------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Note: this readme contains three separate sets of documentation (March 2018, May 2018, April 2019) in that order. Scroll down for the information relevant to you. ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Recommended citation for the data: Glesener, Lindsay, E; Duncan, Jessie, M. (2022). FOXSI Detector Data from 2018-2019 Advanced Light Source Experiments. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.13020/KKFH-5M05. This readme.txt file was generated on 20220608 by Jessie Duncan ------------------- ------------------- March 2018: ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. FOXSI March 2018 ALS Data (March_2018_All.csv) 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Jessie Duncan Institution: UMN Email: dunca369@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-6872-4406 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Lindsay Glesener Institution: UMN Email: glesener@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0001-7092-2703 3. Date published or finalized for release: 2022 4. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) 20180327 - 20180401 5. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: FOXSI Rocket Program 7. Overview of the data (abstract): Data from illumination of FOXSI x-ray detectors with a beam from beamline 3.3.2 at the Advanced Light Source. The purpose of these tests was to measure charge sharing properties and detector efficiency. Scans with sub-strip-sized step sizes and other beam tests were performed on Si Detector 4 at several energies. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Juliana T. Vievering. Nature of Energy Release and Transfer for Solar and Stellar Flares Using High-sensitivity Hard X-ray Instrumentation. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, January 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208848 3. Was data derived from another source? No. If yes, list source(s): N/A 4. Terms of Use: Data Repository for the U of Minnesota (DRUM) By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. https://conservancy.umn.edu/pages/drum/policies/#terms-of-use --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- CSV data description files are provided for each day of data capture. Parameters Provided in each CSV data description file: Date - Date of data capture in YYYYMMDD format Energy (keV) - Beam Energy (beam additionally contains harmonics at 3x and usually 4x the beam energy, the 2x harmonic is suppressed) JJ slit size X - width of beam shutters in x direction (units: µm) (beam size) JJ slit size Y - width of beam shutters in y direction (units: µm) (beam size) JJ slit position X - beam slit position in relation to beam aperture (units: µm) JJ slit position Y - see above Sample X - X position of beam (units: mm) - beam positions arbitrary, position differences between files taken in succession are accurate. Beam position changes acheived by moving detector on stage in X, Y directions ~orthogonal to incident beam. Sample Y - Y position of beam (units: mm) - beam positions arbitrary, position differences between files taken in succession are accurate. Filter - Thickness of aluminum placed between beam and detector to attenuate flux (units: µm) File name - Name of file, contains time stamp of data capture (date then time) Format: data_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.txt. Some files are labeled only with 6-digit numbers, this is the HHMMSS time on the day indicated by which CSV file they are in. Integration Time - length of data capture (units: s) Remarks - miscellaneous notes. Enabled Regions - which strips/regions of the detector were enabled for each data capture (via FPGA programming) ASIC - There are two ASICs/side, each controlling 64 detector strips. This specifies in which half of the detector the beam was located on one side. Count rate - calculable from data in file, information recorded in CSVs for quick reference. Temperature (C) - Detector temperature (degrees C) Missing data codes: Blank cells are unknown information. 0s are the value 0 (not missing data). FOXSI_ALS_March2018: Folder containing FOXSI detector data files from March 2018 ALS Experiments -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See reference: Juliana T. Vievering. Nature of Energy Release and Transfer for Solar and Stellar Flares Using High-sensitivity Hard X-ray Instrumentation. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, January 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208848 2. Methods for processing the data: N/A - files provided are initial output from FOXSI GSE software (data capture in USB mode). 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Software for analysis of FOXSI data is available on https://github.com/foxsi 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: See information in CSV data description file, also note that all data capture was performed with system cooled to -10 C. 