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ekstest (ekstest-2.8.1) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Parameters

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

ParameterMand Type Default Constraints
setyesdatasetNo default 
Name of the FITS file containing the time series. Case sensitive.
 
newoutsetnobooleanno 
The name of a new output file if required. This can also be the original name if you want to overwrite the input file.
 
outsetnodatasetNo default 
Name of the output FITS file.
 
screennobooleanno 
Do you want print the results to the screen?
 
gtisnobooleanno 
Do you want to provide a GTI file?
 
gtisetnodatasetNo default 
Name of the FITS file containing the GTIs. Case sensitive.
 
kstestnobooleanno 
Do you want to perform the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test?
 
twodistsnobooleanno 
Do you want to use the two distribution test?
 
chisquaretestnobooleanno 
Do you want to carry out a chi-squared (Pearsons) test?
 
fracvartestnobooleanno 
Do you want to carry out a fractional varability amplitude test?
 
netlightcurvenobooleanyes 
Do you want to carry out the fractional varability amplitude test on the net lightcurve?
 
flaretestnobooleanno 
Do you want to carry out a flare test?
 
flarefactornointeger3 
Factor (in sigma) above the median which indicates a flare
 
flarebinsnointeger3 
Number of bins required to be consecutive to define the flare
 
variationtestnobooleanno 
Do you want to carry out a variation test?
 
percentagenointeger20 
Percentage of the lightcurve (beginning and end) that you want to use to determine the variations
 
ParameterMand Type Default Constraints

XMM-Newton SOC -- 2023-04-16