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XRISM Instruments Calibration Documents

Listed below are documents associated with the calibration files stored in CalDB. They describe how the calibration data were derived and give details on revisions of the files. Documents that are marked "NYA" are not yet availble.

Document name Description Note
xrism_caldb_vYYYMMDD Document describing the CALDB format for all CALDB files NYA
GEN Calibration
xrism_gen_atmsca_20230824 Atomic scattering and optical constants 1st version
xrism_gen_caldb_saa_vYYYYMMDD SAA file NYA
asth_sxs_caldb_linefit_v20161223 Hitomi document for "Natural Line Shapes of Calibration Sources" (did not need updating for XRISM) 1st version
XMA Calibration
xrism_xma_caldb_mirror_vYYYYMMDD XMA mirror file and thermal shield geometry NYA
xrism_xma_caldb_reftrans_vYYYYMMDD XMA mirror reflectivities and thermal shield transmission NYA
xrism_xma_caldb_scatter_vYYYYMMDD XMA mirror scattering functions NYA
xrism_xma_caldb_telarea_v20240916 XMA on-axis effective area 1st version
xrism_xma_auxtran_vYYYYMMDD Auxiliary transmission file for the ARF generator NYA
xrism_xma_caldb_vigncoef_v20240916 XMA vignetting coefficients 1st version
xrism_xma_caldb_thshield_vYYYYMMDD XMA Thermal Shield NYA
Xtend Calibration
xrism_xtend_caldb_badpix_vYYYYMMDD Badpix file NYA
xrism_xtend_caldb_qe_vYYYYMMDD Quantum Efficiency (QE) file NYA
xrism_xtend_caldb_contami_vYYYYMMDD Contamination file NYA
xrism_xtend_caldb_mask_vYYYYMMDD Mask file NYA
xrism_xtend_caldb_pattern_vYYYYMMDD Pattern grade definition file NYA
xrism_xtend_caldb_rmfparam_vYYYYMMDD Response Matrix file NYA
xrism_xtend_caldb_allgain_vYYYYMMDD Describes all the quantities involved in the gain definition NYA
Resolve Calibration
xrism_resolve_caldb_filterfiles_vYYYYMMDD Gate Valve and Filter Wheel Filters geometry used in the arf generation NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_blckflt_vYYYYMMDD Blocking filters NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_gainant_v20221123 Anticoincidence detector gain file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_gainpix_vYYYYMMDD Detector gain file NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_quanteff_v20190903 Detector Quantum Efficiency (QE) file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_abscorners_v20190920 Resolve absorber corner measurements 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_gatevalve_v20231211 Gate valve window transmission file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_coeftime_v20230705 Timing Coefficients file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_mxsparam_v20241011 MXS parameters file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_confthre_v20240318 Pulse shape templates and thresholds parameters log file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_clipthr_v20240318 Pulse clipping thresholds file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_secpulse_vYYYYMMDD Mid resolution secondary PHA correction NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_rmfparam_vYYYYMMDD RMF parameter file NYA