XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


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Parameters

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

Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints
General
odf	no	string	$SAS_ODF
input ODF directory name
odfaccess	no	string	oal	oal/odf/name/all
how oal should access the ODF
schedule	no	string	S	S/U
exposure schedule flag, only used if odfaccess=odf
datamode	no	string	IMAGING	IMAGING, TIMING, BURST or ALL
data modes to be processed
exposure	no	integer	1
exposure number to be processed, see oal documentation
ccds	no	string	1-12	1-12
list of CCDs to be processed, in a form like: 1,6-9,12 or 7,3,11
keepintermediate	no	string	none	all/raw/cal/clean/ [1]notmerged/none
indicator which type of intermediate files should not be deleted, default is to delete all intermediate files during or at the end of the processing
withdefaultcal	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
whether mode-dependent calibration-related settings should be used automatically, this will use for: BURST: withrdpha=``N'', withxrlcorrection=``Y'', runepreject=``Y'', runepfast=``Y'' TIMING: withrdpha=``Y'', withxrlcorrection=``Y'', runepreject=``Y'', runepfast=``N'' IMAGING: withrdpha=``N'', withxrlcorrection=``N'', runepreject as user-supplied, runepfast=``N''
usecanonicalnames	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
auto-create output filenames ?
outset	no	string	events.fits
name of output events file if usecanonicalnames=N
ingtiset	no	string
name of input HK GTI file [not active yet]
optloadingimage	no	boolean	N	Y/N
creation of diagnostic ADU 20-30 sky image to assess optical loading
optloadingimageset	no	string	optloading.img
name of optical loading image
atthkgen
runatthkgen	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
atthkgen: run atthkgen?
timestep	no	real	1.0	$>$0.0s
atthkgen: Duration (in sec) of `step' through attitude quality information
epframes
runepframes	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epframes: run epframes?
withsrccoords	no	boolean	N	Y/N
whether to use user-supplied values for RA and DEC for TIMING and BURST modes, default is N. See the warning in epframes (Sect.)
srcra	no	angle	0.0	0 .. 360
source right ascension (J2000)
srcdec	no	angle	0.0	-90 .. +90
source right ascension (J2000)
withsrcrawy	no	boolean	N	Y/N
whether to use user-supplied value for source RAWY position for TIMING and BURST modes, default is N, if both withsrccoords=N and withsrcrawy=N then the RA_OBJ and DEC_OBJ from the ProposalInfo are used. See the warning at withsrccoords!
srcposition	no	integer	190	1-200
epframes: source position for TIMING and BURST mode (in RAWY pixel coordinates)
withfinetime	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
whether to apply fine time correction for TIMING and BURST modes by using source RAWY position, default is Y
lowerthreshold	no	integer	20	0-4095
disregard low-energy events (with amplitudes $<$ lowerthreshold [adu]) already at this stage, default lowerthreshold=0 preserves recommended (old) behavior. This may be useful when comparing early mission data with recent observations as the setup was different (lowertreshold=23 instead of 20 now)
wrongpixlimit	no	integer	10	0-100
epframes: allowed percentage of `wrong' events before sending a warning
mipmethod	no	string	onboard	none,sas,com,onboard
epframes: method to handle MIPs in raw events data (mainly for commissioning phase)
qualmax	no	integer
epframes: maximum allowed value of the quality flag to keep event in list (mainly for commissioning phase)
ecntempqb1	no	real	-9999.9
epframes: quadrant box temperature [deg C] E_Cn_TEMPQB1 [F1576 F1676 F1776 F1876], (temporary parameter mainly for calibration, overwritten by existing PAH file values)
f1294	no	integer		0-31
epframes: quadrant wait states [F1294], defines the length of the Extended Full Frame Mode frame time, typical values are 0, 3, or 5 (temporary parameter, overwritten by existing summary file values)
f1118	no	string	Unknown	UNKNOWN Open Closed Thin1 Thin2 Medium Thick CalOpen CalClosed CalThin1 CalThin2 CalMedium CalThick
epframes: filter name (temporary parameter, overwritten by existing summary file values)
anchop	no	integer		0-255
epframes: An_CHOP [F1534 F1634 F1734 F1834] (temporary parameter, overwritten by existing summary file values)
automode	no	boolean	N	Y/N
try to determine mode from the data itself [not implemented yet]
autofilter	no	boolean	N	Y/N
try to determine filter from the data itself [not implemented yet]
odfok	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epframes: assume a correct/complete ODF
hkok	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epframes: assume correct/complete HK files
guessdeltap	no	boolean	N	Y,N
whether to estimate the shift of the PN oscillator frequency due to temperature and ageing effects from HK data, could be used to estimate SAS_JUMP_TOLERANCE (divide by 6).
