Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 14

Chapter 4:
CCD Performance

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4.1 Introduction
4.2 Quantum Efficiency
4.3 Dynamic Range
4.4 Bright Object Artifacts
    4.4.1 Blooming
    4.4.2 Horizontal Smearing
    4.4.3 Diffraction Effects and Ghost Images
4.5 Residual Image
4.6 Quantum Efficiency Hysteresis
4.7 Flat Field Response
4.8 Dark Backgrounds
    4.8.1 Sources of Dark Current
    4.8.2 Darktime
    4.8.3 Dark Current Evolution
4.9 Cosmic Rays
4.10 SAA and Scheduling System Issues
4.11 Radiation Damage and Hot Pixels
4.12 Photometric Anomalies: CTE and
Long vs. Short
    4.12.1 Charge Transfer Efficiency
    4.12.2 The Long vs. Short Photometric Anomaly
4.13 Read Noise and Gain Settings