PACS Documentation - Herschel
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Here you will find the most essential PACS documentation that will give you an overview of the instrument, its data and data products and its operation. If you are looking for more detailed, technical documentation and do not find it here, you should look in PACS Level 2.
PACS Handbook - Herschel Explanatory Supplement Vol. III (2018) |
Catalogue of Available PACS Documentation
Catalogue of All Available herschel Documentation
PACS Overview
- The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) for Herschel (2010)
- PACS Photometer Fact Sheet (2017)
- PACS Photometer Quick-Start Guide (2017)
- PACS Spectrometer Fact Sheet (2017)
- PACS Spectrometer Quick-Start Guide (2018)
PACS Data Products Overview
- PACS Products Explained (2018)
- PACS Highly Processed Data Products [HPDPs] (2017)
- PACS Ancillary Data Products [ADPs] (2017)
- Product decision trees (2018)
PACS Calibration and Performance Overview
Photometer Calibration:
- The Herschel-PACS photometer calibration Point-source flux calibration for scan maps (2014)
- The Herschel PACS photometer calibration: A time dependent flux calibration for the PACS chopped point-source photometry AOT mode (2013)
Spectrometer Calibration:
PACS Data Processing Overview
PACS Photometer Data Processing
- PACS Data Reduction Launchpad: Photometry [aka: Quick Start Guide to PACS Photometry] (2017)
- PACS Data Reduction Guide: Photometry (2017)
PACS Spectrometer Data Processing
- PACS Data Reduction Launchpad: Spectroscopy [aka: Quick Start Guide to PACS Spectroscopy] (2019)
- PACS Data Reduction Guide: Spectroscopy (2017)
PACS Map-Makers
- Scanamorphos web page (2016), Unimap web page (2016)