showaux	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epframes: increase internally verbosity for AUX-related output
showccx	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epframes: increase internally verbosity for CCX-related output
showpmh	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epframes: increase internally verbosity for PMH-related output
showpah	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epframes: increase internally verbosity for PAH-related output
ancmcorr	no	integer	512	0-4095
epframes: An_CMCORR F1525 F1625 F1725 F1825
aneamipsel	no	integer	1	0-63
epframes: An_EAMIPSEL F1536 F1636 F1736 F1836
anmaxmip	no	integer	63	0-4095
epframes: An_MAXMIP F1527 F1627 F1727 F1827
anmip	no	integer	3512	0-4095
epframes: An_MIP F1526 F1626 F1726 F1826
ccfok	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epframes: Is this correct/nominal ODF/SDF ?
witheventmap	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epframes: Create several event CCD maps ?
eventmapset	no	file	./eventmap##.dat
epframes: Name of output event CCD map file
f1052	no	integer	32400	0-32767
epframes: DTIMAUTRSTPREVAL coarse time reset [s]
mipdist	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epframes: Create MIPDIST columns and MIPHIST extension in output ?
mipthreshold	no	integer	3000	0-4095
epframes: maximum PHA for non-MIP events [adu]
photonmapset	no	file	./photonmap##.dat
epframes: Name of output photon CCD map file
setupbpx	no	string	nom6	cal4/nom0/nom1/ nom2/nom3/nom4/ nom5/nom6/none
setup for badpix/offset correction vector (used only if ccfok=N)
showve	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epframes: Display valid event intervals ? (not in use yet)
badpixfind
runbadpixfind	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
badpixfind: run badpixfind?
badpixset	no	string	./bpxf_##.fits
badpixfind, badpix: path of bad pixel set, the substring ## will internally be replaced with the CCD number currently in use (two digits)
badpix
runbadpix	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
badpix: run badpix?
getuplnkbadpix	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
badpix: get uplinked bad pixels (from CCF)?
getotherbadpix	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
badpix: get non-uplinked bad pixels (from CCF)?
getnewbadpix	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
badpix: get new pixels from task badpixfind? Not applicable (active) for TIMING and BURST mode
emptyextension	no	boolean	N	Y/N
badpix: create an empty BADPIX extension?
windowfilter	no	boolean	N	Y/N
badpix: just get pixels within input file X/Y window?
epreject
runepreject	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epreject: run epreject?
badcolumnset	no	string	badcolumn.tab
optional bad column list (ascii)
sigma	no	real	4.0
sigma threshold for offset correction
noiseparameters	no	13 $\times$ real	0.98 12 $\times$ 1.0
noise fraction parameters (cutoff parameter and 12 chip specific correction factors; only for expert use)
withxrlcorrection	no	boolean	N	Y/N
execute X-ray loading correction code (for TI+BU modes) ?
withsoftflarescreening	no	boolean	N	Y/N
execute soft flare screening code (for TI mode) ?
softflarethreshold1	no	real	10.0
threshold 1 for flare screening (unit: counts/0.1 s)
softflarethreshold2	no	real	1.0
threshold 2 for flare screening
softflaresmooth	no	string	BOX	BOX GAUSS FLARE
smoothing method for flare screening
softflareenergyrange	no	2 $\times$ integer	40 50
energy range for flare screening (ADU)
softflaresmoothparams	no	real	2.0 1.0 1.0
smoothing parameters
epnoise
runepnoise	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epnoise: run epnoise?
identifynoisyframes	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
Identify Noisy Frames
sigmacut	no	real	3.0
sigma cut for bright sources
applyfilter	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
Keep output of filtering process?
savemasks	no	boolean	N	Y/N
Save CCDs mask to a file
epxrlcorr
runepxrlcorr	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epxrlcorr: run epxrlcorr? This task (for IMAGING modes) requires an offsetmap to be present in the ODF, which was generally not the case in the first years (it would stop then).
