Important notice for HXI data (Oct. 31 2023)
All HXI data products have been re-produced based on improved energy calibration. The new data for observations since 1 Apr. 2023 were online on 30 Oct. 2023.
(1) If you are interested in the data observed between 21 Oct. 2022 and 1 Apr. 2023, please contact HXI team.
(2) Currently, the HXI GUI (v1.24beta) does not provide imaging calibration. The next version of the GUI and the user guide will be online within ten days and provide preliminary
imaging calibration, new function for selecting background (which is very important for imaging), new function for merging spectra data from different detectors.
(3) For most of the observations, you may use the new light curve data (cts_thinthick) provided in Q1 FITS, which are the average count rate of three total flux monitors and provides
the best SN ratio. You can find the PNG file in the ‘Image Browser’ for quicklook.
(4) If you are using the data for scientific purposes, it is suggested that you contact HXI team to confirm the results, especially images. HXI team will help confirm or make the
images.
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Important note for
HXI users: (Aug. 27 2023)
All HXI data is
being re-produced as planned based on the new Level 0 data and new production
software (v1.5 beta, which includes improved energy calibration). This
process will take a few days to a week.
Please wait for
the new products.
Thanks
to Albert Y. Shih's efforts, the HXI quicklook plots can be also
viewed from the RHESSI Browser 2.0 since July 2023.
At the current
stage, imaging calibration and visibility calibration
(hxi_vis_clean or hxi_vis_bp are not ready for science) are
still in progress. Background removal may be difficult and case
by case.
Therefore,
we encourage users to follow the data policy and contact HXI science
team if you want to use HXI images in publications. The team will help
producing images (once the calibration is done and the GUI is ready, users can
make images).
The next update
for HXI GUI will be released in a few weeks.
We would be happy
to accept your suggestions on how to improve HXI data and software.
Many thanks.
Aug. 27 2023
Yang Su, on behalf
of HXI team