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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1. Introduction
2. Changes Since AO-6
3. Mission Description
3.1 Brief Introduction to Suzaku
3.2 Operational Constraints
3.2.1 Telemetry Rates
3.2.2 Summary
3.3 Calibration
4. Observation Policies
4.1 Data Rights
4.2 Target of Opportunity Proposals
4.3 Pointing Constraints
4.4 Events After Submission
5. Writing A Successful Suzaku Proposal
5.1 First Checks
5.1.1 Viewing
5.1.2 Previous Observations
5.2 Proposal Ingredients
5.3 PIMMS & WebPIMMS
5.4 XSPEC Simulations
5.4.1 WebSPEC Simulations
5.5 Examples
5.5.1 Faint Oxygen Emission from the Local Hot Bubble
5.5.2 Hard Tails of XRBs
5.6 XISSIM
5.7 MAKI
5.8 RPS
5.9 Checklist
5.10 Additional Requirements for US Proposers
6. X-Ray Telescopes (XRT)
6.1 Basic XRT Components
6.1.1 Reflectors
6.1.2 Pre-Collimator
6.1.3 Thermal Shields
6.2 In-Flight Performance
6.2.1 Focal Positions
6.2.2 Optical Axis
6.2.3 Effective Area
6.2.4 Vignetting
6.2.5 Angular Resolution
6.2.6 Stray Light
7. X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS)
7.1 XIS Overview
7.2 CCD Pixels & Coordinates
7.3 Pulse Height Determination & Hot Pixel Rejection
7.4 On-Board Event Analysis
7.5 Data Processing Modes
7.5.1 Clock Modes
7.5.2 Window & Burst Options
7.5.3 Editing Modes
7.5.4 Discriminators
7.6 Spaced-Row Charge Injection (SCI)
7.6.1 CTI Monitoring
7.6.2 SCI Operations History
7.6.3 SCI Notes for Users & Proposers
7.7 Energy Gain and Resolution
7.7.1 Energy Calibration Method
7.7.2 Energy Calibration Results
7.7.3 Enery Calibration Notes for Users & Proposers
7.8 Contamination & Low Energy Quantum Efficiency Degradation
7.8.1 Contaminant Monitoring and Calibration
7.8.2 Contamination Notes for Users & Proposers
7.9 Non-X-Ray Background
7.10 XIS Observations
7.10.1 Photon Pile-Up
7.10.2 Out-Of-Time Events
7.10.3 Day Earth Contamination
7.10.4 Telemetry Limit
7.10.5 Clock/Editing Mode Selection
7.11 Other Calbration Issues
7.11.1 Flux Calibration
7.12 Putative Micro-Meteorite Hits
Bibliography
8. Hard X-Ray Detector (HXD)
8.1 GSO/BGO Counter Units
8.2 PIN-Si Diodes
8.3 HXD Field of View
8.4 In-Orbit HXD Background
8.5 Background Modeling
8.5.1 PIN Background Model
8.5.2 GSO Background Model
8.5.3 Theoretical Sensitivity
8.6 Data Analysis Procedure
8.7 Wide-Band All-Sky Monitor (WAM)
A. Acronyms
B. Important Web/E-Mail Addresses
Michael Arida 2011-10-06