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ekstest (ekstest-2.8.1) [22.0.0-9173c7d25-20250127]

Examples

To run the task ekstest using the input FITS file 'lightcurve.ds' and its associated GTI file 'gti.ds', with the single distribution Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and and the flare test where the flare must be at least 3$\sigma$ above the mean and at least 5 bins wide and then write the results both into a new FITS file called 'test.fit' and also write the results to the screen, a command such as,

ekstest set=lightcurve.ds newoutset=yes outset=test.fit screen=yes 
gtiset=gti.ds kstest=yes twodists=no flaretest=yes flarefactor=3 flarebins=5

can be used.



XMM-Newton SOC -- 2025-01-27