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There is a really great page on Swift Instrument efficiencies areas, capabilities, etc. at : http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/proposals/swift_responses.html

The paper on the uvot calibration is here http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?arXiv:0708.2259.

The BAT Response Curve (Efficiency or Effective Area vs. Energy)

looks like this:

The FWHM Spectral resolution of BAT is given here:

Energy (keV) 20 50 80
Resolution 4.5 5.3 1.9

“ Table 2.1 describes the FWHM spectral resolution of the BAT. This quantity was derived by fitting a Gaussian to model emission lines of negligible intrinsic width. The shape of the cutoff at energies greater than 100 keV prevent a meaningful measure of the FWHM above 80 keV using a Guassian model.”

BAT Background

On the HEASARC BAT info page,http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/bat_desc.html , it says that the BAT background is 1.0e4 cts/s, apparently (but not definitely clearly) 15-150 keV; this would give 1.9 cts/s/cm^2. In 64 ms data, I found an average background value of 0.98 cts/s/cm^2 15-100 keV (Ch 1+2+3).

BAT Coded Mask Imaging

Here is an article about tuning, or corrections to expected behavior of the BAT: Segreto+10 A&A 510, A47 (2010)

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