Monte Carlo processes for including Chandra instrument response uncertainties in parameter estimation studies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6270, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Drake, Jeremy J ^a   Ratzlaff, Peter ^a   Kashyap, Vinay ^a   Edgar, Richard ^a   Izem, Rima ^b   Jerius, Diab ^a   Siemiginowska, Aneta ^a   Vikhlinin, Alexey ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Chandra X ray Observatory; Monte Carlo Methods; Uncertainties; X ray Optics

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; OBSERVATORIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY OPTICS;

CHANDRA X RAY OBSERVATORY; LIMITING ACCURACY; UNCERTAINTIES; X RAY SOURCES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 33749335374     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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