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| Description of the UVOT calibration file formats Version 2.0 2015-12-9 |
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| Documents describing the latest UVOT CALDB | |||
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| Document ID | Title | Description | |
| SWIFT-UVOT-CALDB-TELDEF | Teldef files for all filters | Updated the teldef for each filter with validity from 2023-01-01. Released with CALDB 20240201 | |
| SWIFT-UVOT-CALDB-15-07 | UVOT sensitivity loss | Updated information for each filter to correct for the decline in throughput. Released with CALDB 20231208 | SWIFT-UVOT-CALDB-17-02 | Small Scale Sensitity | Provide the caveats for the different Small Scale Sensitivity maps. Released with CALDB 20211108. Updated on Mar 28 2022 |
| SWIFT-UVOT-CALDB-08-R03b | Bad pixels | Provide the location of the UVOT Bad Pixels. Released with CALDB 20201026 | |
| SWIFT-UVOT-CALDB-17-01b | Small Scale Sensitivity | This CALDB product should give a correction for small regions of low sensitivity for each filter. Released 2016-10-26 | |
| Sensitivity variation | UVOT sensitivity loss | Give for each filter the correction for the gradual sensitivity decline. Released CALDB 20200925. | |
| Sensitivity variation | UVOT sensitivity loss | Give for each filter the correction for the gradual sensitivity decline. Released CALDB 20170130. | |
| Sensitivity variation | UVOT sensitivity loss | Give for each filter the correction for the gradual sensitivity decline. Released CALDB 20150717. | |
| Sensitivity variation | UVOT sensitivity loss | Give for each filter the correction for the gradual sensitivity decline. Released CALDB 20130118. | |
| AB zero point | AB magnitude system | In orbit AB zero point and AB counts to flux conversion for the 7 lenticular UVOT filters.Released CALDB 20101130. | |
| Color Correction | Color Correrction (first release April 6 2006) | Describe the UVOT-Johnson UBV Colour correction and how they are derived.Updated with UVOT CALDB 20070522. | |
| GRISM Clocking | Grism Clocking | Describe the default positions of the grism clocking. Released with UVOT CALDB 20051118 | |
| Count rate to Flux ratio | Count rate to Flux ratio | Provide the in-orbit count-rate flux for 6 UVOT filters. Released with UVOT CALDB 20101130 | |
| Effective Area | Effective Area | Provide the in-orbit effective area curves for 7 UVOT filters Released with UVOT CALDB 20101130 | |
| Filter Transmission | Filter Transmission | Provide the in-orbit filter transmission for 6 UVOT filters Released with UVOT CALDB 20070522 | |
| Galactic Diffuse light | Galactic Diffuse light | Provide the in-orbit galactic diffuse light for 7 UVOT filters Released with UVOT CALDB 20101130 | |
| Large Scale Sensitivity | Large Scale Sensitivity | Provide the large scale sensitivity variation for 6 UVOT filters Released with UVOT CALDB 20090630 | |
| Point Spread function | Point Spread function | Describe the Point Spread function for 6 UVOT filters. Released with UVOT CALDB 20090930 | |
| Quick mag | Quick Mag | Provide the in-orbit quickmag results for 7 UVOT filters. Released with UVOT CALDB 20101130 | |
| Zero point | Zero point (updated April 6 2006) | Provide the in-orbit zero point and its error for 7 UVOT filters. Released with UVOT CALDB 20070522 | |
| Zodiacal | Zodiacal light | Provide the in-orbit zodiacal light for 7 UVOT filters. Released with UVOT CALDB 20070522 | |
| Dark frame | Dark frame | Provide the dark current for the UVOT. Released with UVOT CALDB 20051118 | |
| Bad pixels | Bad pixels (Gen 2010) | Provide the bad pixels list. | |
| Coincidence Loss | Coincidence Loss (update on 7 Sep 2007) | Describe empirical correction to theoretical relation for coincidence loss . | |
| Teldef | Teldef (added with CALDB 20090930) | Description of the UVOT boresight. | |