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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Software
2.1 CALDB
2.2 XSELECT
2.3 XANADU
2.4 Profit
3. Suzaku Data Specifics and Conventions
3.1 Directory and Data File Structure
3.1.1 Retrieving the Data
3.1.2 Data Organization
3.2 Filenames
3.3 Suzaku Coordinates
3.4 Photon Energies and Pulse Heights
3.5 Timing Information
3.6 Suzaku Telemetry
3.6.1 Data Rates
3.6.2 Allocations
3.6.3 Telemetry Limits
3.7 XSELECT Default Parameters
4. Suzaku Data Analysis Overview
4.1 Important Events and Processing Version
4.2 Checking for Updates
4.3 Unfiltered or Cleaned?
4.4 Barycentric Correction
4.5 Spectral Analysis
4.6 Timing Analysis
4.7 Imaging Analysis
4.8 Recipe 1: XIS Spectral Analysis
4.9 Recipe 2: HXD Spectral Analysis
5. ``README FIRST" for the Suzaku Data Analysis
5.1 Introduction
5.2 On-board Changes
5.2.1 XIS2 Loss
5.2.2 XIS0 Anomaly
5.2.3 XIS1 Anomaly
5.2.4 XIS Spaced-Row Charge Injection (SCI)
5.2.5 Better SCI for XIS1 starting 2011 May
5.2.6 PIN Epochs: Low Energy Threshold & Responses
5.2.7 Additional Attitude Wobble
5.3 XIS Software Tools, Recipes
5.3.1 Reprocessing and Screening: Aepipeline
5.3.2 Cleansis Runaway Problem
5.3.3 Improved Attitude Correction and Pile-Up Estimation
5.3.4 Exposure Maps, Vignetting Correction
5.3.5 XIS Non X-Ray Background Estimation
5.3.6 XIS Burst Option Exposure Times
5.3.7 Timing Mode
5.4 HXD Software Tools, Recipes
5.4.1 Reprocessing and Screening: Aepipeline
5.4.2 HXD Spectra and Lightcurves: Extraction Tools
5.5 XIS Calibration Updates
5.5.1 Contamination Model Suzaku FTOOLS Version 17
5.5.2 Contamination Model Suzaku FTOOLS Version 18
5.5.3 XIS Reprocessing History
5.5.4 Energy Scale for SCI Data
5.5.5 Energy Scale for SCI-Off Data of 2006
5.5.6 Energy Scale for Window Option Data
5.5.7 Energy Scale for Editing Mode Data
5.5.8 Calibration Uncertaincies near 2keV
5.5.9 XRT/XIS Effective Area
5.6 HXD Calibration Updates
5.6.1 PIN Energy Range
5.6.2 GSO Gain Calibration
5.7 Cross Calibration
5.7.1 Flux Cross Calibration: XIS0,1,3
5.7.2 Flux Cross Calibration: XIS and HXD
5.7.3 Flux and Spectral Shape Cross Calibration: Multi-Mission
6. XIS Data Analysis
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Cleaned Event File Content
6.3 Energy Scale Reprocessing (xispi) and Screening using xisrepro
6.4 Full XIS Reprocessing and Screening using aepipeline
6.5 Extracting Products
6.5.1 Additional Screening
6.5.2 Relaxing Screening Criteria
6.5.3 Region Selection
6.5.4 Calibration Source Locations
6.5.5 BACKSCAL
6.6 Generating RMF and ARF Files
6.6.1 Rebinning XIS Spectra Generating Responses using xisresp
6.6.2 Combining Spectra and Responses using addascaspec
6.6.3 Generating RMF Files using xisrmfgen
6.6.4 Generating ARF Files using xissimarfgen
6.6.5 Faster Fitting of XIS Spectra
6.7 Pile-Up
6.8 XIS Non X-Ray Background
6.8.1 Xisnxbgen
6.9 Creating an Exposure Map
6.9.1 Types of Exposure Maps
6.9.2 Running xissim
6.9.3 Extracting a Flat Field Image
6.9.4 Smoothing the Flat Field Image
6.9.5 Trimming the Flat Field Image
6.9.6 Applying the Flat Field Image
6.10 Initial Processing: Details
6.10.1 Assigning Arrival Times
6.10.2 Calculating Sky Coordinates
6.10.3 Put Pixel Quality
6.10.4 Computing PI Energy Channels
6.11 Standard Screening
6.11.1 Bad Pixel Filtering
6.11.2 Grade Filters
7. HXD Data Analysis
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Cleaned Event File Content
7.3 HXD Reprocessing and Screening: General Remarks
7.4 Full HXD Reprocessing and Screening using aepipeline
7.5 PIN Spectral Analysis
7.5.1 PIN Non X-Ray Background
7.5.2 PIN Spectral Extraction
7.5.3 PIN Responses by Epoch
7.5.4 Cosmic X-Ray Background
7.5.5 Systematic PIN NXB Background Uncertainties
7.5.6 hxdpinxbpi
7.6 GSO Data Analysis: General Remarks
7.6.1 Revised GSO Gain Calibration: Backward Compatibility
7.6.2 Data Reduction Differences between PIN and GSO
7.6.3 GSO Reprocessing and Screening
7.7 GSO Spectral Analysis
7.7.1 GSO Non X-Ray Background
7.7.2 hxdgsoxbpi
7.8 PIN Timing Analysis
7.8.1 hxdpinxblc
7.9 GSO Timing Analysis
7.9.1 hxdgsoxblc
7.10 Initial Processing: Details
7.10.1 Time Assignment
7.10.2 Gain History Generation
7.10.3 Pulse Height Corrections
7.10.4 Calculating Event Grade
7.11 Extracting Data
7.11.1 Standard and Additional Screening
7.11.2 Separating PIN and GSO Data
7.12 WAM Data Analysis
7.12.1 Introduction
7.12.2 WAM Event File Content
7.12.3 WAM HEAsoft Tools
7.12.4 WAM Timing Analysis
7.12.5 WAM Spectral Analysis
7.12.6 Standard Processing
7.12.7 Useful WAM Websites
7.12.8 Contact
A. Acronyms
B. Important Web/E-mail Addresses
Michael Arida 2011-07-08