Calibration of Chandra's near on-axis optical performance

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Feb 2004

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X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings o

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The Chandra X-Ray telescope has excellent angular resolution for on-axis sources. While the Wolter type I design optimizes on-axis performance, there is a relatively large region in which 0.5" to 1" imaging is possible. The Chandra PSF was first characterized during ground calibration and, most recently, from actual on-orbit measurements. The ground calibration provided data with the highest signal to noise but, because of gravity-induced distortions of the optics, could not completely characterize their performance. We present the results of on-orbit calibrations of the optics' performance, focusing on the near on-axis field of view. We present for the first time an analysis of the energy dependence of the on-orbit PSF.

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