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Contents

 
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Introduction
  • 1.1 Mission Overview
  • 1.2 Payload Description
    • Overview
    • Command and Data Handling System (CDHS)
    • Attitude Measurement and Control System (AMCS)
    • In-Orbit Performance
    • XRT Star Trackers (STC)
    • South Atlantic Anomaly Detectors (SAADs)
    • Coarse Sun Sensor (CSS)
    • Magnetometer
    • Data Storage and Transmission
  • 1.3 Planned Mission Phases
    • Performance, Verification, and Calibration Observations (PVC)
    • All-Sky Survey
    • Pointed Observations
      • Wobble Mode
  • 1.4 Observing Constraints
• X-ray Telescope (XRT)
  • 2.1 XRT Mirror Assembly (XMA)
    • XMA Support Structure
  • 2.2 XMA/Detector Boresight Calibration
    • Boresight Calibration Results
  • 2.3 Effective Area of the XMA
    • Reflectivity of Gold
    • Vignetting
    • Mirror Scattering
    • Calculated Effective Area
  • 2.4 Angular Resolution of the XMA
    • XMA Scattering Profile
    • Off-Axis Blur of the XMA
  • 2.5 XRT Coordinate Systems
    • Celestial Inertial Reference Frame ()
    • Cartesian Relative Coordinate System
    • ROSAT Coordinate System
    • Image Display Coordinate System
• Position-Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC)
  • 3.1 PSPC Overview
  • 3.2 Operation
    • Low Pulse Height Tails
    • Rate-Gain Effect
    • Gas Control System
    • PSPC Gas Flow
    • PSPC Electronics
  • 3.3 Quantum Efficiency of the PSPCs
    • PSPC Entrance Windows
      • Window Support Structure
      • X-ray Transmission of the Entrance Windows
      • UV Transmission of the PSPC Window and the UV Quantum Efficiency of the PSPC
    • PSPC Filter Wheel
      • Four Positions
      • Boron Filter
  • 3.4 Spectral Property of the PSPC
    • PSPC Gain
      • Method of Determination
      • Spatial Variations
      • ADC Non-linearities
      • Gain Saturation
      • Temporal Gain Correction
    • Detector Response Matrices
      • 92mar11 Matrix
      • 93jan12 Matrix
      • Notes on the Spectral Response Matrices
      • MPE Notes on the Creation of the 1993 January Matrix
    • After-pulses
    • Spectral Recalibration Plans
  • 3.5 Positional Property of the PSPC
    • Method of Position Determination
    • PSPC Spatial Resolution
      • Focus and Penetration Effects
      • Intrinsic Resolution of the PSPC
    • Linearization of the Event Positions
      • PSPC Readout System ()
      • Small Scale Non-linearity (Electronic Position Correction)
      • Large Scale Non-linearity (Window Correction)
    • Positional Response for Events With Small Pulse Heights (Ghost Images)
  • 3.6 PSPC Background
    • Particle Background Reduction Method and Ground Measurements
    • Particle Background
    • Scattered Solar X-ray Background
    • Auroral Induced X-Ray Background
    • Cosmic X-ray Background
    • Other Possible Contributions to the Background
  • 3.7 Dead Time of the PSPC
    • Dependence on Count Rate
    • Dependence on Pulse Height (Photon Energy)
    • Dead Time of Background Events
  • 3.8 Timing of the PSPC Events
• Characteristics of the PSPC plus XMA Instrument
  • 4.1 Spatial Resolution
    • Focus and Penetration Effects
    • Gaussian Intrinsic Resolution and Mirror Blur Term
  • 4.2 Mirror plus PSPC Response Matrices
    • Total Spectral Response Effective Area
    • Absolute Flux Calibration
• High-Resolution Imager (HRI)
  • 5.1 Introductory Remark
  • 5.2 Performance of the HRI
    • Detector Geometry
      • Field of View
      • Plate Scale
    • Spatial Response
      • Absolute Positions
      • Pre-flight measurements
      • In-flight Point Spread Functions (PSFs)
        • On-Axis PSF
        • Off-Axis PSF
    • Effective Area
      • On-axis Effective Area
