IACHEC CROSS-CALIBRATION OF CHANDRA, NuSTAR, SWIFT, SUZAKU, XMM-NEWTON WITH 3C 273 ANDPKS 2155-304

• Main Authors: Madsen, Kristin K. (Author), Beardmore, Andrew P. (Author), Forster, Karl (Author), Guainazzi, Matteo (Author), Page, Kim L. (Author), Stuhlinger, Martin (Author), Marshall, Herman (Contributor), Miller, Eric D (Contributor)
• Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing, 2017-06-21T15:08:55Z.
• Subjects: Article
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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.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contract SV3-73016)
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Grant NNX09AE58G)