XRISM Instruments Calibration Documents

Listed below are documents associated with the calibration files stored in CalDB. They describe how the calibration data were derived and give details on revisions of the files. Documents that are marked "NYA" are not yet availble.

Document name Description Note
xrism_caldb_vYYYMMDD Document describing the CALDB format for all CALDB files NYA
GEN Calibration
xrism_gen_atmsca_20230824 Atomic scattering and optical constants 1st version
xrism_gen_caldb_saa_v20241125 SAA file 1st version
asth_sxs_caldb_linefit_v20161223 Hitomi document for "Natural Line Shapes of Calibration Sources" (did not need updating for XRISM) 1st version
xrism_gen_caldb_qclock_v20230630 Frequency versus Time calibration, for CalDB files "qclocka" and "qclockb" 1st version
XMA Calibration
xrism_xma_caldb_mirror_v20250714 XMA mirror file and thermal shield geometry 1st Version
xrism_xma_caldb_reftrans_vYYYYMMDD XMA mirror reflectivities and thermal shield transmission NYA
xrism_xma_caldb_scatter_v20260701 XMA mirror scattering functions 1st Version
xrism_xma_caldb_telarea_v20240916 XMA on-axis effective area 1st version
xrism_xma_caldb_vigncoef_v20240916 XMA vignetting coefficients 1st version
xrism_xma_caldb_thshield_vYYYYMMDD XMA Thermal Shield NYA
Xtend Calibration
xrism_xtend_caldb_badpix_v20260721 Badpix file 1st Version
xrism_xtend_caldb_qe_v20260721 Quantum Efficiency (QE) file 1st Version
xrism_xtend_caldb_contami_v20260730 Contamination file 1st Version
xrism_xtend_caldb_mask_vYYYYMMDD Mask file NYA
xrism_xtend_caldb_pattern_v20260527 Pattern grade definition file 1st Version
xrism_xtend_caldb_rmfparam_v20260721 Response Matrix file 1st Version
xrism_xtend_caldb_allgain_v20260721 Describes all the quantities involved in the gain definition 1st Version
Resolve Calibration
xrism_resolve_caldb_filterfiles_vYYYYMMDD Gate Valve and Filter Wheel Filters geometry used in the arf generation NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_blckflt_vYYYYMMDD Blocking filters NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_gainant_v20221123 Anticoincidence detector gain file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_gainpix_vYYYYMMDD Detector gain file NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_quanteff_v20190903 Detector Quantum Efficiency (QE) file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_abscorners_v20190920 Resolve absorber corner measurements 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_gatevalve_v20231211 Gate valve window transmission file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_coeftime_v20260805 Timing Coefficients file 2nd version
xrism_resolve_caldb_mxsparam_v20241011 MXS parameters file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_confthre_v20240318 Pulse shape templates and thresholds parameters log file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_clipthr_v20240318 Pulse clipping thresholds file 1st version
xrism_resolve_caldb_secpulse_vYYYYMMDD Mid resolution secondary PHA correction NYA
xrism_resolve_caldb_rmfparam_vYYYYMMDD RMF parameter file NYA