XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


rgsfluxer (rgsfluxer-1.10) [22.0.0-9173c7d25-20250127]

Algorithm

FOR EACH pair of spectrum and response:

  FOR EACH spectrum channel:
    IF ( acceptable QUALITY )
      time = EXPOSURE * AREASCAL
      rate = COUNTS / time
      err2 = (HDUCLAS2 == NET) ? (STAT_ERR/time)^2 : rate/time

      Rebin:
        map spectrum channel boundaries onto the fluxed channel grid
        accumulate rate and err2 according to fluxed channel overlap
        degrade QUALITY in ranked order on all overlapping fluxed channels
    ELSE
      mark spectrum channel as discarded

  FOR EACH response bin (rows):
    FOR EACH response channel (columns):
      IF ( corresponding spectrum channel not discarded )
        area = MATRIX * (ENERG_HI - ENERG_LO)
        Rebin:
          map response channel boundaries onto the fluxed channel grid
          accumulate area according to fluxed channel overlap

FOR EACH fluxed channel:
  IF ( area != 0 )
    FLUX = rate / area
    ERROR = sqrt(err2) / area
  ELSE
    FLUX = ERROR = NaN