NASA NTRS · 19980202047
Analysis of STIS time-tag data
Abstract
Very high time resolution data can be obtained from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) Multi-Anode Microchannel Array (MAMA) detectors using the time-tag observing mode. In this mode, the photon events are not accumulated onboard the spacecraft. Instead, each event is recorded internally and transmitted to the ground as an X and Y location with an event time. Event times are recorded in units of 125 microseconds. Analysis of STIS Crab Pulsar data demonstrates that a time resolution of approaching 125 microseconds can be achieved. Furthermore, the time-tag observing mode has been demonstrated to be a very powerful diagnostic tool and can be used to increase the resolution of both imaging and spectral data.
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Lindler, Don J., Gull, Theodore R., Kraemer, Steven B., Hulbert, Stephen J.. 1997-01-01. Analysis of STIS time-tag data. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19980202047
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