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ssclib (ssclib-4.28.1) [xmmsas_20141104_1833-14.0.0]

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Single-band detection

  interface minDetPoissonCounts
    subroutine minDetPoissonCountsScalar(bkgCount, likelihoodCutoff&
    , detectableSrcCount, detectableSrcCountUncert, status)
      real(single), intent(in)            :: bkgCount, likelihoodCutoff
      real(single), intent(out)           :: detectableSrcCount
      real(single), intent(out)           :: detectableSrcCountUncert
      integer,      intent(out), optional :: status
    end subroutine minDetPoissonCountsScalar