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Contents
Data Analysis
Subsections
Overview
Cookbook
Setting up the analysis environment
Input data organization
Downloading data from the ISDC archive
Setting the software environment
Observation Group (OG) creation
Image reconstruction without input catalogue
Data screening
Image reconstruction with catalogue information
Creating a new source_cat.fits file
Using a source_cat.fits file in the analysis
Spectral Extraction
Light-curves
Spectral extraction of variable sources
Broad band spectrum using
spiros
Spectral Extraction using
spimodfit
Further settings
Phase Resolved Analysis
Input ephemeris file
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
SPIBOUNDS
SPI_OBS_HIST
SPI_ADD_SIM
Background model generation - SPI_OBS_BACK
Image reconstruction and spectral extraction -
spiros
IMAGING mode
SPECTRAL extraction mode
TIMING analysis mode
Parameter list
Spectral Extraction - SPMODFIT
Use of
spimodfit
spimodfit_analysis script
Use and syntax of the parameter file
Suggested settings for point source analysis
Response interpolation - SPIRMF
Image reconstruction - SPISKYMAX
Cleaning Tool - SPI_CLEAN
Additional tools
SPI_SPECTRAL_DISPLAY
SPI_DSP_DISPLAY
Known limitations
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