Common to the GIS and SIS
- 5.3 GIS Screening Criteria
- 5.4 SIS Screening Criteria
- 5.5 Standard screening criteria used in GSFC REV1 processing
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 The Basics of Screening
- 6.3 Suggested Screening Strategies
- 6.4 ASCASCREEN
- 6.5 TKASCASCREEN
- 6.6 XSELECT
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The Basics of Filtering
- 7.3 Region Filters
- 7.4 More About Region Filters
- 7.5 Time Filters
- 7.6 Energy Filters
- 7.7 Intensity Filters
- 7.8 Phase Filters
- 7.9 Energy-to-Channel Conversion
- 7.10 Using Region Filters From Other Missions
- 8.1 Extracting Spectra
- 8.2 Spectral Files
- 8.3 Binning and Grouping
- 8.4 Spectral Responses
- 8.5 Obtaining GIS RMFs from the Calibration Database
- 8.6 Generating SIS RMFs
- 8.7 Generating ARFs with ASCAARF
- 8.8 Background Subtraction
- 8.9 Analyzing SIS Spectra from Two or More Chips
- 8.10 Combining Spectral Files
- 8.11 GIS Deadtime Correction
- 8.12 How to Cope with SIS Pile-up Problem
- 8.13 Getting Started with XSPEC
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Three Formats of Light Curve and How to Extract Them
- 9.3 Event Lists as Light Curves
- 9.4 FITS Rate Files
- 9.5 QDP (ASCII) Rate Files
- 9.6 Creating Light Curve Figures with XSELECT
- 9.7 Background Subtraction for Light Curves
- 9.8 GIS Light Curve Deadtime Correction
- 9.9 Telemetry Saturation Effects for SIS Data
- 9.10 Barycentric and Geocentric Corrections
- 9.11 GIS Light Curves Using Monitor Counts
- 9.12 Temporal Resolution
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Extracting Images
- 10.3 Image Files
- 10.4 Attitude Reconstruction
- 10.5 Exposure Maps
- 10.6 The ASCA PSF
- 10.7 Extended Sources and Spatio-Spectral Analysis
- 10.8 Merging Observations
- 10.9 Image Deconvolution
- 10.10 Getting Started with XIMAGE
- 11.1 Acronyms
- 11.2 Software Packages
- 11.3 XSELECT Command Sequences
- 11.4 MKF Parameter Summary
- 11.5 Important URLs
Michael Arida
2002-10-22