| Task |
Function |
Packages Needed |
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| bal_plot |
plots the BAL histogram( Einstein IPC only) |
xray:xspectral |
| counts_plot |
plots observed and model spectra on
screen |
xray:xspectral |
| dofitplot |
script to run fit and counts_plot |
xray:xspectral |
| downspecrdf |
convert input spectral data from RDF to pre-RDF
format |
xray:xspectral |
| fit |
minimizing fit of model to pulse height spectrum |
xray:xspectral |
| grid_plot |
plots contours of constant  |
xray:xspectral |
| hxflux |
commute X-ray flux from HRI count rate |
xray:xspectral |
| intrinsicspecplot |
script to plot the emitted and |
xray:xspectral |
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observed spectrum |
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| qpspec |
extracts pulse height spectrum from chosen
region |
xray:xspectral |
| search_grid |
calculates
for grid of parameters |
xray:xspectral |
| show_models |
display the current model parameters |
xray:xspectral |
| singlefit |
fixed parameter model fit |
xray:xspectral |
| upspecrdf |
convert input spectral data from pre-RDF to RDF
format |
xray:xspectral |
| xflux |
compute x-ray from models |
xray:xspectral |
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| Non-PROS tasks: |
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| proscon |
conversion from pre-RDF PROS spectral tables |
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to xspec input format |
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| xspec |
XANADU spectral fitting package. |
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