This document describes a specification for the ACIS tool acis_build_chip_gti.

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This document describes a specification for the ACIS tool acis_build_mask.

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This document describes a specification for the ACIS tool acis_detect_hotpix.

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This document describes a specification for the ACIS tool acis_make_bkgd.

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This document describes a specification for the computation of TIME for the ACIS tool acisreadcorr.

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This document describes the formats of the Analysis Reference Data files used by the ACIS tools.

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This document describes how to compute the CTI-adjusted values of PHAS, PHA, ENERGY, PI, FLTGRADE, and GRADE for ACIS event data.

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This document describes how to compute FLTGRADE, GRADE, and PHA for ACIS event data.

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This document describes how to compute TIMEDEL, FLSHTIME, ONTIME, DTCOR, and EXPOSURE for ACIS event data.

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This document describes how to compute QUERY_VAL for ACIS housekeeping data.

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This document describes how to compute the sky coordinates and times of arrival of photons at the detector for CC-mode event data.

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This document describes the formats of the Level 0 data products.

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This document describes the formats of the Level 1 data products.

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This document describes caveats about ACIS pipeline-produced event data.

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This document describes the ACIS pipeline processing tools.

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This document describes the conditions for which the STATUS bits in ACIS bad pixel files are set.

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This document describes the conditions for which the STATUS bits in ACIS event data files are set.

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This document describes the format of the ARD file used to compute the time-dependent gain adjustment.

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This document specifies how to apply the time-dependent gain adjustment.

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This document specifies the update on ACIS-S CCD chip corner positions and MEG grating period.

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This document describes the LETG+ACIS-S spurious rotation issue.

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Modification to extraction region to compensate for anomalous rotation residuals.

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A detailed description of Grating L1.5 (event diffraction coordinates) data products.

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A description of Grating Level 2 data products (binned spectrum).

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A detailed description of the LSF Library files.  

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This document describes how we propose to implement additional FITS keywords into Level 1 Event products and higher.

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This document describes the quality of new non-randomized LSFPARM products for HETG+ACIS-S configuration.

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This document describes the quality of new non-randomized LSFPARM products for LETG+HRC-S configuration.

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This document describes the quality of new non-randomized LSFPARM products for LETG+ACIS-S configuration.

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Interface Control Document describing the reference data read by exposure map and gratings pipelines and tools.

ACIS Spatial Contamination pages (2004.10.13 UPDATE)

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The format of the Spectroscopy Database files to be used in L2 spectral analysis is described here.

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