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: *positions as of May 2018 P.S. Athiray (UMN postdoc*, on-site participant, experimental lead) Sophie Musset (UMN postdoc*, on-site participant) Juliana Vievering (UMN graduate student*, on-site participant) Lance Davis (UMN undergraduate*, on-site participant) Connor O’Brien (UMN undergraduate*, on-site participant) ------------------- ------------------- May 2018: ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. FOXSI May 2018 ALS Data (May_2018_All.csv) 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Jessie Duncan Institution: UMN Email: dunca369@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-6872-4406 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Lindsay Glesener Institution: UMN Email: glesener@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0001-7092-2703 3. Date published or finalized for release: 2022 4. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) 20180523 - 20180527 5. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: FOXSI Rocket Program 7. Overview of the data (abstract): Data from illumination of FOXSI x-ray detectors with a beam from beamline 3.3.2 at the Advanced Light Source. The purpose of these tests was to measure charge sharing properties and detector efficiency. Fine scans with sub-strip-sized step sizes were performed on two detectors (Si Det 106, CdTe D006) at several energies. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Juliana T. Vievering. Nature of Energy Release and Transfer for Solar and Stellar Flares Using High-sensitivity Hard X-ray Instrumentation. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, January 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208848 3. Was data derived from another source? No. If yes, list source(s): N/A 4. Terms of Use: Data Repository for the U of Minnesota (DRUM) By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. https://conservancy.umn.edu/pages/drum/policies/#terms-of-use --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- CSV data description files are provided, one for each day of data capture. Parameters Provided in each CSV data description file: Date - Date of data capture in YYYYMMDD format Detector - which detector was used for data capture (Detector 106 is a FOXSI Si DSSD, D006 is a FOXSI-2 CdTe DSD) FPGA - which saved program was used to program the prototype board FPGA (note: this information was not always recorded) Temp - Detector temperature (degrees C) Energy - Beam Energy (beam additionally contains harmonics at 3x and usually 4x the beam energy, the 2x harmonic is suppressed) (units:keV) JJ slit size X - width of beam shutters in x direction (units: µm) (beam size) JJ slit size Y - width of beam shutters in y direction (units: µm) (beam size) JJ slit position X - beam slit position in relation to beam aperture (units: µm) JJ slit position Y - see above Sample X - X position of beam (units: mm) - beam positions arbitrary, position differences between files taken in succession are accurate. Beam position changes acheived by moving detector on stage in X, Y directions ~orthogonal to incident beam. Sample Y - Y position of beam (units: mm) - beam positions arbitrary, position differences between files taken in succession are accurate. File name - Name of file, contains time stamp of data capture (date then time) Format: data_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.txt. Some files are labeled only with 6-digit numbers, this is the HHMMSS time on the day indicated by which CSV file they are in. Integration Time - length of data capture (units: s) Filter - Thickness of aluminum placed between beam and detector to attenuate flux (units: µm) (note: this information was not always recorded) Remarks - miscellaneous notes Voltage - Bias voltage applied across detector. Where not recorded, likely 200 V (standard practice) Missing data codes: Blank cells are unknown information. 0s are the value 0 (not missing data). ALS_DATA_May2018.zip: Folder containing FOXSI detector data files from May 2018 ALS Experiments -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See reference: Juliana T. Vievering. Nature of Energy Release and Transfer for Solar and Stellar Flares Using High-sensitivity Hard X-ray Instrumentation. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, January 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208848 2. Methods for processing the data: N/A - files provided are initial output from FOXSI GSE software (data capture in USB mode). 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Software for analysis of FOXSI data is available on https://github.com/foxsi 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: See information in CSV data description file 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: *positions as of May 2018 P.S. Athiray (UMN postdoc*, on-site participant, experimental lead) Sophie Musset (UMN postdoc*, on-site participant) Juliana Vievering (UMN graduate student*, on-site participant) Lance Davis (UMN undergraduate*, on-site participant) Lindsay Glesener (UMN professor, PI of FOXSI-3, on-site participant) Elza Stelmachers (FOXSI Technical Writer*, on-site participant) ------------------- ------------------- April 2019: ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. FOXSI April 2019 ALS Data (April_2019_All) 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Jessie Duncan Institution: UMN Email: dunca369@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-6872-4406 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Lindsay Glesener Institution: UMN Email: glesener@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0001-7092-2703 3. Date published or finalized for release: 2022 4. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) 20190416 - 20190421 5. