About IACHEC

IACHEC Charter

The IACHEC aims to provide standards for high-energy calibration and supervise cross-calibration between different missions. This goal is reached through working groups, where IACHEC members cooperate to define calibration standards and procedures. The scope of these groups is primarily a practical one: a set of data and results (eventually published in refereed journals) will be the outcome of a coordinated and standardized analysis of reference sources (“high-energy standard candles”). Past, present, and future high-energy missions can use these results as a calibration reference.

Who are we?

Chair of the IACHECKristin K. Madsen
ChairCo-chair
Calibration Statistic Working Group ChairVinay KashyapIvan Valtchanov
Cluster of GalaxiesEric Miller
ContaminationHerman Marshall
Coordinated ObservationsKarl Forster
Detectors and BackgroundCathrine Grant
Ground CalibrationVadim BurwitzTakashi Okajima
HeritageErik Kulkers
High ResolutionAdam Foster
Non-thermal SNRLorenzo Natalucci, Craig MarkwardtYugo Motogami
Science OperationsFelix Meeker-FürstHannah Earnshaw
Thermal SNRPaul PlucinskyHiromasa Suzuki
TimingMegumi ShidatsuMatteo Bachetti
White Dwarf and Isolated Neutron StarsVadim Burwitz