- Create and search a hierarchical FITS database for each observation;
select data sets for analysis based on time, source, instrument and/or subsystem, AppId and/or configuration.
- Selectively untar portions of the database.
- With PCA data:
- Extract light curves and spectra for the following PCA data modes and configurations: Standard 1, Standard 2, all Binned and
Single-bit modes, all Event modes, Good Xenon mode, Burst modes, Transparent mode. (Light curves/spectra can be extracted separately by detector/layer, where the data include detector/anode ID.)
- Select PCA data based on the following types of filter:
time; channel (i.e. pulse height, energy); detector/anode ID; phase; intensity.
- Combine PCA spectra obtained concurrently
but created separately from Low-energy Binned mode data and Event mode data.
- Apply PCA gain and offset information.
- Correct PCA spectra and light curves for deadtime.
- Create PCA spectral response matrices,
combining layers and detectors as necessary, using an easy-to-run script.
- Create a model of the PCA background spectrum and light curve.
For the latest news about PCA background models, please consult the Calibration Information page.
- Apply collimator corrections to PCA light curves.
- Combine concurrent single bit mode data configurations into a
single science array file.
- With HEXTE data:
- Apply barycentric corrections to PCA and HEXTE light curves and to science array and science event data.
- Timing analysis:
create light curves, hardness ratios,
color-color plots (no background subtraction); search for QPOs; perform
autocorrelation, cross-correlation and time skewness analyses of time
series data [using HEASARC's XRONOS package]; create phase binned spectra and light curves for Single EA event, GoodXenon, Binned, Single-bit, and Pulsar-fold modes using fasebin tools.
- Perform all the above types of analysis using tools and Perl scripts on the command line.
- Perform some of the above types of analysis using XSELECT.
For RXTE, this tool currently supports: analysis of Standard2 data;
creating good time intervals from the filter file; extracting light
curves and spectra; creating background spectra and light curves.
- Perform automatic screening of data based on orbital, attitude, HK information etc.
