create_rmf

Context: data

Synopsis

Create an RMF.

Syntax

create_rmf(rmflo, rmfhi, startchan=1, e_min=None, e_max=None,
ethresh=None, fname=None, name='delta-rmf')

rmflo - array
rmfhi - array
startchan - int, optional
e_min - None or array, optional
e_max - None or array, optional
ethresh - number or None, optional
fname - None or str, optional
name - str, optional

Description

If fname is set to `None` then this creats a "perfect" RMF, which has a delta-function response (so each channel uniquely maps to a single energy bin), otherwise the RMF is taken from the image data stored in the file pointed to by `fname` .

PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter	Definition
rmflo	The energy bins (low and high, in keV) for the RMF. It is assumed that emfhi_i > rmflo_i, rmflo_j > 0, that the energy bins are either ascending, so rmflo_i+1 > rmflo_i or descending (rmflo_i+1 < rmflo_i), and that there are no overlaps. These correspond to the Elow and Ehigh columns (represented by the ENERG_LO and ENERG_HI columns of the MATRIX block) of the OGIP standard.
rmfhi	The energy bins (low and high, in keV) for the RMF. It is assumed that emfhi_i > rmflo_i, rmflo_j > 0, that the energy bins are either ascending, so rmflo_i+1 > rmflo_i or descending (rmflo_i+1 < rmflo_i), and that there are no overlaps. These correspond to the Elow and Ehigh columns (represented by the ENERG_LO and ENERG_HI columns of the MATRIX block) of the OGIP standard.
startchan	The starting channel number: expected to be 0 or 1 but this is not enforced.
e_min	The E_MIN and E_MAX columns of the EBOUNDS block of the RMF.
e_max	The E_MIN and E_MAX columns of the EBOUNDS block of the RMF.
ethresh	Passed through to the DataRMF call. It controls whether zero-energy bins are replaced.
fname	If None then a "perfect" RMF is generated, otherwise it gives the name of the two-dimensional image file which stores the response information (the format of this file matches that created by the CIAO tool rmfimg [https://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/ahelp/rmfimg.html] ).
name	The name of the RMF data set

Changes in CIAO

Added in CIAO 4.11

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.