From c6aa9b8ea448253ae04332eaf30521563862bbdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jürgen Knödlseder Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 10:32:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Correct documentation on units of spectral models (#1557) --- doc/source/users/user_manual/getting_started/models.rst | 20 ++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/users/user_manual/getting_started/models.rst b/doc/source/users/user_manual/getting_started/models.rst index 03ee6c4..08b45aa 100644 --- a/doc/source/users/user_manual/getting_started/models.rst +++ b/doc/source/users/user_manual/getting_started/models.rst @@ -374,26 +374,18 @@ in ctools. Source intensities are generally given in units of :math:`{\rm ph}\,\,{\rm cm}^{-2}\,{\rm s}^{-1}\,{\rm MeV}^{-1}`. - Exceptions to this rule exist for the following spatial models: - - - ``DiffuseIsotropic``: intensity units are given per steradian, e.g. - :math:`{\rm ph}\,\,{\rm cm}^{-2}\,{\rm s}^{-1}\,{\rm MeV}^{-1}\,{\rm sr}^{-1}` - - - ``DiffuseMapCube``: intensities are unitless, the spectral model - presents a relative scaling of the diffuse model + An exception to this rule exists for the ``DiffuseMapCube`` spatial + model where intensities are unitless and the spectral model presents a + relative scaling of the diffuse model cube values. If spectral models are used for a background model component, intensity units are generally given in :math:`{\rm counts}\,\,{\rm cm}^{-2}\,{\rm s}^{-1}\,{\rm MeV}^{-1}\,{\rm sr}^{-1}` and correspond to the on-axis count rate. - Exceptions to this rule exist for the following spatial models: - - - ``CTAIrfBackground``: intensities are unitless, the spectral model - presents a relative scaling of the background model - - - ``CTACubeBackground``: intensities are unitless, the spectral model - presents a relative scaling of the background model + Exceptions to this rule exist for the ``CTAIrfBackground`` and + ``CTACubeBackground`` models where intensities are unitless and the spectral + model presents a relative scaling of the background model values. Constant -- libgit2 0.21.4