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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"><title>ctobssim</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen,print" href="ctools.css">
<meta content="Jurgen Knodlseder" name="author">
<meta content="CTA observation simulation tool" name="description">
</head>
<body>
<p class="Header">ctobssim</p>
<p class="Body">Observation simulator.</p>
<br>
<p class="Title">Synopsis</p>
<p style="padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;" class="Body">Generate
photon events from astrophysical sources and process those photons
according to the specified instrument response functions and generate
instrumental background events.</p>
<br>
<p class="Title">Links</p>
<ul class="Body">
<li><a href="ftools_usage.html">Basic FTOOL
Parameter Usage</a></li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;" class="Body"></p>
<br>
<p class="Title">General parameters</p>
<table id="table1" class="Body" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>infile
[file]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">XML file that describes the
astrophysical sources and the instrumental background.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>outfile
[file]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Output event list or observation definition file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(prefix
= "sim_")
[string]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Prefix for event list in
observation definition file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>caldb
[string]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Calibration database repository.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>irf
[string]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Instrumental response function that
should be used for event generation.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(seed
= 1) [integer]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Integer seed value to be used for
Monte Carlo simulations.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>ra
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Right Ascension of CTA pointing
(J2000, in degrees).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>dec
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Declination of CTA pointing (J2000,
in degrees).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>rad
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Radius of CTA field of view
(simulation cone radius) (in degrees).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>tmin
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Mission elapsed start time of
observation (in seconds).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>tmax
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Mission elapsed stop time of
observation (in seconds).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>emin
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Lower energy limit of events (in
TeV).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>emax
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Upper energy limit of events (in
TeV).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>edisp
[bool]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Apply energy dispersion?</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(deadc
= 0.95)
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Average deadtime correction factor.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="Title">Standard parameters</p>
<table id="table1" class="Body" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(chatter
= 2) [integer]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Verbosity of the executable:<br>
<code>chatter = 0</code>: no information will be
logged<br>
<code>chatter = 1</code>: only errors will be logged<br>
<code>chatter = 2</code>: errors and actions will be
logged<br>
<code>chatter = 3</code>: report about the task
execution<br>
<code>chatter = 4</code>: detailed report about the
task execution</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(clobber
= yes) [boolean]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Specifies whether an existing output
event list should be overwritten.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(debug
= no) [boolean]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Enables debug mode. In debug mode
the executable will dump any log file output in the console.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(mode
= ql) [string]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<td width="525">Mode of automatic parameters.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td width="525"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
<p class="Title">Related FTOOLS</p>
<br>
<hr size="1">
<p class="Body">Last updated by: Jürgen
Knödlseder 14 September
2012
</p>
<br>
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