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backcorr (backcorr-3.7) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Parameters

This section documents the parameters recognized by this task (if any).

ParameterMand Type Default Constraints
bkgspectrumsetyesdatasetbkgspectrum.dsInput dataset containing the spectrum accumulated in the background region.
 
 
srcspectrumsetyesdatasetsrcspectrum.dsInput dataset containing the spectrum accumulated in the source region.
 
 
outbkgspectrumsetyesdatasetoutbkgspectrum.dsOutput dataset containing the corrected background spectrum.
 
 
withsourcepositionnobooleannoyes/no
Indicate whether you wish to specify the source position
 
sourcecoordsnostringeqposeqpos/pos/det
Indicate the coordinate system for which the source position is specified
 
sourcexnoreal  
Indicate the x-position of source centre, in terms of the coordinate system specified in sourcecoords.
 
sourceynoreal  
Indicate the y-position of source centre, in terms of the coordinate system specified in sourcecoords.
 
bkgdxnoreal  
Indicate the x-position of the background region, in terms of the coordinate system specified in sourcecoords.
 
bkgdynoreal  
Indicate the y-position of the background regions, in terms of the coordinate system specified in sourcecoords.
 
witheventlistnobooleannoyes/no
Indicate whether you wish to provide the event list and thus correct for bad pixels
 
eventlistnostringevents.dsdataset
Give the name of the event list dataset
 
keeparfsnobooleannoyes/no
Indicate whether you wish to keep the intermediary arf files
 
ParameterMand Type Default Constraints

XMM-Newton SOC -- 2023-04-16