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Swift BAT Calibration Documents

Description of the BAT calibration file formats     Version 23-May-2007 [Current version]
Documents describing the latest BAT CALDB files
Document ID Title Description
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-BTI-V9 BAT Global Bad Times and Quality Maps Give the history of bad/good times and quality of the individual detector since the start-up of the mission. Released with CALDB 20230607.
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-BTI-V8 BAT global bad times and quality maps Give the history of bad/good times and quality of the individual detector since the start-up of the mission. Released with CALDB 20171016.
BAT_Coord_Layout_1.3 BAT coordinates definition and BAT Detector Layout Describe the BAT Coordinates systems and the CZT pixel numbering. Valid for all versions of CALDB.
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-CENTROID-v2 BAT position uncertainty Describe the BAT position uncertainty based on the position alignement. CALDB files : teldef, distortion map, aperture. Version 2
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-ESCALE-V3 BAT Energy scale and resolution Describe the BAT energy scale and energy resolution. CALDB files : pulsecal,pulseflt,quadres. Released with CALDB 20171016
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-PSF-v2 BAT Point spread function Describe the BAT Point Spread Function as an approximately truncated pyramidal frustum with a 22.5 arcmin FWHM. Valid for all versions of CALDB.
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-RESPONSE-v1 BAT Response Matrix Describe the BAT Response Matrix performance and associated files. CALDB Files: response, param, depthdis.
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-SYSERR-v1 BAT spectral systematic errors Describe the BAT systematic error in spectral fitting. CALDB Files: syserr.
SWIFT-BAT-CALDB-BKG-v1 BAT typical background spectrum Describe the BAT on-orbit typical background spectrum