!What's new!:
09/08/2000: new FOTlist up to 30 July 2000
12/05/2000: new response matrices available: in total 400 ! for 25 pixel positions, 8 epochs and 2 WFCs
12/05/2000: tool to select response matrix
07/01/2000: update WFC analysis walk through
05/01/2000: new patches for cdi_stability.c (Stage II) and wgain.f (Stage I)
(click with right mouse button to retrieve, put these files in your WFC software distribution directories /src/cdi and /src/wgain, respectively).
The cdi_stability.c patch solves the pixel -> coordinate problem with cdi described below.
Wide Field Camera (WFC) software
has been developed by Gerrit Wiersma and Jaap Schuurmans at
SRU/SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands (SRON WFC site).
All product files created by this package are in ascii or
FITS format (OGIP compatible)(link to NASA FITS support Office) . The dialogue with the programs is through runstring and
parameter files.
This software is available for DEC Unix 3.2 and HP-UX operating systems.
It uses FTOOLS4.0 (but not FTOOLS4.2 !) and currently runs on various platforms at least at Utrecht (SRON: HP),
Rome (SAX/SDC: both HP and DEC, IAS: DEC, 2 installations) ,
Palermo (GIFCO, University of Palermo: DEC) and Napoli (Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte: DEC). At the INTEGRAL SDC in Versoix, Switzerland, local users
made the software run under Solaris 2.5 on a SUN system. Finally, at Goddard Space Flight Center (USA) the software now runs under SunOS 5.6.
The software package (accompanied by a release and specific installation note) is freely available at the SAX SDC ftp server. The latest version available is 105-108 of July 20, 1998.
You can test your installation of the software by applying it to
Crab test data.
This data is supplied both in FOT and FITS format (see the helpfile). If you have
difficulty transferring these data (or other problems, comments or queries) , contact the address given below.
In the WFC Cookbook, which is included in the WFC Software distribution, it is stated erroneously that a programme "wresp" is available to generate response matrices for a given pixelposition of each WFC. Instead, in total 400 response matrices for 25 positions for each WFC and for 8 epochs (because the gain varies in time) have been made available.
Click here with right mouse button (Save link as ..) to retrieve gzipped tar file of 16.4Mbyte containing matrices + explanation,
Click here with right mouse (Save link as ..) to retrieve perl script tool to select appropriate response matrix.
Installation help:
General instructions
Specific help for software version105108
Software version 105108 release notes
Known bug now solved with new cerr.c. Click on right mouse button to retrieve
Patch for cdi: reading goodtime interval files.
Patch for pixel -> coordinate projection. However, the cdi_stability.c patch of 05/01/2000 replaces the one in the 0209
99.tar.gz file
Analysis help:
Data flow
General software help
A walk through basic WFC data reduction
Detector efficiency:
Energy-efficiency plot for WFC1
Spectral calibration:
Channel-energy conversion table
Channel-energy band plot
Crab on axis spectral calibration
Flux calibration:
Crab flux in WFC1 over 2 years (8/96 - 10/98)
Cas A flux in WFC1 over 1 year (7/96 - 8/97)
Position calibration:
Energy dependence of off-set Crab position
List of all WFC FOTS:
List of all tapes with WFC data
FOT quality:
WFC FOT quality report 16/07/2004 prepared by SRON, The Netherlands
(Retrieve by pressing your rightmost mousebutton and choosing Save link in pop-up menu)
FAQ:
Frequently Asked Miscellaneous Questions (e.g., examples of images, effective area, sensitivity limit, star trackers)
LINKS:
The beautiful WFC site at SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands
This page is maintained by J.M. Muller (SRON/SAX-SDC)[
mail to muller@napa.sdc.asi.it,
homepage ]
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Latest update: August 09, 2000
