Here are relevant prior publications about ACIS and XIS instrument performance, on the ground and in orbit.
XIS Papers and Resources
XIS CTI Monitoring:
LaMarr, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 66
Front- and back-illuminated x-ray CCD performance in low- and
high-Earth orbit: performance trends of Suzaku XIS and Chandra ACIS
detectors
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..66L
Bev 2006 SPIE for 1st year of on-orbit monitoring, pre-CI
XIS CTI Correction:
Uchiyama, H., Ozawa, M., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2009, PASJ, 61, 9
New CTI Correction Method for the Spaced-Row Charge Injection of the
Suzaku X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer
Ozawa, M., Uchiyama, H., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2009, PASJ, 61, 1
Energy-Scale Calibration of the Suzaku X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer
Using the Checker Flag Charge Injection Technique in Orbit
XIS Charge Injection Performance:
Nakajima, H., Yamaguchi, H., Matsumoto, H., et al. 2008, PASJ, 60, 1
Performance of the Charge-Injection Capability of Suzaku XIS
Ozawa, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 65
Flight calibration of the Suzaku XIS using the charge injection
technique
2008SPIE.7011E..65O
Bautz, M. W., LaMarr, B. J., Miller, E. D., et al. 2007, SPIE, 6686
Mitigating CCD radiation damage with charge injection: first flight
results from Suzaku
Uchiyama, H., Hyodo, Y., Yamaguchi, H., et al. 2007, SPIE, 6686
The onboard calibration for the spaced-row charge injection of the
Suzaku XIS
XIS Background:
Tawa, N., Hayashida, K., Nagai, M., et al. 2008, PASJ, 60, 11
Reproducibility of Non-X-Ray Background for the X-Ray Imaging
Spectrometer aboard Suzaku
XIS General Information, Ground and Orbital Calibration:
Hayashida, Torii, Namiki, et al. 2007, PTPS, 169, 316
Orbital Calibration of the XIS
Koyama, Tsunemi, Dotani, et al. 2007, PASJ, 59, 23
X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku
Suzaku Technical Description
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/prop_tools/suzaku_td/suzaku_td.html
Suzaku XIS Pocket Guide
http://www.astro.isas.jaxa.jp/~tsujimot/pg_xis.pdf
XIS Celestial Calibration Sources:
Plucinsky, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011
The SMC SNR 1E0102.2-7219 as a Calibration Standard for X-ray
Astronomy in the 0.3-2.5 keV Bandpass
(arXiv:0807.2176)
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ACIS Papers and Resources
The new CXC Calibration has many good references and links to
presentations at Calibration Workshops. It's not officially
live yet, but can be found here:
http://asc.harvard.edu/cal/Acis/detailed_info_new.html
ACIS CTI monitoring:
(CTI, trailing charge, correcting CTI for bkg and temperature)
LaMarr, et al. 2008, Proc SPIE, 7011, 66
Front- and back-illuminated x-ray CCD performance in low- and
high-Earth orbit: performance trends of Suzaku XIS and Chandra ACIS
detectors
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..66L
Grant, et al. 2005, Proc. SPIE, 6276
'Long-term trends in radiation damage of Chandra X-ray CCDs'
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SPIE.5898..201G
(The poster outside CEG's office updates some of this.)
The continually updated monitoring web pages:
http://space.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/~cgrant/monitor.html
ACIS CTI Correction:
The PSU CTI correction algorithm (short version):
Townsley, et al. 2000, ApJ, 543, L139
Mitigating charge transfer inefficiency in the Chandra X-ray
Observatory Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJ...534L.139T
The PSU CTI correction algorithm (long version):
Townsley, et al. 2002, NIMPA, 486, 751
Modeling charge transfer inefficiency in the Chandra Advanced
CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002NIMPA.486..751T
CEG CTI correction algorithm (this is what acis_process_events uses):
Grant, et al. 2004, Proc. SPIE, 5501
A charge transfer inefficiency correction model for the Chandra
X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004SPIE.5501..177G
CTI temperature dependence (no correction algorithm yet):
Grant, et al. 2006, Proc. SPIE 6276
Temperature dependence of charge transfer inefficiency in
Chandra X-ray CCDs
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006SPIE.6276E..48G
CTI temperature dependence correction:
Grant, 2007, presentation at Chandra Cal Workshop
Correcting for the temperature dependence of ACIS charge transfer
inefficency
http://cxc.harvard.edu/ccr/proceedings/07_proc/presentations/grant/
CTI correction with sacrificial charge: (not implemented)
Grant, et al. 2003, Proc. SPIE 4851
Sacrificial charge and the spectral resolution performance of
the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003SPIE.4851..140G
ACIS Background:
Grant et al. 2002, ASP Conf. Proc., 262
The Temporal Characteristics of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
High Energy Particle Background
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ASPC..262..401G
Markevitch et al. 2003, ApJ, 583, 70
Chandra Spectra of the Soft X-ray Diffuse Background
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...583...70M
Chandra radiation environment:
Grant, Lamarr, Bautz, O'Dell, 2010, Proc. SPIE, 7732
Using ACIS on the Chandra X-ray Observatory as a particle radiation
monitor
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010SPIE.7732E..80G
O'Dell, et al. 2008, Proc. SPIE, 6686
Managing radiation degradation of CCDs on the Chandra X-ray
Observatory III
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007SPIE.6686E...3O
O'Dell, et al. 2005, Proc. SPIE, 5898
Managing radiation degradation of the CCDs on the Chandra X-ray
Observatory II
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005SPIE.5898..212O
O'Dell, et al. 2003, Proc. SPIE, 4851
Managing radiation degradation of the CCDs on the Chandra X-ray
Observatory
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003SPIE.4851...77O
(and others, but these are the main ones)
Miscellaneous papers on CTI after bakeout, contamination, etc.