ASCA Analysis

General information for ASCA data analysis is described in the ASCA Data Analysis page at NASA/GSFC.


Manuals

A step-by-step guide of FTOOLS-based analysis is given in ASCA Data Reduction Guide (the ABC guide).

In addition, we also provide an ASCA analysis guide written in Japanese ( pdf).

If you want to apply Residual Dark Distribution (RDD) correction on your data, please consult "Recipe for RDD Correction".


Required Tools

The standard tools for ASCA data analysis are included with HEAsoft released by HEASARC at NASA/GSFC. The list of ASCA software tasks is summarized by HEASARC.

In addition to analysis tools, the ASCA Calibration Database in the Calibration Database (CALDB are required.

Calibration files can be obtain from CALDB mirror on DARTS.

Note that ASCA revision 2 archive includes calibration files that were used in making the archive, however, it is better to use the latest calibration information.

Last Modified: 12 September 2023