# Copyright (c) 2017 Weitian LI # MIT license """ Chandra ACIS spectrum. """ from astropy.io import fits from .acis import ACIS class Spectrum: """ Chandra ACIS spectrum """ def __init__(self, filepath): self.filepath = filepath self.fitsobj = fits.open(filepath) ext_spec = self.fitsobj["SPECTRUM"] self.header = ext_spec.header # spectral data self.channel = ext_spec.data.columns["CHANNEL"].array self.counts = ext_spec.data.columns["COUNTS"].array # spectral keywords self.EXPOSURE = self.header.get("EXPOSURE") self.BACKSCAL = self.header.get("BACKSCAL") def calc_pb_flux(self, elow=9500, ehigh=12000): """ Calculate the particle background flux: flux = counts / exposure / area Parameters ---------- elow, ehigh : float, optional Lower and upper energy limit for the particle background. """ chlow = ACIS.energy2channel(elow) chhigh = ACIS.energy2channel(ehigh) counts = self.counts[(chlow-1):chhigh].sum() flux = counts / self.EXPOSURE / self.BACKSCAL return flux