XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


ekstest (ekstest-2.5.1) [xmmsas_20141104_1833-14.0.0]

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Parameters

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

Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints
set	yes	dataset	No default
Name of the FITS file containing the time series. Case sensitive.
newoutset	no	boolean	no
The name of a new output file if required. This can also be the original name if you want to overwrite the input file.
outset	no	dataset	No default
Name of the output FITS file.
screen	no	boolean	no
Do you want print the results to the screen?
gtis	no	boolean	no
Do you want to provide a GTI file?
gtiset	no	dataset	No default
Name of the FITS file containing the GTIs. Case sensitive.
kstest	no	boolean	no
Do you want to perform the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test?
twodists	no	boolean	no
Do you want to use the two distribution test?
chisquaretest	no	boolean	no
Do you want to carry out a chi-squared (Pearsons) test?
fracvartest	no	boolean	no
Do you want to carry out a fractional varability amplitude test?
netlightcurve	no	boolean	yes
Do you want to carry out the fractional varability amplitude test on the net lightcurve?
flaretest	no	boolean	no
Do you want to carry out a flare test?
flarefactor	no	integer	3
Factor (in sigma) above the median which indicates a flare
flarebins	no	integer	3
Number of bins required to be consecutive to define the flare
variationtest	no	boolean	no
Do you want to carry out a variation test?
percentage	no	integer	20
Percentage of the lightcurve (beginning and end) that you want to use to determine the variations
Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints