C. List of Files

This is a list of the temporary files that Xselect produces as it runs.

• xsel_hist.xsl – temporary file for spectral data
• xsel_qdp_curve.xsl – temporary file for the QDP light curve data
• xsel_fits_curve.xsl – temporary file for the FITS light curve
• xsel_image.xsl – temporary file for the image
• xsel_image_smoothed.xsl – the smoothed image made by SMOOTH
• xsel_region.xsl – input region file for EXTRACT
• xsel_detector.xsl – detector filter file
• xsel_fits_in.xsl – list of input FITS GTI files for EXTRACT
• xsel_mkf_out.xsl – fits timing file from the SELECT MKF
• xsel_all_gti.xsl – merged GTI file passed to the extractor
• xsel_ascii_in.xsl – input ascii timing file for EXTRACT
• xsel_ascii_out.xsl – cumulative timing file, computed by EXTRACT
• xsel_xronos_in.xsl – input Xronos window file for EXTRACT
• xsel_xronos_phase.xsl – xronos window file containing phase selections
• xsel_phase.nnn.xsl – the phase-filter stack window files, one per FILTER PHASE invocation
• xsel_xronos_out.xsl – output Xronos window file computed by EXTRACT
• xsel_hksel_out.xsl – is the FITS timing file from SELECT HK
• xsel_hotpixel.xsl – hot pixel list from SISCLEAN
• xsel_in_event.xsl – output events file from SISCLEAN, overrides other input to EXTRACT if present
• xsel_out_event.xsl – output events file from EXTRACT
• xsel_merged.xsl – temporary file for a merged event dataset.
• xsel_mergti.xsl – temporary file for the GTI associated with xsel_merged.xsl
• xsel_merghk.xsl – temporary file for the merged HK files
• xsel_work1 – root name for events workspace 1
• xsel_work2 – root name for events workspace 2
• xsel_workgti1 – root name for GTI workspace 1
• xsel_workgti2 – root name for GTI workspace 2
• xsel_workhk1 – root name for HK workspace 1
• xsel_workhk2 – root name for HK workspace 2
• xsel_ffcurve.fits – MKF curve file from MKFBIN
• xsel_mermkf.xsl – the temporary merged MKF file
• xsel_hkcurve.fits – the HK curve file from HKBIN
• xsel_cursor_gti.nnn.xsl – the cursor timing files from FILTER TIME CURSOR
• xsel_keybd_gti.nnn.xsl – the keyboard timing files from FILTER TIME UT/SCC/MJD
• xsel_intensity_gti.nnn.xsl – the intensity selection GTIs from FILTER INTENSITY
• xsel_temp.xsl – general purpose temp file
• xsel_session.xsl – stores the saved session data
• xsel_dfe.xsl – Dark Frame Error output from FAINT
• xsel_xsel.run – script file for the spawned Ftools
• xsel_files.tmp – temp file for file lists
• xsel_error.tmp – error output captured from spawned commands

In addition, the multi-axis fanned extraction (extract spectrum per=...) writes one spectrum per cell in the workspace, with the cell suffix _r$<$N$>$_p$<$N$>$_t$<$N$>$ (only the suffixes for the active axes are present) inserted before the extension.