XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


pnspectra (pnspectra-0.18.2) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Parameters

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

Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints
eventfile	yes	dataset
EPN event file (cleaned, created by espfilt from epchain output).
ootevtfile	no	dataset	default
EPN OOT event file (cleaned, created by espfilt from epchain output).
cornerfile	no	dataset	default
Corners-only eventlist (cleaned, created by espfilt from epchain output).
ootcornfile	no	dataset	default
Corners-only OOT eventlist (cleaned, created by espfilt from epchain output).
imagefile	no	dataset	default
Entire EPN FOV image.
ootimagefile	no	dataset	default
Entire EPN FOV OOT image.
expmap	no	dataset	default
Exposure map in DET coords.
spmask	no	dataset	default
Mask for calculating SP scaling.
specfile	no	dataset	default
Output EPN FOV Full band spectrum.
ootspecfile	no	dataset	default
Output EPN FOV Full band spectrum OOT.
mask	no	dataset	default
File to mask out point sources (from cheese).
withregion	no	boolean	true	false$\mid$true
Provide region (ASCII) file for evselect expression?
regionfile	no	string	reg.txt
A selection expression in a text file. The selection expression for the desired region for the generation of the model background spectrum. If no file with the input name exists, or if the file is empty, then the default is to model the data from the entire field of view. If a specific region is desired, the region expression must be in detector coordinates. For example, a file containing &&((DETX,DETY) IN circle(201,-219,3600)) would extract the central $3'$ of the cluster Abell 1795. Note that the leading “&&” are required as the selection expression is added to other constraints.
withsrcrem	no	boolean	F	false$\mid$true
Perform source exclusion?
masksky	no	dataset	default
SKY coord mask FITS file name.
maskdet	no	dataset	default
DET coord mask FITS file name.
rmffile	no	dataset	default
Redistribution matrix file name (will construct name if none given).
arffile	no	dataset	default
Auxillary response matrix file name (will construct name if none given).
quads	no	boolean	TTTT	false$\mid$true
Quads to be analyzed. Unselected quads will be masked out.
elow	no	integer	400
The energy low limit (in eV) for the band for images created.
ehigh	no	integer	7200
The energy high limit (in eV) for the band for images created.
pattern	no	int	4
QUAD event pattern upper limit. Pattern=0 for single pixel events and pattern=4 for two-pixel events. Pattern=0 is recommended when using the lowest energy bands.
keepinterfiles	no	boolean	true	false$\mid$true
Keep intermediary files created?
badpixelresolution	no	16	real
Bad pixel resolution to pass to backscale (higher values lower pnspectra runtime).
Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints