6th Chandra/CIAO Workshop
The 6th Chandra/CIAO Workshop was held 20-22 October 2008 at the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, MA (USA). CIAO 4.0, released in December 2007, was used in the hands-on analysis sessions.
- Workshop Schedule with copies of presentations
- Pre-workshop Preparation
- Hands-On Session Suggested Threads
Workshop Schedule
A PDF of each presentation is linked from the title.
Monday, 20 October 2008
| 9:00-9:05 | Welcome (Jonathan McDowell) |
| 9:05-9:20 | Chandra Overview (Bill Forman) |
| 9:20-10:10 | Introduction to X-Ray Data Analysis (Jonathan McDowell) |
| 10:10-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:00 | Introduction to CIAO (Antonella Fruscione) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Source Detection (Frank Primini) |
| 11:30-11:50 | Introduction to the Chandra Source Catalog (Ian Evans) |
| 11:50-12:00 | User Interface to the CSC (Nina Bonaventura) |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30-2:00 | Analysis of Point-Like Sources (Kenny Glotfelty) |
| 2:00-2:45 | Sherpa: Modelling, Fitting and Statistics (Aneta Siemiginowska) |
| 2:45-3:15 | Calibration/Instrumental Effects on Chandra Data: ACIS Analysis Issues; HRMA PSF (Glenn Allen/Margarita Karovska) |
| 3:15-3:25 | The CIAO Helpdesk (Liz Galle) |
| 3:25-3:35 | Introduction to the Hands-on Session (Liz Galle) |
| 3:35 | Coffee Break Hands-on Session starts |
| 6:30 | Hands-on Session ends |
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
| 9:00-9:30 | Analysis of Extended Sources (John Houck) |
| 9:30-10:00 | Merging Chandra Observations: Part 1, Part 2, handout (Doug Burke) |
| 10:00-10:20 | Grating Analysis (Dave Huenemoerder) |
| 10:20-10:40 | Coffee Break |
| 10:40-11:10 | Timing Analysis (Mike Nowak) |
| 11:10 | Hands-on Session starts |
| Participants may break for lunch at any time. | |
| 6:30 | Hands-on Session ends |
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
| 9:00-9:30 | Scripting in CIAO (Doug Burke) |
| 9:30-10:00 | Pileup Modeling (John Davis) |
| 10:00 | Coffee break Hands-on Session starts |
| Participants may break for lunch at any time. | |
| 4:30 | Workshop Ends |