Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Scope of this Document
  • 1.2 Mission Overview
  • 1.3 The Suzaku Guest Observer Facility
  • 1.4 Related Documents
  
  
• 2. Observations Types
  • 2.1 Observations Types
    • 2.1.1 In-Orbit Checkout
    • 2.1.2 Observatory Time
    • 2.1.3 Science Working Group Time
    • 2.1.4 GO Observations
    • 2.1.5 Calibration Observations
    • 2.1.6 Target of Opportunity Observations
    • 2.1.7 HXD WAM Observations
  • 2.2 Proprietary Period
  • 2.3 Satellite and Instrument Monitoring
  • 2.4 Data Flow
    • 2.4.1 Data Retrieval and Raw Data Archives
    • 2.4.2 Data Processing at ISAS and GSFC
    • 2.4.3 Data Delivery to Suzaku Observers
    • 2.4.4 Suzaku Archives
  
  
• 3. Software Principles
  • 3.1 General Software Design Principles
  • 3.2 Suzaku Specific Design Principles
  • 3.3 Suzaku Software Standards
    • 3.3.1 Languages
    • 3.3.2 Coding Rules and Compiler Requirements
    • 3.3.3 Systems Supported
    • 3.3.4 Coordination and Version Control
    • 3.3.5 Documentation
  • 3.4 Suzaku FTOOLS Global Development Scheme
  • 3.5 Suzaku Ftools Release Plan
  
  
• 4. Suzaku Function Libraries
  • 4.1 Suzaku Specific Tasks (aste_tool)
    • 4.1.1 Time Conversion
    • 4.1.2 Coordinate Conversion
    • 4.1.3 Energy Calibration
    • 4.1.4 HK Information Acquisition
    • 4.1.5 Other Tasks
  • 4.2 Attitude and Orbit Related Tasks (atFunctions)
    • 4.2.1 Attitude Information
    • 4.2.2 Orbit Information
    • 4.2.3 Attitude and Orbit Information
  • 4.3 Ray-Tracing Function Library (xrrt)
  
  
• 5. Planning and Simulation Software
  • 5.1 Observation Planning Software
    • 5.1.1 TAKO (Timeline Assembler, Keyword Oriented)
    • 5.1.2 MAKI
  • 5.2 Simulation Software
    • 5.2.1 Counting Rate Simulation - PIMMS
    • 5.2.2 Spectral Simulation - XSPEC
    • 5.2.3 XRT Ray-Tracing Library - libxrrt
    • 5.2.4 Suzaku XIS Event Simulator xissim
  
  
• 6. Data Analysis and Processing Software
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 Stage 0 - Satellite Specific Calibration
    • 6.2.1 Orbit Determination
    • 6.2.2 Attitude Determination
    • 6.2.3 Raw Packet Telemetry Files
  • 6.3 Stage 1 - Production of the First FITS Files
    • 6.3.1 First Stage Software - mk1stfits
    • 6.3.2 Convention for naming First FITS Files
  • 6.4 Stage 2 - Instrument Specific Calibration
    • 6.4.1 Stage 2-1 - Preprocess the Supplementary Data
    • 6.4.2 Stage 2-2 - Refine the First FITS Event Files
    • 6.4.3 Stage 2-3 - Apply the Calibration Data
    • 6.4.4 Stage 2-4 - Classify Events
  • 6.5 Stage 3 - Data Analysis
    • 6.5.1 Stage 3-1 - Screen the Data
    • 6.5.2 Stage 3-2 - Extract Scientific Products
    • 6.5.3 Stage 3-3 - Generate Analysis Specific Data Sets
    • 6.5.4 Stage 3-4 - Derive Scientific Results
  • 6.6 Pipeline Processing System
  
  
• 7. Calibration
  • 7.1 Documentation
  • 7.2 Calibration Software
  • 7.3 Calibration Database (CALDB)
    • 7.3.1 Structure and Organization
    • 7.3.2 Time-Dependent Calibration Files
    • 7.3.3 Calibration File Name
    • 7.3.4 Version Control
  • 7.4 Important Calibration Files
    • 7.4.1 General
    • 7.4.2 XRT
    • 7.4.3 XIS
    • 7.4.4 HXD
  • 7.5 Suzaku Calibration File Release Plan
  
  
• 8. Guest Observer Support
  • 8.1 On-Line Service and Help
  • 8.2 Proposal Support
  • 8.3 Observation Planning
  • 8.4 Pipeline Processing and Data Distribution
  • 8.5 Data Analysis Support
  • 8.6 Community Oversight
  
  
• 9. Suzaku Database and Archives
  • 9.1 Suzaku Databases
    • 9.1.1 Proposal Database
    • 9.1.2 Observation Database
    • 9.1.3 Processing Database
  • 9.2 Suzaku Archives
    • 9.2.1 Policy and Responsibilities
    • 9.2.2 Contents
    • 9.2.3 Archival Access
  
  
• A. Acronyms
• B. FTOOLS developers guideline
  • B.1 Items to be Delivered
  • B.2 Source Codes
  • B.3 Parameters
  • B.4 Makefiles
  • B.5 Documents
  
  
• C. Flow Chart of the Pipeline Processing
• D. Definition of the Coordinate System used for Suzaku
  • D.1 Definition of the Coordinates
  • D.2 Implementation to the FITS Event Files
    • D.2.1 Names of the Columns
    • D.2.2 Type and Range of the Columns
  
  
• Bibliography
• Index