XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


efftplot (efftplot-2.18.2) [xmmsas_20160201_1833-15.0.0]

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Parameters

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

Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints
infile	yes	Dataset	``''
Name of the FITS file containing the EPIC source time series. Case sensitive.
nbins	no	Integer	1	Constraint : must be a power of 2, Nbins$\leq$ NBINLC
Number of bins per interval. An interval is a segment of the light curve for which a PDS is calculated. Each PDS is averaged at the end of the run. The number of frequency bins of the output PDS plot is Nbins/2. In case Nbins=1 (the default value), Nbins is set to the maximum legal value (full resolution spectrum).
bkgsub	no	Boolean	no
If the background should be subtracted (no => total counts used or yes => net counts used) to create the power density spectrum
nerrorpoints	no	Integer	5	Constraint : $\geq$ 5
This parameter defines the way in which the error bars on the plotted PDS are calculated. If the number of PDS averaged is higher than the nerrorpoints value (default=5), the error bars are evaluated by using the standard deviation of the average (based on the measured scatter). Otherwise the error bars are evaluated by propagating the theoretical error bars through an averaging process. The theoretical error bars are obtained from the relevant chi-square distribution. For example, with normalization = 1, the theoretical error value is 2 (Leahy normalization) for (white) noise. The theoretical error bar on the averaged and rebinned final spectrum is the theoretical error bar on a single interval divided by $\sqrt{MW}$, where M is the number of intervals averaged and W is the number of frequency bins combined.
normalization	no	Integer	1	Constraint : 0, $\pm$1 or $\pm$2
Flag to specify the type of normalization to apply to the PDS.
fillgaps	no	Boolean	no
If the gaps have to be filled, value must be yes.
npoints	no	Integer	2	Constraint : 1, 2, 3 or 4
Replace the gaps in the input series with the running mean (available only if fillgaps is ``yes''). If gapfill = n, data gaps in the input series are filled with the running mean values calculated over n bins.
removetrend	no	Boolean	no
Indicate if a polynomial trend has to be removed from the time series.
polyorder	no	Integer	1	Constraint : 1, 2, 3 or 4
A polynomial trend, up to 4th-order, can be removed from input time series. Setting the parameter polyorder equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4 removes a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th-order polynomial trend, respectively (available only if removetrend is ``yes'').
operation	no	Integer	1	Constraint : $\geq$ 2
Specify how the removal trend is applied to the data (available only if removetrend is ``yes''). The trend can be subtracted from the time series (operation = 1), or the time series can be divided by the trend (operation = 2), or the time series can be replaced with the trend (operation = 3). By default the trend is subtracted (value set to 1).
rebin	no	Boolean	no
Indicate if the final PDS has to be rebinned or not.
rebintype	no	String	1
The final PDS can be rebinned either with a constant rebinning factor or as a geometric series (to produce nearly equispaced bins in a logX representation). Values greater than 1 indicate a constant rebinning factor. Geometric series rebinning is obtained by entering a value less than -1, whose modulus represents the step of the geometric series. The range of allowed values for a negative rebinning parameter is limited (-1$\geq$ rebintype $>$-3).
plotdevice	no	String	``/PS''	Constraint : valid device type
Name of a valid output device. Not case sensitive.
outfile	no	String	``default.ps''	less than 1024 char
Name of the output file containing the plot. Case sensitive.
xscale	no	String	``lin''	Constraint : ``log'' or ``lin''
Use a logarithmic or a linear scale on the X-axis.
yscale	no	String	``lin''	Constraint : ``log'' or ``lin''
Use a logarithmic or a linear scale on Y-axis. Where yscale=``log'' negative values are omitted.
gtis	no	Boolean	no
Indicate whether to provide a GTI file.
gtiset	no	dataset	No default
Name of the FITS file containing the GTIs. Case sensitive.
Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints