XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


rgscombine (rgscombine-1.4.1) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Output Files

The output spectrum file is a FITS table with the same format as the original spectrum files.

FITS

A FITS-compliant DAL dataset with the table placed in an extension named “SPECTRUM”. The five columns for a TOTAL spectra file are:

CHANNEL	real32	bin center
COUNTS	real32	total counts for each channel
QUALITY	real32	quality flag as assessed
AREASCAL	int16	weighted areascal
BACKSCAL	int16	weighted backscal