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: FOXSI Rocket Program 7. Overview of the data (abstract): Data from illumination of FOXSI x-ray detectors with a beam from beamline 3.3.2 at the Advanced Light Source. The purpose of these tests was to measure charge sharing properties and detector efficiency. Fine scans with sub-strip-sized step sizes were performed on two detectors (Si Det 105, CdTe FEC07) at several energies. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Duncan, J., Glesener, L., Athiray, P. S., Buitrago-Casas, J. C., Christe, S., Krucker, S., Musset, S., Nagasawa, S., Takahashi, T., Vievering, J., Watanabe, S., Zhang, Y., 2022. Modeling Effects of Charge Sharing on the Response of the FOXSI Sounding Rockets. Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation (In prep.) Jessie M. Duncan. Energy Release in Solar Microflares and New Methods for X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, (In prep.) Juliana T. Vievering. Nature of Energy Release and Transfer for Solar and Stellar Flares Using High-sensitivity Hard X-ray Instrumentation. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, January 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208848 3. Was data derived from another source? No. If yes, list source(s): N/A 4. Terms of Use: Data Repository for the U of Minnesota (DRUM) By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. https://conservancy.umn.edu/pages/drum/policies/#terms-of-use --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- CSV data description files are provided, one for each day of data capture. The labels in the Date column refer to the date of the scan starting (e.g. when an overnight scan was started on 4/19, the Date column keeps reading 4/19 even once the files begin to be from 4/20). The date-strings within each file name are to be trusted as to the actual date/time the data capture started. Parameters Provided in each CSV data description file: Date - Date of data capture in YYYYMMDD format Detector - which detector was used for data capture (Detector 105 is a FOXSI Si DSSD, FEC07 is a FOXSI CdTe DSD) FPGA - which saved program was used to program the prototype board FPGA, examples below 11ASIC2_Si: Refers to Si105_main_12vth_10strASIC2_lastALS_test8.pdb (11 detector strips enabled in ASIC2 of Det105) 6ASIC2_Si: Refers to Si105_main_12vth_5strASIC2_lastALS_test7.pdb (6 detector strips enabled in ASIC2 of Det105) 6ASIC3_Si: Refers to Si105_main_12vth_97start_5strASIC3_lastALS_test7.pdb (6 detector strips enabled in ASIC3 of Det105) Flight: Refers to fec07_testing_v7.pdb (FPGA program used for FEC07 during flight of FOXSI-3) Temp - Detector temperature (degrees C) Energy (eV) - Beam Energy (beam additionally contains harmonics at 3x and usually 4x the beam energy, the 2x harmonic is suppressed) JJ slit size X - width of beam shutters in x direction (units: µm) (beam size) JJ slit size Y - width of beam shutters in y direction (units: µm) (beam size) Sample X - X position of beam (units: mm) - beam positions arbitrary, position differences between files taken in succession are accurate. Sample Y - Y position of beam (units: mm) - beam positions arbitrary, position differences between files taken in succession are accurate. Filter - Thickness of aluminum placed between beam and detector to attenuate flux (units: µm) File name - Name of file, contains time stamp of data capture. Format: data_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.txt. Some files are labeled only with 6-digit numbers, this is the HHMMSS time on the day indicated by which CSV file they are in. Integration Time - length of data capture (units: s) Remarks - miscellaneous notes Board - which prototype board was used (New/Old boards) Voltage - Bias voltage applied across detector Missing data codes: Blank cells are unknown information. 0s are the value 0 (not missing data). ALS_DATA_April2019.zip: Folder containing FOXSI detector data files from April 2019 ALS Experiments -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See references: Juliana T. Vievering. Nature of Energy Release and Transfer for Solar and Stellar Flares Using High-sensitivity Hard X-ray Instrumentation. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, January 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208848 Jessie Duncan. Energy Release in Solar Microflares and New Methods for X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy. PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, (In prep.) 2. Methods for processing the data: N/A - files provided are initial output from FOXSI GSE software (data capture in USB mode). 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Software for analysis of FOXSI data is available on https://github.com/foxsi 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: See information in CSV data description file 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: *positions as of April 2019 Jessie Duncan (UMN graduate student*, experimental lead) Sophie Musset (UMN postdoc*, on-site participant) Juliana Vievering (UMN postdoc*, on-site participant) Lance Davis (UMN undergraduate*, on-site participant) P.S. Athiray (previous UMN postdoc, remote support) Juan-Camilo Buitrago Casas (UCB graduate student*, on-site support) also, Prof. Lindsay Glesener (PI of FOXSI-3 and FOXSI-4, PI of ALS Beam Proposal, on leave during experimental run)