Detection of the second eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary in M 33 (2009)
Pietsch, Wolfgang, Haberl, Frank, Gaetz, Terrance J., Hartman, Joel D., Plucinsky, Paul P., Tüllmann, Ralph, ...
Plucinsky, Paul P., Haberl, Frank, Dewey, Daniel, Beardmore, Andrew P., DePasquale, Joseph M., Godet, Olivier, ...
The flight calibration of the spectral response of CCD instruments below 1.5 keV is difficult in general because of the lack of strong lines in the on-board calibration sources typically available....
The Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33): Transient X-ray Sources Discovered in M33 (2008)
Williams, Benjamin F., Gaetz, Terrance J., Haberl, Frank, Pietsch, Wolfgang, Shporer, Avi, Ghavamian, Parviz, ...
The Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33) has acquired 7 fields of ACIS data covering M33 with 200 ks of exposure in each field. A catalog from the first 10 months of data, along with archival...
Chandra ACIS survey of M33 (ChASeM33): a first look (2008)
Plucinsky, Paul P., Williams, Benjamin, Long, Knox S., Gaetz, Terrance J., Sasaki, Manami, Pietsch, Wolfgang, ...
The Chandra ACIS survey of M33 (ChASeM33): transient X-ray sources discovered in M33 (2008)
Williams, Benjamin F., Gaetz, Terrance J., Haberl, Frank, Pietsch, Wolfgang, Shporer, Avi, Ghavamian, Parviz, ...
Plucinsky, Paul P., Haberl, Frank, Dewey, Daniel, Beardmore, Andrew P., DePasquale, Joseph M., Godet, Olivier, ...
NONTHERMAL X-RAY EMISSION FROM THE SHELL-TYPE SNR G347.3-0.5 (2007)
Patrick Slane, Thomas M. Dame, John P. Hughes, Paul P. Plucinsky, Anne Green
Recent ASCA observations of G347.3-0.5, an SNR discovered in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey, reveal nonthermal emission from a region along the northwestern shell (Koyama et al. 1997). Here we report on...
Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33): A First Look (2007)
Plucinsky, Paul P., Williams, Benjamin, Long, Knox S., Gaetz, Terrance J., Sasaki, Manami, Pietsch, Wolfgang, ...
We present an overview of the Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33): A Deep Survey of the Nearest Face-on Spiral Galaxy. The 1.4 Ms survey covers the galaxy out to $R \approx 18\arcmin (\approx 4$...
Gaetz, Terrance J., Blair, William P., Hughes, John P., Winkler, P. Frank, Long, Knox S., Pannuti, Thomas G., ...
We present and interpret new X-ray data for M33SNR21, the brightest X-ray supernova remnant (SNR) in M33. The SNR is in seen projection against (and appears to be interacting with) the bright HII...
Suzaku Observations of the Local and Distant Hot ISM (2006)
Smith, Randall K., Bautz, Mark W., Edgar, Richard J., Hamaguchi, Kenji, Hughes, John P., Ishida, Manabu, ...
Suzaku observed the molecular cloud MBM12 and a blank field less than 3 degrees away to separate the local and distant components of the diffuse soft X-ray background. Towards MBM12, a local (D< 275...
Evidence for Shocked Molecular Gas in the Galactic SNR CTB 109 (G109.1-1.0) (2006)
Sasaki, Manami, Kothes, Roland, Plucinsky, Paul P., Gaetz, Terrance J., Brunt, Christopher M.
We report the detection of molecular clouds around the X-ray bright interior feature in the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 109 (G109.1-1.0). This feature, called the Lobe, has been previously...
FUV and X-ray Observations of the Reverse Shock in the SMC SNR 1E 0102.2-7219 (2006)
Sasaki, Manami, Gaetz, Terrance J., Blair, William B., Edgar, Richard J., Morse, Jon A., Plucinsky, Paul P., ...
We present FUSE and XMM-Newton data for the reverse shock of the O-rich SNR 1E0102.2-7219 in the SMC. The FUSE observations cover three regions with significantly different optical [O III]...
Revealing the Supernova Remnant Population of M33 with Chandra (2005)
Ghavamian, Parviz, Blair, William P., Long, Knox S., Sasaki, Manami, Gaetz, Terrance J., Plucinsky, Paul P.
We present results of a search for supernova remnants (SNRs) in archival Chandra images of M33. We have identified X-ray SNRs by comparing the list of Chandra, X-ray sources in M33 with tabulations...
A Million-Second Chandra View of Cassiopeia A (2004)
Hwang, Una, Laming, J. Martin, Badenes, Carles, Berendse, Fred, Blondin, John, Cioffi, Denis, ...
