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Further calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope

Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010-08, Vol.406 (3), p.1687-1700 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS 2010 ;2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS ;2015 INIST-CNRS ;Journal compilation © 2010 RAS ;ISSN: 0035-8711 ;EISSN: 1365-2966 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16832.x ;CODEN: MNRAA4

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Title:
Further calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope
Author: Breeveld, A. A. ; Curran, P. A. ; Hoversten, E. A. ; Koch, S. ; Landsman, W. ; Marshall, F. E. ; Page, M. J. ; Poole, T. S. ; Roming, P. ; Smith, P. J. ; Still, M. ; Yershov, V. ; Blustin, A. J. ; Brown, P. J. ; Gronwall, C. ; Holland, S. T. ; Kuin, N. P. M. ; McGowan, K. ; Rosen, S. ; Boyd, P. ; Broos, P. ; Carter, M. ; Chester, M. M. ; Hancock, B. ; Huckle, H. ; Immler, S. ; Ivanushkina, M. ; Kennedy, T. ; Mason, K. O. ; Morgan, A. N. ; Oates, S. ; De Pasquale, M. ; Schady, P. ; Siegel, M. ; Vanden Berk, D.
Subjects: astrometry ; Astronomy ; Calibration ; Earth, ocean, space ; Exact sciences and technology ; instrumentation: detectors ; instrumentation: photometers ; Telescopes ; Ultraviolet astronomy ; ultraviolet: general
Is Part Of: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010-08, Vol.406 (3), p.1687-1700
Description: The Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments onboard the Swift observatory. The photometric calibration has been published, and this paper follows up with details on other aspects of the calibration including a measurement of the point spread function with an assessment of the orbital variation and the effect on photometry. A correction for large-scale variations in sensitivity over the field of view is described, as well as a model of the coincidence loss which is used to assess the coincidence correction in extended regions. We have provided a correction for the detector distortion and measured the resulting internal astrometric accuracy of the UVOT, also giving the absolute accuracy with respect to the International Celestial Reference System. We have compiled statistics on the background count rates, and discuss the sources of the background, including instrumental scattered light. In each case, we describe any impact on UVOT measurements, whether any correction is applied in the standard pipeline data processing or whether further steps are recommended.
Publisher: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0035-8711
EISSN: 1365-2966
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16832.x
CODEN: MNRAA4
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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Further calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope

2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS 2010 ;2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS ;2015 INIST-CNRS ;Journal compilation © 2010 RAS ;ISSN: 0035-8711 ;EISSN: 1365-2966 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16832.x ;CODEN: MNRAA4

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