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194 APPENDIX E. BAT SOFTWARE REVISION HISTORY
batsumdph (SA)
*battblocks (CM) [new tool]
Tools marked with a * are either new or have had significant updates in
functionality since Build 5.0.
Libraries
batutils - NEW LIBRARY
This library contains general purpose BAT functions including the
caldb access routines (wrappers which call HDgtcalf), the batidconvert
function used by many tools and several functions used by one or more
tools. Also a general-purpose include file bat_gswdev.h is included
here. Several of these tools have been moved from other libraries.
Modifications to tools which were released in Build 4
batbinevt -- SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
This tool has undergone significant revisions. batbinevt now accepts
as input both events and BAT detector plane histograms (DPHs). It
produces as output any one of light curve, spectrum, DPH, or detector
plane image (DPI). The DPIs can be of two types: one per image
extension (outtype=DPI); or many in a single binary table (DPITAB).
Users can choose whether the output should be weighted or not (new
’weighted’ parameter); or whether the output should be in counts or
counts/s. Input column names are now selectable.
For time binning, the ’gti’ time binning method now preserves all bin
edges, even when the are adjoining; a new ’infile’ binning method
preserves the original time binning of the input if it is a DPH.
Energy bins can be specified on the command line, or accessed via
CALDB. This tool now uses the headas_gti.c library routine instead of
its internal one.
batcelldetect -- SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
batcelldetect can now read and analyze multiple images in a single
run. The images must be in a single file, either as one per image
extension, or in a binary table of images. The output catalog will
contain a vector of fluxes instead of a scalar. batcelldetect now
handles the SOURCE_ID catalog column.
The requirements for detecting a new source have been made more
stringent. The background variance must be significant; also, a
minimum number of pixels must be found (4).
batcelldetect can now be restricted to only positive peaks (pospeaks
parameter). Coordinates in the GRMC and BAT Science theta/phi systems