! ! THE NuSTAR SSDC SIMULATOR ! EXAMPLE of input file for the simulation of pointlike sources ! ! The first non-blank or uncommented line,(i.e. without a "!" at the beginning) ! must include the EQUINOX to be used for the coordinates and the ENERGY RANGE ! in units of keV, where the X-ray flux is calculated. ! The following uncommented lines (one line per source, up to 10,000 lines) ! must include the RA and DEC, the source X-RAY FLUX ! the SPECTRAL MODEL to be used for the simulation and the SPECTRAL PARAMETERS ! for the chosen models. (Please use the same format as in the examples) ! ! PLEASE note that the FIELD CENTER will be set to the position of ! of the FIRST source in the list which will therefore become the TARGET of the ! simulated field ! ! The simulator supports the XSPEC models described below ! See the XSPEC manual for more detailed models description ! ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! model name: wabs ! ! description: Photoelectric absorption using Morrison and McCammon ! cross-sections ! always used in conjunction (multiplied) with one of the allowed models ! described below) ! parameters NH in units of atoms*cm-2 , e.g. 3.e20 ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! model name: powerlaw ! ! description: Simple photon power law. [A(E) = K (E/1 keV)**(-par1)] ! parameters : par1 (photon index) ! example (absorbed power law) ! NH par1 unused unused !100.000 -20.0000 1.00e-13 wabs powerlaw 3.0e20 1.5 0. 0. ! ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! model name: bkn ! ! description: Broken powerlaw ! A(E) = K * (E/1 keV)**-par1 for E < par2 ! = K * par2**(par3-par1) * (E/1 keV)**-par3 for E > par2 ! parameters : par1, par2, par3 ! example (absorbed broken power law) ! NH par1 ener par3 ! break !100.000 -20.0000 2.00e-13 wabs bkn 1.63e21 1.8 3. 2.4 ! ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! model name: bremss ! ! description: Thermal bremsstrahlung spectrum ! parameters : par1=plasma temperature in keV ! example (absorbed bremss) !100.000 -20.0000 1.00e-13 wabs bremss 4.0e20 5.0 0. 0. ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! ! ---------- PART USED BY SIMULATOR STARTS HERE ---------- ! ! equinox energy range for fluxes 2000. 5. 10. ! ! ra dec flux models parameters ! degrees degrees erg/cm2/s ! 356.770 51.7050 2.00e-13 wabs bkn 1.63e21 1.8 3. 2.4 356.680 51.7030 8.12e-12 wabs powerlaw 3.90e20 1.7 0. 0. 356.800 51.7100 1.83e-13 wabs bremss 3.90e20 5.0 0. 0. ! other sources (up to a total of 10,000) may be added