IACHEC Cross-calibration of Chandra, NuSTAR, Swift, Suzaku, XMM-Newton with 3C 273 and PKS 2155-304
Abstract
On behalf of the International Astronomical Consortium for High Energy Calibration, we present results from the cross-calibration campaigns in 2012 on 3C 273 and in 2013 on PKS 2155-304 between the then active X-ray observatories Chandra, NuSTAR, Suzaku, Swift, and XMM-Newton. We compare measured fluxes between instrument pairs in two energy bands, 1-5 keV and 3-7 keV, and calculate an average cross-normalization constant for each energy range. We review known cross-calibration features and provide a series of tables and figures to be used for evaluating cross-normalization constants obtained from other observations with the above mentioned observatories.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- January 2017
- DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/2
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1609.09032
- Bibcode:
- 2017AJ....153....2M
- Keywords:
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- space vehicles: instruments;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal