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Transmission of the HRC UVIS


Below are the current and historic calibration products for the HRC UV Ion Shield.

The most recent products are:

Recent calibration memos:


UVIS-I

Product SAC AO-1
Raw Data v1 -
Model v1
v2
v3
v4
v1
Plot v1
v2
v3
v1
*v4 plots
IPI Link ->
*Model v3 update includes small corrections to carbon edge fine structure; the effect is small and will not be visible on the plots; see v3 plots.

Also see the calibration memo:

"HRC-I response to out of band radiation"
M. Zombeck, March 1999

UVIS-S

(The UVIS-S is made up of six regions - see the diagram below for their locations.)

Product SAC AO-1
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Raw Data v1 - v1 v1 v1 v1 - - - - - -
Model v1
v2
v3
*v3.1
*v4
v1
v2
v3
v3.1
v4
v1
v2
v3
v3.1
v4
v1
v2
v3
v3.1
v4
v1
v2
v3
v3.1
v4
v1
v2
v3
v3.1
v4
v1 v1 v1 v1 v1 v1
Plot v1
v2
v3
v1
v2
v3
v1
v2
v3
v1
v2
v3
v1
v2
v3
v1
v2
v3
v1 v1 v1 v1 v1 v1
*v3.1 & v4 plots
IPI Link ->
*Model v3.1 & v4 updates include small corrections to carbon edge fine structure; the effect is small and will not be visible on the plots; see v3 plots.

A related memo presented at the SPIE in 1997:

"Calibration of the UV/Ion Shields
for the AXAF High Resolution Camera"

Meehan, Murray, Zombeck, Kraft, Kobayashi, Chapell,
Kenter, Barbera, Collura & Serio 1997 SPIE 3114



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Last modified: 09/27/12





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