We introduce a million-second observation of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bipolar structure of the Si-rich ejecta (NE jet and SW counterpart) is clearly...
An X-ray study of the supernova remnant G18.95-1.1 (2003)
Harrus, Ilana M., Slane, Patrick O., Hughes, John P., Plucinsky, Paul P.
We present an analysis of data from both the Rontgen Satellite (ROSAT), and the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA) of the supernova remnant (SNR) G18.95-1.1. We find that the...
Composition of the Chandra ACIS contaminant (2003)
Marshall, Herman L., Tennant, Allyn, Grant, Catherine E., Hitchcock, Adam P., O'Dell, Steve, Plucinsky, Paul P.
The Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on the Chandra X-ray Observatory is suffering a gradual loss of low energy sensitivity due to a buildup of a contaminant. High resolution spectra of...
The Flight Spectral Response of the ACIS Instrument (2002)
Plucinsky, Paul P., Schulz, Norbert S., Marshall, Herman L., Grant, Catherine E., Chartas, George, Sanwal, Divas, ...
We discuss the flight calibration of the spectral response of the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on-board the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO). The spectral resolution and sensitivity of the...
Virani, Shanil N., Ford, Peter G., DePasquale, Joseph M., Plucinsky, Paul P.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), NASA's latest ``Great Observatory'', was launched on July 23, 1999 and reached its final orbit on August 7, 1999. The CXO is in a highly elliptical orbit,...
Analysis of On-Orbit ACIS Squeegee Mode Data on Chip I0 (2001)
Virani, Shanil N., Plucinsky, Paul P., Grant, Catherine E., LaMarr, Beverly
The MIT and CXC ACIS teams have explored a number of measures to ameliorate the effects of radiation damage suffered by the ACIS FI CCDs. One of these measures is a novel CCD read-out method called...
The Low-Energy Spectral Response of the ACIS CCDs (2001)
Plucinsky, Paul P., Edgar, Richard J., Virani, Shanil N., Townsley, Leisa K., Broos, Patrick S.
The flight calibration of the spectral response of the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) below 1.5 keV is difficult because of the lack of strong lines in the calibration source on-board the...
Analysis of On-Orbit ACIS Squeegee Mode Data (2001)
S. Vrtilek, E. M. Schlegel, L. Kuhi, Shanil N. Virani, Paul P. Plucinsky, Catherine E. Grant, ...
Abstract. The MIT and CXC ACIS teams have explored a number of measures to ameliorate the effects of radiation damage suffered by the ACIS FI CCDs. One of these measures is a novel CCD read-out...
RXJ 0852.0-0462: Another Nonthermal Shell-Type SNR (G266.2-1.2) (2000)
Slane, Patrick, Hughes, John P., Edgar, Richard J., Plucinsky, Paul P., Miyata, Emi, Tsunemi, Hiroshi, ...
The newly discovered supernova remnant G266.2-1.2 (RX J0852.0--0462), along the line of sight to the Vela SNR, was observed with ASCA for 120 ks. We find that the X-ray spectrum is featureless, and...
Discovery of X-ray Emission from G328.4+0.2, a Crab-Like Supernova Remnant (2000)
Hughes, John P., Slane, Patrick O., Plucinsky, Paul P.
G328.4+0.2 is a moderately small (5 arcmin x 5arcmin) Galactic radio supernova remnant (SNR) at a distance of at least 17 kpc that has been long suggested to be Crab-like. Here we report on the...
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory's Radiation Environment and the AP-8/AE-8 Model (2000)
Virani, Shanil N., Mueller-Mellin, Reinhold, Plucinsky, Paul P., Butt, Yousaf M.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) was launched on July 23, 1999 and reached its final orbit on August 7, 1999. The CXO is in a highly elliptical orbit, approximately 140,000 km x 10,000 km, and has...
Gaetz, T. J., Butt, Yousaf M., Edgar, Richard J., Eriksen, Kristoffer A., Plucinsky, Paul P., Schlegel, Eric M., ...
We present observations of the young, Oxygen-rich supernova remnant 1E0102.2-7219 taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory during Chandra's Orbital Activation and Checkout phase. The boundary of the...
X-Ray Emission From the Shell-Type SNR G347.3-0.5 (1999)
Slane, Patrick, Gaensler, Bryan M., Dame, Thomas M., Hughes, John P., Plucinsky, Paul P., Green, Anne
Recent ASCA observations of G347.3-0.5, an SNR discovered in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey, reveal nonthermal emission from a region along the northwestern shell (Koyama et al. 1997). Here we report on...