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Summary of Tasks in this Section

Task Function Packages Needed
     
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 $\chi ^{2}$ xray:xspectral
hxflux commute X-ray flux from HRI count rate xray:xspectral
intrinsicspecplot script to plot the emitted and xray:xspectral
  observed spectrum  
qpspec extracts pulse height spectrum from chosen region xray:xspectral
search_grid calculates $\chi ^{2}$ 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
     
Non-PROS tasks:  
proscon conversion from pre-RDF PROS spectral tables  
  to xspec input format  
xspec XANADU spectral fitting package.  


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1998-06-10