epevents
runepevents	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: run epevents?
withphotonmap	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epevents: whether to create diagnostic photon map file with 4 image extensions
reemissionthresh	no	integer
epevents: selection parameter: trigger threshold (in adu) for preceding events
randomizeposition	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if the computation of physical camera detector coordinates is done with randomization
randomizeenergy	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if the raw amplitudes should be randomized within a pulseheight bin
gainctiaccuracy	no	integer	2	0-2
epevents: Accuracy of gain/cti correction
patternanalysis	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: no, if pattern recognition has been done already (future development)
withoutoftime	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epevents: yes, if ``out-of-time events'' file should be created instead of ``normal events'' file (only meaningful for IMAGING modes) (considered as experimental)
withctisrcpos	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epevents: yes, if not the RAWY coordinates but the source position SRCPOS should be used in the energy correction routines (only meaningful for IMAGING modes) (considered as experimental). See Sect.3.2.
withbackgroundgain	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if background gain corrections should be applied
withpatternoffset	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if pattern energy offset corrections should be applied
withctilongterm	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if long-term CTI increase corrections should be applied
ctilongtermsoft	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if special soft energy function should be included in the long-term CTI increase corrections (considered as experimental)
ctilongtermy	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if special Y dependence should be included in the long-term CTI increase corrections
withccdoffsets	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epevents: yes, if CCD offset corrections should be applied (considered as experimental)
withtempcorrection	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: yes, if temperature-gain corrections should be applied
withgainburst	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: apply special gain if BURST mode ?
withgaintiming	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: apply special gain if TIMING mode ?
withgainff	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epevents: apply special gain if FULL FRAME mode ?
withgaineff	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epevents: apply special gain if EXTENDED FULL FRAME mode ?
withphagaincolumn	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epevents: Whether to create intermediate column PHA_GAIN. If set to ``Y" then propagatecolumns is reset to ``all".
lowgainenergyscale	no	boolean	N	Y/N
epevents: When switching on the energy correction for low-gain mode data then most of the events will fall outside the 2-byte-limit for the PI column (i.e. $> 32757$eV) as the energy range is then about $2-280$keV; if one is interested in this full range the setting ``N" should be used and energy values be multiplied later with 18.4 to obtain ``real" event energies. Only effective for the few low-gain mode exposures, of course.
checksasmip	no	boolean	N	Y/N
yes, if the MIP rejection information obtained by task epframes shall be printed (only meaningful if on-board rejection is switched off, i.e. for SW, TI, BU modes).
withrdpha	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
yes, if a correction for rate-dependent PHA effects for TI and BU modes should be applied. The logical keyword PHA_RDCO indicates whether this correction has been applied or not. If applied, then the keyword PHA_RDCB gives the scaling factor B used in the correction, derived from block RDPHA_DERIV in the CTI.CCF.
rdphatimebinsize	no	boolean	100
time-bin size for rate-dependent PHA correction for TI and BU modes [s]
withframecti	no	boolean	N	Y/N
yes, if TIME-derived frame numbers should be used in CTI correction for non-imaging modes (TI, BU) instead of the ODF frame numbers. For FF, eFF, LW, SW modes internally always the TIME-derived frame numbers instead of the dummy ODF numbers are used (should not be changed).
testenergywidth	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
yes, if use non-standard energy bin width (i.e., 1 eV instead of previously used 5 eV binning in output PI column
attcalc
runattcalc	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
attcalc: run attcalc?
attitudelabel	no	string	ahf	ahf/fixed/om
attcalc: source of attitude data
refpointlabel	no	string	nom	nom/obj/pnt/user
attcalc: source of celestial coordinates of central reference point
fixedra	no	real
attcalc: S/C's attitude (RA) in the equatorial, earth-centred reference frame (if attitudelabel=fixed)
fixeddec	no	real
attcalc: S/C's attitude (DEC) in the equatorial, earth-centred reference frame (if attitudelabel=fixed)
fixedposangle	no	real
attcalc: S/C's attitude (PA) in the equatorial, earth-centred reference frame (if attitudelabel=fixed)
nominalra	no	real
attcalc: celestial coordinate RA of central reference point (if refpointlabel=user)
nominaldec	no	real
attcalc: celestial coordinate DEC of central reference point (if refpointlabel=user)
imagesize	no	real	0.36
attcalc: half-size of final image (in degrees)
time and exposure
runepexposure	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epexposure: Run epexposure ?
