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Analysis of STIS time-tag dataVery high time resolution data can be obtained from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) Multi-Anode Microchannel Array (MAMA) detectors using the time-tag observing mode. In this mode, the photon events are not accumulated onboard the spacecraft. Instead, each event is recorded internally and transmitted to the ground as an X and Y location with an event time. Event times are recorded in units of 125 microseconds. Analysis of STIS Crab Pulsar data demonstrates that a time resolution of approaching 125 microseconds can be achieved. Furthermore, the time-tag observing mode has been demonstrated to be a very powerful diagnostic tool and can be used to increase the resolution of both imaging and spectral data.
Document ID
19980202047
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lindler, Don J.
(Advanced Computer Concepts, Inc. Greenbelt, MD United States)
Gull, Theodore R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Kraemer, Steven B.
(Catholic Univ. of America Washington, DC United States)
Hulbert, Stephen J.
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 18, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: The 1997 HST Calibration Workshop with a New Generation of Instruments
Subject Category
Documentation And Information Science
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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