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The Suzaku Technical Description
Version: October, 2012
Announcement of Opportunity #8
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA)
and the
X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Copies of this guide are available in html, postscript and pdf formats.
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Changes Since AO-7
- 3. Mission Description
- 4. Observation Policies
- 4.1 Data Rights
- 4.2 Target of Opportunity Proposals
- 4.3 Pointing Constraints
- 4.4 Events After Submission
- 5. Writing A Successful Suzaku Proposal
- 5.1 First Checks
- 5.2 Proposal Ingredients
- 5.3 PIMMS & WebPIMMS
- 5.4 XSPEC Simulations
- 5.5 Examples
- 5.6 XISSIM
- 5.7 MAKI
- 5.8 RPS
- 5.9 Checklist
- 5.10 Additional Requirements for US Proposers
- 6. X-Ray Telescopes (XRT)
- 7. X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS)
- 7.1 XIS Overview
- 7.2 XIS Observation Planning
- 7.3 XIS Performance & Calibration
- 7.4 XIS Onboard Processing
- Bibliography
- 8. Hard X-Ray Detector (HXD)
- 8.1 GSO/BGO Counter Units
- 8.2 PIN-Si Diodes
- 8.3 HXD Field of View
- 8.4 In-Orbit HXD Background
- 8.5 Background Modeling
- 8.6 Data Analysis Procedure
- 8.7 Wide-Band All-Sky Monitor (WAM)
- A. Acronyms
- B. Important Web/E-Mail Addresses
- About this document ...
Michael Arida 2012-10-19