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<p class="Header">cssens</p>
<p class="Body">Computes the CTA sensitivity for a number
of energy bins.</p>
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<p class="Title">Synopsis</p>
<p style="padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;" class="Body">Computes
the CTA sensitivity for a number of energy bins using <a href="ctlike.html">ctlike</a>. Crab spectra are fitted
in narrow energy bins to simulated data, and the flux level is
determined that leads to a particular significance.</p>
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<p class="Title">Links</p>
<ul class="Body">
<li><a href="ftools_usage.html">Basic FTOOL
Parameter Usage</a></li>
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<p class="Title">General parameters</p>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>outfile
[file]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">ASCII file containing the
sensitivity
values.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>caldb
[string]</strong></span></td>
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<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Calibration database repository.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>irf
[string]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Instrumental response function that
should be used for event generation.</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>type
[string]</strong></span></td>
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<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Source model type
(point/gauss/shell/disk).</td>
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<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>offset
[double]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Source offset angle&nbsp;(in
degrees).</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>bkg
[string]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Background model file function
(none=power law for subarray E).</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>duration
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Effective exposure time (in seconds).</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>rad
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Radius of ROI (in degrees).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(enumbins = 0)
[integer]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Number of energy bins (0=unbinned).</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(npix = 200)
[integer]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Number of pixels for binned analysis.</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(binsz = 0.05)
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Pixel size for binned analysis.</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(sigma = 5.0)
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Significance threshold.</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(ts_use = yes)
[boolean]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Use TS for signifiance estimation?</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(index = -2.48)
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Spectral index for source model.</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(radius = 0.1)
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Extended source model radius (in degrees).</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(width = 0.05)
[double]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Extended source model width (in degrees).</td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(max_iter = 50)
[integer]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Maximum number of iterations.</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(num_avg = 3)
[integer]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Number of iterations for sliding average.</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<p class="Title">Standard parameters</p>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(chatter
= 2) [integer]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</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>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(clobber
= yes) [boolean]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Specifies whether an existing output
event list should be overwritten.</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(debug
= no) [boolean]</strong></span></td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Enables debug mode. In debug mode
the executable will dump any log file output in the console.</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><span class="irafpar"><strong>(mode
= ql) [string]</strong></span></td>
</tr>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="25">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">Mode of automatic parameters.</td>
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<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="525">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<p class="Title">Related FTOOLS</p>
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<p class="Body">Last updated by: J&uuml;rgen
Kn&ouml;dlseder 21 December
2012
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