WFC3 IR grism data reduction cookbook

The cookbook presents a short guide through a typical WFC3 IR grism (G102 and G141) data reduction performed with the aXe data reduction package. The purpose of this document is to provide a concise presentation of all the steps involved in a typical aXe data reduction. For more detailed information please refer to the aXe and aXeSIM manuals provided on the Web.

The reduction presented in the cookbook is based on WFC3/IR slitless data taken as part of the WFC3 Early Release Science program. Results derived from the data are published in Straughn et al. (2010).

The raw data and all reference files that are necessary to reproduce the data reduction presented in the cookbook are available in a tarball: