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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
SPI in HEAVENS
SPI Data Analysis Interface (SPIDAI)
Instrument Definition
Scientific Performance Summary
Instrument Description
The Overall Design
The Passive Mask
The Detectors
Event Types
Pulse Shape Discriminator (PSD)
Anti-Coincidence Shield (ACS)
The Plastic Scintillator Anti Coincidence Subassembly (PSAC)
Electronics
Operating Modes
Dithering Strategy
Performance of the Instrument
Background handling
Instrumental Characterization and Calibration
Measured Performance
Data Analysis
Overview
Cookbook
Setting up the analysis environment
Observation Group (OG) creation
Image reconstruction without input catalogue
Image reconstruction with catalogue information
Spectral Extraction
Light-curves
Spectral extraction of variable sources
Broad band spectrum using spiros
Spectral Extraction using spimodfit
Phase Resolved Analysis
Gamma Ray Burst imaging
Gamma Ray Burst spectroscopy
Tips and Tricks
Example of command-line run
Repeating and saving analyses
Pseudo-detectors and detector list
Catalogue extraction
Event energy correction
Event binning, GTI and dead times
Background modeling
Image reconstruction
Biases from bright sources ``just outside the image FoV''
Spectral extraction
Converging on a good solution - checking residuals
High time resolution with SPI
SPI failed detectors
Annealing phases
Instrument modes and SPI data
Crowded fields
Fitting SPI spectra using XSPEC
Using a spiros output catalogue in input (source_res.fits to source_cat.fits)
Adding a new parameter in a spi_science_analysis analysis
GTIs in SPI data analysis
Data analysis steps
Catalog source extraction - CAT_EXTRACT
Energy correction - SPI_GAIN_CORR
Pointing definition - SPI_OBS_POINT
Energy bin definition and events binning
Background model generation - SPI_OBS_BACK
Image reconstruction and spectral extraction - spiros
Spectral Extraction - SPMODFIT
Response interpolation - SPIRMF
Image reconstruction - SPISKYMAX
Cleaning Tool - SPI_CLEAN
Additional tools
SPI_SPECTRAL_DISPLAY
SPI_DSP_DISPLAY
Known limitations
Bibliography
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