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Question ID = 0161

Assigned Member (担当者)

2012-11-15 M.Nakajima

Name and Institute (質問者/機関)

Ms. Chia-Ying Chiang

Question (質問)

When this observation was scheduled, in order to avoid possible
contamination from nearby sources, we shifted the pointing by 6'west.
Therefore the source is off-axis and possibly affected by vignetting effects.
As for the XIS detector, it is ok because corrections have been included in calibration files.
However, for the PIN, corrections are not included.
The HXD nomination and XIS nomination (differ by ~3.7')
can cause a ~10% flux differences in PIN.
How can I estimate the flux difference caused by a 6' shift?

Answer from(回答の文責)

SuzakuHelp (nakajima)

Answer (答え)

The flux difference caused by off-axis observation can be estimated
with "hxdarfgen". Please check the usage of this task by fhelp command.

Status （詳細なステータス）

2012-11-15 Accept
2012-11-19 Answer
2012-11-19 Closed
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