screenexposure	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epexposure: remove all columns in EXPOSUnn extensions that are beyond the ICD
spatialexposure	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epexposure: yes, if spatial exposure inhomogeneities (CCD columns) should be determined and to be taken into account by subsequent SAS tasks (not yet implemented)
randomizetime	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
epexposure: yes, if the event arrival times should be randomized within a readout frame
event screening
screen	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
reject all events with rejection flags and below low-energy threshold
runscreen	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
perform the screening (otherwise use existing files)
screenlowthresh	no	real	150
reject all events with lower (recombined) energies [eV]
screenrejected	no	boolean	N	Y/N
reject all events with rejection flags (apply #XMMEA_EP in screening)
evlistcomb
runevlistcomb	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
evlistcomb: run evlistcomb?
memorymodel	no	string	high	low/highlow/high
memory model for task evlistcomb, all other tasks are controlled via SAS_MEMORY_MODEL [current SAS default: high]
withmedianpnt	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
evlistcomb: Get median values from atthkgen file (otherwise mean)?
othertables	no	list of uppercase strings	BADPIX EXPOSURE	none
evlistcomb: names of secondary tables or arrays to propagate
epnimgcolnames	no	list of uppercase strings	TIME RAWX RAWY DETX DETY X Y PHA PI FLAG PATTERN PAT_ID PAT_SEQ	none
evlistcomb: columns to propagate in main table (IMAGING mode)
epnimgcoltypes	no	list of strings	double int16 int16 int16 int16 int32 int32 int16 int16 int32 int8 int16 int8	int8/int16/int32/single/ [1]double/boolean/string
evlistcomb: output type of IMAGING mode columns
epntimcolnames	no	list of uppercase strings	TIME RAWX RAWY DETX DETY X Y PHA PI FLAG PATTERN PAT_ID PAT_SEQ	none
evlistcomb: columns to propagate in main table (TIMING mode)
epntimcoltypes	no	list of strings	double int16 int16 int16 int16 int32 int32 int16 int16 int32 int8 int16 int8	int8/int16/int32/single/ [1]double/boolean/string
evlistcomb: output type of TIMING mode columns
propagatecolumns	no	string	auto	auto/imaging/subset/ [1]icd/all
how many columns should be propagated to the final event file for TIMING and BURST modes: ``auto'' means values via epntimcoltypes and epntimcolnames, ``imaging'' uses the values as for epnimgcolnames and epnimgcoltypes, ``subset'' similar to ``imaging'' but without X, Y, and PAT_SEQ, whereas ``icd'' uses only the columns that are explicitly mentioned in the Data Products ICD, and ``all'' uses all output columns of epevents for IMAGING and TIMING modes
final GTI screening
runevselect	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
evselect: run evselect?
RDCTI correction
runepfast	no	boolean	N	Y/N
run epfast for rate-dependent CTI (RDCTI) corrections in TI+BU modes? Ignored if withrdpha=``Y'' or if IMAGING mode.
pattern distribution
withpatplot	no	boolean	N	Y/N
run epatplot to create pattern plot and FLAG=0 masks
background lightcurve
runbackground	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
create background lightcurve?
withmask	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
use masks for lightcurve?
maskset	no	string	./mask_##.fits
path of point source mask set, the substring ## will internally be replaced with the CCD number currently in use (two digits). Energy range: 0.2-10.0 keV. Not applicable (active) for SMALL_WINDOW, TIMING, and BURST mode
withhardmask	no	boolean	Y	Y/N
use hard energy band for maskset instead of soft ?
hrdmskset	no	string	./hrdmask_##.fits
same as above but for energy range 7.0-15.0 keV
rateset	no	string	rate_bkg.fits
name of background lightcurve file
specset	no	string	spec_bkg.fits
name of background spectrum file
timebinsize	no	real	0.0
time bin for background lightcurve [s], if set to 0 then the task chooses default values according to the instrument mode and energy range: withhardmask=Y 100[s] for FF eFF modes, 200 for LW, 350 for SW, and 100 for TI BU modes, withhardmask=N 10[s] for FF eFF modes, 20 for LW, 350 for SW, and 10[s] for TI BU modes
Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints