Abbreviations and Acronyms

This appendix contains a list of the abbreviations and acronyms used in Swift Technical Handbook.

AGN	Active Galactic Nucleus
ASIC	Application Specific Integrated Circuit
BAT	Burst Alert Telescope
BATSE	Burst and Transient Source Experiment
CALDB	Calibration Database
CCD	Charge-Couple Device
CZT	Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride
Dec	Declination
ESA	European Space Agency
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
FoM	Figure of Merit
FoV	Field of View
FWHM	Full-Width at Half-Maximum
GCN	Gamma-Ray Burst Coordinates Network
GI	Guest Investigator
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
GRB	Gamma-Ray Burst
GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center
HEASARC	High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
HPD	Half-Power Diameter
HTML	Hypertext Mark-Up Language
ICU	Instrument Control Unit
INTEGRAL	International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
IRAF	Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
ISAC	Italian Swift Archive Center
JET	Joint European Telescope
LANL	Los Alamos National Laboratory
MOC	Mission Operations Center
MSSL	Mullard Space Science Laboratory
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
OGIP	Office of Guest Investigator Programs
OM	Optical Monitor
PIMMS	Portable, Interactive Multi-Mission Simulator
PSF	Point-Spread Function
PSU	Pennsylvania State University
QE	Quantum Efficiency
RA	Right Ascension
RXTE	Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer
SAA	South Atlantic Anomaly
SN	Supernova
SSC	Swift Science Center
ToO	Target of Opportunity
TDRS	Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
TDRSS	Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
UKSSDC	United Kingdom Swift Science Data Center
USNO	United States Naval Observatory
UTC	Coordinated Universal Time
UV	Ultraviolet
UVOT	Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope
WCS	World Coordinate System
XMM	X-Ray Multi-Mirror Mission
XRT	X-Ray Telescope
ZP	Zero Point