Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |
eventset | yes | dataset | rawevents.dat | |
Name of input EPIC-pn raw event file
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set | no | dataset | odfset | |
input EPIC-pn ODF dataset name (actual or symbolic); see description
of task epframes
for details
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badcolumnset | no | dataset | badcolumns.tab | |
Name of optional ASCII file containing pairs of ccd nr. bad column nr. (one per line), to be omitted from the offset correction
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sigma | no | real | 4.0 | |
Sigma threshold for offset correction
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withnoisehandling | no | boolean | no | |
enables noise flagging scheme
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noiseparameters | no | real | 0.98 12 1.0 | |
Noise fraction parameters (cutoff parameter and 12 chip specific correction
factors; only for expert use) | ||||
withoffsetmap | no | boolean | yes | |
enables use of offset map to calculate energy shifts | ||||
withxrlcorrection | no | boolean | no | |
turns on X-ray loading correction code for TI+BU modes, only meaningful if offset
maps are availbale in the ODF and use of offset map is not switched off. | ||||
withsoftflarescreening | no | boolean | no | |
enables soft flare screening | ||||
softflarethreshold1 | no | real | 10.0 | |
threshold for flare screening in units of counts/0.1 s | ||||
softflarethreshold2 | no | real | 1.0 | |
threshold for flare screening | ||||
softflaresmooth | no | string | BOX | |
smoothing method for flare screening | ||||
softflareenergyrange | no | list of int | 40 50 | |
energy range for flare screening (in adu units) | ||||
softflaresmoothparams | no | list of real | 2 0 0 | |
smoothing parameters | ||||
Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |
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