GSFC Home Page of Craig Markwardt

Greetings. I am a member of the RXTE PCA and Swift BAT instrument teams.

Galactic Bulge Scans

Galactic Bulge Scans - Long term light curves of X-ray sources in the galactic bulge region

Instrument Information

For information about the RXTE PCA instrument, please see the

• PCA Digest Page - easy download listings and basic information
• RXTE PCA Instrument Page - detailed descriptions of instrument performance

For information about the Swift BAT instrument, please see the

• BAT Digest Page - quick descriptions of instrument performance
• BAT Analysis Threads - analysis recipes
• Swift CALDB Page - calibration files and documentation
• For Firefox users, you can use these GCN Greasemonkey scripts to make the GCN website even more useful.

Older Reports

• Galactic Bulge Scans - Open to RXTE Investigators
• The JPL Ephemeris and Barycentering - Jun 2001
• Report of the RXTE Attitude Anomaly of September, 2000 - Oct 2001
• RXTE PCA Slew Exposure Maps - Oct 2001
• XTE Clock Fitting Procedures - Dec 2001
• Notes on ATDF Doppler Tracking data - Feb 2002
• Advice for Users of New RXTE PCA Background Models - Feb 2002
• BAT Effective Area Curves - Mar 2002
• BATSE Occultation Light Curves - Mar 2002
• A Correction to RXTE PCA Background Models - Apr 2004
• Day of Year Calendars: 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
• Galactic bulge scan plans
• Swift / RXTE joint visibility windows

Personal

• My personal blog has some techie stuff.

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