| Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |
| attitudeset | yes | filename | attitude.fits | |
| Name of attitude file | ||||
| eventsets | yes | filename list | events.fits | |
| Names of event list files | ||||
| imagesets | yes | filename list | image.fits | |
| Names of input images | ||||
| pimin | yes | integer list | 500 | 0,20000 |
| Lower energy boundaries of
images; units: eV; one value per input image and up to six energy bands per instrument. | ||||
| pimax | yes | integer list | 4500 | 0,20000 |
| Upper energy boundaries of images; units: eV; one value per input image and up to six energy bands per instrument. | ||||
| likemin | no | float | 10. | 0.0,1.E10 |
| emldetect: Detection likelihood threshold | ||||
| witheexpmap | no | boolean | true | |
| create new exposure maps? | ||||
| ecf | no | float | 1. | 0.,1000. |
| eboxdetect, emldetect: Energy conversion factors | ||||
| eex_attrebin | no | float | 4.0 | 0.0,60.0 |
| eexpmap: Positional accuracy of attitude rebinning [arcsec] | ||||
| emask_threshold1 | no | float | 0.3 | 0.0,1.0 |
| emask: Threshold parameter 1: fraction of maximum exposure | ||||
| emask_threshold2 | no | float | 0.5 | 0.0,10.0 |
| emask: Threshold parameter 2: threshold for gradient of exposure | ||||
| eboxl_list | no | filename | eboxlist_l.fits | |
| eboxdetect: Name of local mode source list | ||||
| eboxm_list | no | filename | eboxlist_m.fits | |
| eboxdetect: Name of map mode source list | ||||
| eboxl_likemin | no | float | 8. | 1.0,50.0 |
| eboxdetect: Local mode minimum detection likelihood | ||||
| eboxm_likemin | no | float | 8. | 1.0,50.0 |
| eboxdetect: Map mode minimum detection likelihood | ||||
| ebox_withdetmask | no | boolean | true | |
| eboxdetect: Detection mask flag | ||||
| ebox_withexpimage | no | boolean | true | |
| eboxdetect: Exposure image flag | ||||
| ebox_boxsize | no | integer | 5 | 3,5 |
| eboxdetect: Detection box size: permitted values: 3 or 5 | ||||
| esp_withcheese | no | boolean | false | |
| esplinemap: Flag for output of cheesed image | ||||
| esp_withdetmask | no | boolean | true | |
| esplinemap: Flag to use detection mask | ||||
| esp_nsplinenodes | no | integer | 13 | 5,20 |
| esplinemap: Number of spline nodes | ||||
| esp_nfitrun | no | integer | 3 | 1,5 |
| esplinemap: Number of iterations | ||||
| esp_excesssigma | no | float | 4.0 | 1.0,6.0 |
| esplinemap: Threshold for excess with respect to spline | ||||
| esp_withexpimage | no | boolean | true | |
| esplinemap: Flag to use exposure map | ||||
| esp_withexpimage2 | no | boolean | false | |
| esplinemap: Flag to use non-vignetted exposure map in “model” mode | ||||
| esp_fitmethod | no | string | “spline” | spline|model |
| esplinemap: Method for background fitting | ||||
| esp_scut | no | float | 0.005 | 0.0,10.0 |
| esplinemap: Source cut-out flux level, [counts/arcsec | ||||
| esp_withootset | no | boolean | false | |
| esplinemap: Flag to use out-of-time event set | ||||
| esp_ooteventset | no | filename | events.fits | |
| esplinemap: EPN out-of-time event set | ||||
| eml_list | no | filename | emllist.fits | |
| emldetect: Name of source list | ||||
| eml_fitextent | no | boolean | true | |
| emldetect: Fit source extent | ||||
| eml_fitnegative | no | boolean | false | |
| emldetect: Allow fitted count rates to become negative | ||||
| eml_dmlextmin | no | float | 6. | 0.0,100. |
| emldetect: Extent likelihood threshold | ||||
| eml_ecut | no | float | 15 | 0.4,100. |
| emldetect: Event cut-out radius (if .lt. 1.0: fraction of encircled energy, else pixels) | ||||
| eml_scut | no | float | 15 | 0.4,100. |
| emldetect: Source cut-out radius for multiple source fits (if .lt. 1.0: fraction of encircled energy, else pixels) | ||||
| eml_determineerrors | no | boolean | true | |
| emldetect: Determine statistical errors | ||||
| eml_nmaxfit | no | integer | 1 | 1,6 |
| emldetect: Maximum number of sources to be fit simultaneously in multi-source fits | ||||
| eml_nmulsou | no | integer | 1 | 1,3 |
| emldetect: Maximum number of sources per input source position | ||||
| eml_withsourcemap | no | boolean | true | |
| emldetect: Creation of output source map | ||||
| eml_withdetmask | no | boolean | false | |
| emldetect: Use detector mask(s) | ||||
| eml_extentmodel | no | string | “beta” | gaussian|beta |
| emldetect: Model function for source extent | ||||
| eml_withthreshold | no | boolean | true | |
| emldetect: Flag to use likelihood/brightness threshold for multi-PSF fitting | ||||
| eml_threshold | no | float | 20. | 0.0,1.E10 |
| emldetect: Threshold above which multi-PSF fitting is used | ||||
| eml_withtwostage | no | boolean | true | |
| emldetect: Use two stage process for multi PSF (eml_nmulsou | ||||
| eml_threshcolumn | no | string | “LIKE” | LIKE|RATE|SCTS |
| emldetect: Input list column to apply threshold | ||||
| eml_maxextent | no | float | 20. | 0.1,300. |
| emldetect: Maximum extent value in pixels | ||||
| psfmodel | no | string | ellbeta | ellbeta|medium |
| emldetect: Model PSF – fully 2d parameterized analytical EPIC PSFs or medium accuracy PSF | ||||
| imagebuffersize | no | integer | 640 | 100 |
| eboxdetect, emldetect: Controls memory requirements for raster scan data. | ||||
| withimagebuffersize | no | boolean | no | |
| eboxdetect,emldetect: Allow user-defined values of imagebuffersize. | ||||
| esen_mlmin | no | float | 10. | 0.1,1.E10 |
| esensmap: Upper limit likelihood | ||||
| Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |
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