Advanced CCD imaging spectrometer (ACIS) instrument on the Chandra X-ray Observatory

By G. Garmire, M. Bautz, P. Ford, J. Nousek, G. Ricker. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2003

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Cosmic X-ray surveys of distant active galaxies (2015, methodology): “…rising background levels and dropping 2 Note that many X-ray detectors, including those used on Chandra and XMM-Newton to perform cosmic surveys, simultaneously obtain imaging, spectral, and timing data for the collected photons (e.g., Strüder et al 2001; Turner et al 2001; Garmire et al 2003).”
The mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer (MIXS) on BepiColombo (2010, methodology): “793 Ac ce pte d m an us cri pt 37 The Chandra observations were made in July 2001 using the I2 and I3 front illuminated 794 chips of the Advanced CCD for Imaging Spectroscopy (ACIS) focal plane instrument 795 (Garmire et al, 2003).”
INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM ENTROPY PROFILES FOR A CHANDRA ARCHIVAL SAMPLE OF GALAXY CLUSTERS (2009, methodology): “All data were taken with the ACIS detectors (Garmire et al. 2003), which have a pixel scale of ∼0.”
THE EXTREME SPIN OF THE BLACK HOLE IN CYGNUS X-1 (2011, methodology): “Our Chandra observations were made using the HighEnergy Transmission Grating (HETG) and the Advanced Camera for Imaging and Spectroscopy (ACIS) (Canizares et al. 2005; Garmire et al. 2003).”
The stellar rotation–activity relationship in fully convective M dwarfs (2018, methodology): “2.2 Chandra X-ray observations The targets were observed with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS; Garmire et al. 2003) on board the Chandra Xray Observatory (Weisskopf et al. 2002) as part of programmes 14200934 (PI: Wright), 17200636 (PI: Williams), and 18200661 (PI: Wright).”
An X-Ray, Infrared, and Submillimeter Flare of Sagittarius A* (2007, methodology): “X-ray Data The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (Weisskopf et al. 1996) observed the Galactic center on both 2005 July 30/31 and 2006 July 17 using the ACIS imaging array (Garmire et al. 2003).”
The X-Ray Properties of the Most Luminous Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007, methodology): “Chandra Observations and Data Reduction Our 21ChandraCycle 7 targets (see§2.1.1) were observed using the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS; Garmire et al. 2003) with the aimpoint on the S3 CCD.”
A Deep Chandra Catalog of X-Ray Point Sources toward the Galactic Center (2003, methodology): “Twelve separate pointings toward the Galactic center have been carried out using the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer imaging array (ACIS-I) aboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory (Garmire et al. 2002), in order to monitor Sgr A (Table 2).”
An Exploratory Chandra Survey of a Well-defined Sample of 35 Large Bright Quasar Survey Broad Absorption Line Quasars (2006, methodology): “In this paper, we present exploratory Chandra (Weisskopf et al. 2002) Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS; Garmire et al. 2003) observations of 35 Large Bright Quasar Survey BAL quasars.”
THE CHANDRA COSMOS LEGACY SURVEY: OVERVIEW AND POINT SOURCE CATALOG (2016, methodology): “To achieve this, 56 ACIS-I pointings (numbered black points in Fig.”
The Extended Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: Chandra Point-Source Catalogs (2005, methodology): “E, 47, 704 Feigelson, E. D., Broos, P. S., & Gaffney, J. 2000, Memo on the Optimal Extraction Radius for ACIS Point Sources (University Park: Pennsylvania State Univ.) Freeman, P. E., Kashyap, V., Rosner, R., & Lamb, D. Q. 2002, ApJS, 138, 185 Garmire, G. P., Bautz, M. W., Ford, P. G., Nousek, J. A.”
THE CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-SOUTH SURVEY: 4 Ms SOURCE CATALOGS (2008, methodology): “All 54 CDF-S observations made use of the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer imaging array (ACIS-I; Garmire et al. 2003).”
BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. V. X-Ray Properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN Catalog (2017, methodology): “For obscured sources we used XMM-Newton EPIC/PN, Suzaku/XIS, Chandra/ACIS or ASCA SIS0/SIS1 and GIS2/GIS3 data.”
THE 2 Ms CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-NORTH SURVEY AND THE 250 Ks EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-SOUTH SURVEY: IMPROVED POINT-SOURCE CATALOGS (2016, methodology): “The 20 CDF-N observations were made with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS; Garmire et al. 2003) on board Chandra that consists of an imaging array (ACIS-I; with an overall field of view of ¢ ´ ¢ =16.9 16.9 285.6 arcmin2) and a spectroscopic array (ACIS-S).”
INNOVATIONS IN THE ANALYSIS OF CHANDRA-ACIS OBSERVATIONS (2010, neutral): “…two decades—and its most commonly used instrument, the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS), produces observations with a very low background (Garmire et al. 2003).4 These two technical capabilities allow detection of point sources with as few as ∼5 observed X-ray photons (commonly…”
The Chandra Deep Field North Survey. XIII. 2 Ms Point-Source Catalogs (2003, methodology): “Observations and Observing Conditions The Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS; Garmire et al. 2003) was used for all of the Chandra observations.8 ACIS consists of 10 CCDs (each 1024 1024 pixels) designed for efficient X-ray detection and spectroscopy.”
THE CHANDRA COSMOS SURVEY. I. OVERVIEW AND POINT SOURCE CATALOG (2009, methodology): “– 5 – 0.9 sq.deg region of the COSMOS field (Fig.1, left), containing a wide range of cosmic overdensity (Fig.1, right), with the ACIS-I CCD imager (Garmire et al. 2003) on board the Chandra X-ray Observatory (Weisskopf et al. 2002).”
THE CHANDRA SOURCE CATALOG (2009, background): “The Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS; Bautz et al. 1998; Garmire et al. 2003) instrument incorporates ten 1024× 1024 pixel CCD detectors (any six of which can be active at one time) with an effective pixel size of ∼ 0.5′′ on the sky, an energy resolution of order 110 eV at the Al-K edge…”
CANDELS: CONSTRAINING THE AGN–MERGER CONNECTION WITH HOST MORPHOLOGIES AT z ∼ 2 (2011, methodology): “The 4 Ms Chandra imaging of the CDF-S was obtained in 54 observations (ObsIDs) over the course of three Chandra observing cycles in 2000, 2007, and 2010 using the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer imaging array (ACIS-I; Garmire et al. 2003).”