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astro-ph.IM2026
An X-ray Data Primer: What I Wish I Knew When Starting X-ray Astronomy
Nicholas P. Lee, Jonathan C. McDowell, Evan D. Tingle +1
This guide is intended for astronomers new to X-ray astronomy. It provides a brief overview of the data products typically encountered by the user and highlights analysis considera…
astro-ph.IM2026
CIAO: Chandra's Data Analysis System for X-Ray Astronomy and Beyond
Antonella Fruscione, Jonathan McDowell, Douglas Burke +13
The Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (CIAO) software, developed by the Chandra X-ray Center, has been the data analysis package for the Chandra X-ray Observatory since…
astro-ph.IM2024
Sherpa: An Open Source Python Fitting Package
Aneta Siemiginowska, Douglas Burke, Hans Moritz Günther +8
We present an overview of Sherpa, an open source Python project, and discuss its development history, broad design concepts and capabilities. Sherpa contains powerful tools for com…