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Hitomi V003 released Jun 24, 2016

List of Changes 

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  Major changes introduced in this version:

  * HEASOFT

    - barycen:
      * Behavior change: added Earth velocity and barycentric correction
        diagnostics to debug output.

  * General Applications:

    - ahpipeline: 
      * New feature: add new output file, EHK2, with antico light curve.
      * Behavior change: update parameters to match individual instrument tools.

    - hxipipeline:
      * New parameter: hxi_mkflabel - label to use for creating MKF GTI file.
      * New parameter: hxi_ehklabel - label to use for creating EHK GTI file.
      * New parameter: hxi_evtlabel - label to use for event screening.

    - sgdpipeline
      * New parameter: sgd_mkflabel - label to use for creating MKF GTI file.
      * New parameter: sgd_ehklabel - label to use for creating EHK GTI file.
      * New parameter: sgd_evtlabel - label to use for event screening.

    - sxipipeline
      * New parameter: sxi_mkflabel - label to use for creating MKF GTI file.
      * New parameter: sxi_ehklabel - label to use for creating EHK GTI file.
      * New parameter: sxi_evtlabel - label to use for event screening.

    - sxspipeline
      * New parameter: sxs_mkflabel - label to use for creating MKF GTI file.
      * New parameter: sxs_ehklabel - label to use for creating EHK GTI file.
      * New parameter: sxs_evtlabel - label to use for event screening.
      * New parameters: add parameters from sxssecor task.
      * New parameter: gtiadr - ADR GTI file.
      * New parameter: pxphaoffset from sxsgain and sxspha2pi tasks.
      * New parameter: acphaoffset from sxsanticopi task.
      * New feature: now run sxsseccor task.
      * New feature: now run sxsperseus task.


  * Mission Applications:

    - ahcalcl32ti:
      * New tool: compute the L32TI column from the S_TIME column and the 
        lookup table in the TIME_PACKETS extension of the TIM file.

    - ahexpmap:
      * Bug-fix: correct the instrument map CALDB query.

    - ahmkehk:
      * Behavior change: write TIMEDEL(=bintime) keyword to EHK file.
      * Behavior change: add columns: MZELV, MZDYE_ELV, and MZNTE_ELV 
        (minus-Z elevation from  earth, dayside earth, and nightside earth,
        respectively).

    - ahmkregion:
      * Bug-fix: correct problem with chatter parameter.

    - camsplot,hxiplot,sxiplot,sxsplot:
      * New tools: scripts to produce diagnostic plots of data.


  * HXI/SGD Applications:

    - hxisgddtime:
      * Bug-fix: fix case where unfiltered events were used to filter GTI.


  * SXS Applications: 

    - sxsanticolc:
      * New tool: extract SXS antico light curves and spectra using optional
        screening criteria.

    - sxsanticopi:
      * New parameter: acphaoffset - average value of random offset added to
        PHA values before applying the gain.

    - sxsflagpix:
      * New parameter: resetflags - set all STATUS bits to zero at the
        beginning of the task.
      * Bug-fix: correct the antico event counter written to the log file.
      * Bug-fix: antico flagging was not being performed when the resetflags
        parameter was set to 'yes'.
      * Bug-fix: fix an infinite loop if the last event is an antico event 

    - sxsgain:
      * New parameter: pxphaoffset - average value of random offset added to
        PHA values before applying the gain.

    - sxsperseus:
      * New tool: remove differential gain error and fiducial gain error from
        SXS event data.

    - sxspha2pi:
      * New parameter: pxphaoffset - average value of random offset added to
        PHA values before applying the gain.
      * New feature: support additional format for the scale factor CALDB file.

    - sxspixgti:
      * Behavior change: if there is no SXS GTI lost file, change output
        extension names from GTIPIXEL/GTIPIXELOFF/GTIPIXnn/GTIPIXnnOFF to 
        GTIPIXELL/GTIPIXELLOFF/GTIPIXLnn/GTIPIXLnnOFF where nn is pixel number.

    - sxssamcnt:
      * Behavior change: compute SampleCnt for lost GTI rows where the lap
        value has been reset.

    - sxsseccor:
      * New tool: correct PHA for mid-resolution, secondary (Ms) events.


  * Libraries:

    - libahmath:
      * Bug-fix: correct search routine for sawtooth functions which affected
        the ahtime task.

    - libhxisgdevtid:
      * Bug-fix: correct variable type causing problems reading SGD event files.