3 papers
astro-ph2001
Chandra Observations of the Eastern Limb of the Vela Supernova Remnant
P. P. Plucinsky, R. K Smith, R. J. Edgar +5
We present results from two Chandra/ACIS observations of the so-called Vela ``Bullet D'' region on the eastern limb of the Vela supernova remnant. The Bullet D region is a bright X…
astro-ph2001
Analysis of On-Orbit ACIS Squeegee Mode Data on Chip I0
Shanil N. Virani, Paul P. Plucinsky, Catherine E. Grant +1
The MIT and CXC ACIS teams have explored a number of measures to ameliorate the effects of radiation damage suffered by the ACIS FI CCDs. One of these measures is a novel CCD read-…
astro-ph2001
The Low-Energy Spectral Response of the ACIS CCDs
Paul P. Plucinsky, Richard J. Edgar, Shanil N. Virani +2
The flight calibration of the spectral response of the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) below 1.5 keV is difficult because of the lack of strong lines in the calibration so…