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Diffstat (limited to 'ciao_extract_sbp.py')
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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ciao_extract_sbp.py b/ciao_extract_sbp.py index ee1a592..68b15f5 100755 --- a/ciao_extract_sbp.py +++ b/ciao_extract_sbp.py @@ -3,10 +3,34 @@ # Extract surface brightness profile, with optional background # subtraction and region exclusion. # +# The input file can be the following 2 cases: +# (1) (RECOMMENDED) binned image file: +# e.g., the binned 0.7-7.0 keV image with its dimensions determined +# by the `skyfov.fits` file. +# Use this type of input file is recommended, as the required exposure +# map is also an image and thus has identical dimensions with the input +# image, therefore, the extraction region area can be accurately +# calculated with both the excluded point sources and the regions +# beyond the CCD edges accounted. And the final extracted surface +# brightness results (`SUR_FLUX`) will not be biased due to the regions +# lying beyond the CCD edges. +# (2) events file (evt2): +# e.g., the cleaned evt2 file +# If the extraction region is beyond the CCD edges, the source extraction +# region will be *bigger* than the region for `MEAN_SRC_EXP` calculation, +# because the exposure image has specific boundaries while the events file +# dose not. In consequence, the final `SUR_FLUX` will be under-estimated. +# As a workaround, the original extraction regions need additional +# process that intersect with the CCD boundaries (extracted from the +# `skyfov.fits`). +# # Aaron LI # Created: 2016-05-17 +# Updated: 2016-06-06 # # Change log: +# 2016-06-06: +# * Add explanations on image/evt2 input file # import os @@ -161,16 +185,17 @@ def main(): default=None, help="file containing regions to be excluded") parser.add_argument("-i", "--infile", dest="infile", required=True, - help="input EVT2/image file") + help="input binned image (RECOMMENDED) or EVT2 file") parser.add_argument("-e", "--expmap", dest="expmap", required=True, help="exposure map of the input file") parser.add_argument("-b", "--bkg", dest="bkg", default=None, help="background event/image of the input file") parser.add_argument("-E", "--erange", dest="erange", default=None, - help="energy range of interest (event files only)") + help="energy range of interest (for input evt2 file)") parser.add_argument("-F", "--fov", dest="fov", default=None, help="FoV FITS file (for applying FoV constraint " + - "to the SBP regions)") + "to the SBP regions; recommended if use " + + "evt2 file as the input file)") parser.add_argument("-o", "--outprefix", dest="outprefix", required=False, help="prefix of output files (default: same " + |