      • Off-axis Effective Area
      • Long-term stability
      • Source Count Rates
    • Background
    • Spectral Response
      • Spatial Gain Variations
      • Temporal Gain Variations
      • Spectral Response Matrix
      • Hardness Ratios
    • UV Response
    • Event Timing
    • High Voltage Increase
    • Hot spot Appearance
      • General
      • B.1 Spatial
      • Temporal
      • PHA
      • Viewing and Deleting
  • 5.3 Feasibility of Observations
    • General Assumptions
    • Point Source Sensitivity
      • Flux of a Source - Gaussian Statistics Case
        • On-axis,
        • Off-axis,
      • Existence of a Source - Poissonian Statistics Case
      • Detection of Previously Unknown Sources Over a Field
    • Expected Count Rates (in detect cell = 50 of total)
      • Blackbody Spectrum Example
      • Power-law Spectrum Example
      • Raymond-thermal Spectrum Example
    • Time Variability Studies
    • Comparison to the Einstein HRI
• Wide-Field Camera (WFC)
  • 6.1 Description of the WFC
    • Mirrors
    • Detectors
    • Filters
    • Operational Modes
  • 6.2 Performance of the WFC
    • Effective Area
    • Spatial Variations in Effective Area
    • Point Spread Function
    • Timing
    • Positional Accuracy
    • Background
    • UV Sensitivity
• Guide to PSPC Calibration Observations
  • 7.1 PSPC Calibration Tasks
    • Spatial Response
      • Point Spread Function
      • Ghost Images
    • Spectral Response
    • Temporal Response
    • Boresight
    • UV Leak
  • 7.2 Calibration Target Notes
• Standard Analysis Software System (SASS)
  • 8.1 Purpose
  • 8.2 System Design
    • SAV Processing
    • TEL Processing
    • OBI Processing
    • SEQ Processing
  • 8.3 Data Set of a Pointed Observation
  • 8.4 Data Output of the All-Sky Survey
• Standard Products of the ROSAT Data Archive (RDA)
  • 9.1 Product Overview
  • 9.2 REV0 Data in the RDA
  • 9.3 REV1 Data in the RDA
  • 9.4 REV2 Data in the RDA
• Mission History
  • A.1 General Spacecraft and Instrument Status
    • ROSAT Status Reports
    • World-Wide Web
    • ROSAT Newsletters
    • Memos
  • A.2 Important Dates
• Known Problems and Bugs
  • Spatial
    • Ghost Images
    • Aspect Reconstruction and Attitude Errors
      • Exposure Map
      • Roll Angle
    • High Voltage
  • B.2 Spectral
  • B.3 PSPC Timing Problems
  • B.4 HRI Timing Problems
    • HRI Timing Summary
  • B.5 Warning: Unresolved Problems
• Calibration-related Memos and Publications
• Assessment of Efforts to Improve the Attitude Solution
  • D.1 System Specification
  • D.2 Assessment
  • D.3 Performed Investigations
  • D.4 Prospect
• Summary of ROSAT On-line Databases
  • E.1 On-Line Services at the German RSDC
    • Information Services
    • ROSAT Data Archive (RDA)
    • Interactive Access (BROWSE)
  • E.2 On-Line Services at GSFC
    • HEASARC Services
    • The ROSAT Anonymous FTP Account
    • Mission Information and Planning System (MIPS)
  • E.3 On-Line Services at the UK ROSAT Data Archive Centre (UKRDAC)
    • Information Services
    • ROSAT Data Archive
  • E.4 On-Line Services at the German XUV Data Center
    • Information Services
    • Archived Data
• Calibration Files for Standard Data Processing
  • F.1 Bin of Aluminum K line (BAL)
  • F.2 Correction for ADC Non-linearities (NLC)
  • F.3 Gain Saturation Correction (GSC)
  • F.4 Temporal Gain Correction (TGC)
  • F.5 Electronic Position Correction (EPC)
  • F.6 Correction of Spatial Gain Variations (SGC)
  • F.7 Window Correction (WC)
  • F.8 Correction for XRT Field Distortion (FC)
  • F.9 Comments of the PSPC Corrections
• Input Files for Standard Source Analysis
  • G.1 Files for Calibrating Absolute Photon Flux
  • G.2 Files Containing Spectral Models
  • G.3 Probability Tables
• References
• Index