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                        RELEASE NOTES FOR HEASOFT 6.3.2
                             September 21, 2007
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HEASoft 6.3.2 is a patch release primarily for the Swift (version 2.7.2)
software, but also includes an update to the XTE task 'pcabackest'.

Please see

  http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/lheasoft/download.html

to download HEASoft 6.3.2, or

  http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/lheasoft/patch.html

to download a patch file which can be applied to your existing HEASoft
6.3.1 installation.

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                                    SWIFT
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BAT:

  batdetmask - Fix bug related to use of remote (ftp/http) CALDB
batglobalgti - Fix bug related to use of remote (ftp/http) CALDB
batphasimerr - Fix bug related to use of remote (ftp/http) CALDB
batphasyserr - Fix bug related to use of remote (ftp/http) CALDB

XRT:

    xrtmkarf - Bug fixed when reading 'XRTVSUB' keyword.
   xrtpccorr - Changed handling of mkffile not including infile range time.
   xrtpcbias - Clean 'XPHASCO' keyword when restore PHAS column.
             - Delete 'BIASDIFF' extension from previous run.
 xrtpipeline - Added check of 'XPHASCO' keyword after bias correction for
               PC mode.

swiftversion - Identifies patched release as Swift Build 21.2

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                                     XTE
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  pcabackest - (v3.1) Now properly handles PCA background models having a
               large number of components.
    HEASoft / FTOOLS Help Desk

    If FTOOLS has been useful in your research, please reference this site (https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools) and use the ASCL reference for HEASoft [ascl:1408.004] or the ASCL reference for the original FTOOLs paper [ascl:9912.002]:

    Blackburn, J. K. 1995, in ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 77, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IV, ed. R. A. Shaw, H. E. Payne, and J. J. E. Hayes (San Francisco: ASP), 367.

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    HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.