CGRO/OSSE
Guest Investigator Guide
Version 1.2
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington D. C.
and
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
Release Date: July 9, 1998

 
• Contents
• A.1 Overview
  • 1.1 Introduction to OSSE Data Analysis
  • 1.2 What's in this Manual
  • 1.3 Where to get this Manual
  • 1.4 Syntax Conventions
  • 1.5 Applicable Documents
  • 1.6 Acronyms and Glossary
• 2 Introduction
• 3 How to Retrieve OSSE Data
  • 3.1 Retrieving OSSE Data via FTP
  • 3.2 Retrieving OSSE Data via W3Browse
  • 3.3 Unpacking OSSE Data on Unix Systems
  • 3.4 Unpacking OSSE Data on VAX Systems
• 4 An Introduction to SPECANAL
  • 4.1 SPECANAL: A First Line of Attack on the OSSE Database
    • 4.1.1 What is SPECANAL?
    • 4.1.2 How does it run?
  • 6.1 User Examples
    • Example 1: The Quick-n-Dirty Analysis
    • 4.2.2 Example 2: My target isn't in the OSSE database
    • 4.2.3 Example 3: Screening out ``bad'' data
    • 4.2.4 Example 4: How do I get There from Here
• 5 Beyond SPECANAL
  • 5.1 Applications
  • User Examples
    • 5.2.1 Example 1: I Don't Like `The Standard Model'
    • 5.2.2 Example 2: Processing Individual Days of Data
    • 5.2.3 Example 3: Hard Analysis of Hard Sources
    • 5.2.4 Example 4: Combining Separate Observations
• 6 Advanced Exercises
  • User Examples
    • 6.1.1 Example 1: Processing a Spectrum for Each Orbit
    • 6.1.2 Example 2: The Problem of x2 Gain
• 7 Reference Guide
  • 7.1 DAY_SUMMER
  • 7.2 FFIT_PREP
  • 7.3 FITIT
  • 7.4 PLT_ENE_BANDS
  • 7.5 SDR$CREATE
  • 7.6 SDR_LOAD
  • 7.7 SDR_SUM
  • 7.8 SPECANAL
• A New Implementation of OSSE Systematic errors
  • Overview
  • A.2 Implementation
  • A.3 SPECUNIT Field
• B Usability of the CGRO/OSSE Instrument Above 10 MeV
  • B.1 INTRODUCTION
  • B.2 EXPLORATIONS WITH THE STANDARD DATA PRODUCTS
  • B.3 ANALYSIS IN COUNT SPACE
  • B.4 PROSPECTS
    • D.1 Acknowledgements
  • B.5 REFERENCES
• C Frequently Asked Questions
• D Data Structures
  • Acknowledgements
• Index
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