4.14 How to Fit SXT Spectra (McTiernan) [*]


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4.14 How to Fit SXT Spectra (McTiernan) [*]

A general discussion of the McTiernan spectral fitting programs is given on page gif in the description of fitting WBS spectra.

Also available are spectrometer-type fits for SXT data. In order to do this, the regular SXT filter response functions are rewritten as if they are spectrometer channel response curves. SXT_FSP calls SXT_PREP and SXT_INTERP to get the data in the appropriate form. Then the routine ANY_FSP is called, which does the spectral fit in the same manner as the HXS or HXT. Only two types of fits can be used for SXT_FSP, the thermal SXR lines fit (tyspec ) or the single power law fit (tyspec ). Thus it is possible to get single temperature fits using three or more filters. SXTBOX_FSP does the same thing, except for regions chosen by the user, as in HXTBOX_FSP.


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