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| -rw-r--r-- | acispy/spectrum.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/acispy/spectrum.py b/acispy/spectrum.py index 562e73e..6b4481c 100644 --- a/acispy/spectrum.py +++ b/acispy/spectrum.py @@ -27,18 +27,24 @@ class Spectrum: self.EXPOSURE = self.header.get("EXPOSURE") self.BACKSCAL = self.header.get("BACKSCAL") - def calc_pb_flux(self, elow=9500, ehigh=12000): + def calc_flux(self, elow, ehigh): """ - Calculate the particle background flux: + Calculate the flux: flux = counts / exposure / area Parameters ---------- elow, ehigh : float, optional - Lower and upper energy limit for the particle background. + Lower and upper energy limit to calculate the flux. """ chlow = ACIS.energy2channel(elow) chhigh = ACIS.energy2channel(ehigh) counts = self.counts[(chlow-1):chhigh].sum() flux = counts / self.EXPOSURE / self.BACKSCAL return flux + + def calc_pb_flux(self, elow=9500, ehigh=12000): + """ + Calculate the particle background (default: 9.5-12 keV) flux. + """ + return self.calc_flux(elow=elow, ehigh=ehigh) |