The Chandra X-ray Observatory Calibration Database (CalDB): Building, planning, and improving

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6270, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Graessle, Dale E ^a   Evans, Ian N ^a   Glotfelty, Kenny ^a   Helen He, X ^a   Evans, Janet D ^a   Rots, Arnold H ^a   Fabbiano, Giuseppina ^a   Brissenden, Roger J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis software; CalDB; Calibration; Chandra X ray Observatory; Pipelines; X ray astronomy; X ray missions

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY MISSIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DETECTORS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; USER INTERFACES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 33749332409     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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