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J/ApJS/96/303       Calibrating Broad Band X-ray Telescope (Weaver+ 1995)
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Beginning of ReadMe : J/ApJS/96/303 Calibrating Broad Band X-ray Telescope (Weaver+ 1995) ================================================================================ Calibrating the broad band X-ray telescope. Weaver K.A., Arnaud K.A., Boldt E.A., Christian D., Corcoran M., Holt S.S., Jahoda K., Kelley R., Marshall F.E., Mushotzky R.F., Petre R., Rawley G., Serlemitsos P.J., Schlegel E.M., Smale A.P., Swank J.H., Szymkowiak A.E. <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 96, 303 (1995)> =1995ApJS...96..303W (SIMBAD/NED BibCode) ================================================================================ ADC_Keywords: X-ray sources Keywords: instrumentation: detectors - space vehicles - X-rays: general Abstract: This paper describes the calibration of the two solid-state Si(Li) X-ray detectors and the X-ray telescopes that flew as part of Goddard Space Flight Center's Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) experiment on board the space shuttle Columbia in 1990 December. During the 9 day shuttle mission, BBXRT performed  150 observations of 82 celestial sources. The content of the archive is summarised here. Although BBXRT had a relatively short life, it stands as a milestone in X-ray astronomy as being the first instrument to offer moderate spectral resolution over a wide bandpass (0.3-12.0keV). Among other things, this paper discusses the effective area calibration of the instrument, the flux calibration and flux corrections for off-axis observations, the detector background, and optimal background subtraction techniques. The on-axis effective area calibration for the central detector elements was performed using data from the Crab Nebula, while other carefully selected targets were used for calibration of the outer detector elements. The remaining systematic uncertainties in the effective area calibration for point sources observed both on and off axis are generally less than 5%-10%. The energy scale is known to better than 0.5% at 6.0 keV for both detectors. The results presented here have an impact on the calibration of other medium resolution X-ray experiments such as the CCDs on board ASCA (Astro-D) as well as the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility detectors.