3.2.3 Obtaining count rate data


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3.2.3 Obtaining count rate data

HXT count rate data (in units of cts/s/SC) in the four energy bands are obtained by the following command:
IDL> ave = ave_cts(index,data,time=time)
The count rate data are derived as an average of count rates from the 64 subcollimator outputs. The variable ave itself has no time tag in it. Instead, the variable time contains necessary information on time tag (pre-storage of HXT data taken into account). Time profiles of count rates in e.g. the M1 band are displayed by:
IDL> utplot,time,ave(1,*,*),index(0)
This is just what is done in HXT_4CHPLOT.


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