FTOOLS: The HEASARC Sub-package


The HEASARC sub-package of FTOOLS contains tasks for High Energy (X- & gamma-ray) astronomy that are not specific to a particular instrument.

The following HEASARC tasks were released in the latest distribution of the HEASARC's FTOOLS package. Each task is hyperlinked to the help file distributed with the task. The same information can be obtained while running FTOOLS by typing the command fhelp {taskname}.

If you require further, or more detailed information on the HEASARC sub-package of tasks, contact

ftoolshelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov


HEASARC Tasks

addspec
adds PHA spectra, bkgd files & combines response matrices
ascii2pha
Creates an OGIP FITS PHA file from an ascii dataset
bincurve
Bins vectors and outputs as a light curve
binspec
Bin spectra in vector columns
chkarf
Check validity of keywords in an ARF FITS file
chkpha
Check validity of keywords in a PHA/PI FITS file
chkrmf
Check validity of keywords in a RMF FITS file
ecd2pha
Converts Einstein HEASARC CD-ROM PHA to OGIP PHA file
extractor
Extracts products from input events files
extrpsf
Extracts radial PSF (RPSF) dataset from an event file
fadmap
Produce maps for SAS2 or COSB data
fixregion
Convert SAO region file to another coordinate system
grppha
Manipulates OGIP standard PHA FITS file
gtisum
Compute and list information on Good Time Intervals
hkexpand
Expand a compressed format housekeeping (HK) data file
hkscale
Scales a FITS housekeeping data file into physical values
hkunexpand
Compress an expanded format houskeeping (HK) data file
mathpha
Performs mathematical operations on PHA files
mekal
Generate XSPEC table file for MEKAL plasma emission model
nh
Return hydrogen column density for a given Ra and Dec
raysmith
Generate XSPEC table file for Raymond-Smith plasma emission model
rbnpha
Compresses a PHA dataset [Now part of the HEASPTOOLS package as a wrapper to ftrbnpha]
sf2pha
Converts SF format PHA file to OGIP FITS format
sky2xy
Transform from sky to pixel coordinates using WCS keywords
xselect
Examine and filter event files
xy2sky
Transform from pixel to sky coordinates using WCS keywords

FTOOLS HELP DESK

If FTOOLS has been useful in your research, please reference this site (http://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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