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E.15. SWIFT BAT SOFTWARE BUILD 17: 2005 NOV 03 215
* PARAMETER CHANGE: several apertures can be chosen from CALDB;
use the "CALDB:flux" aperture by default
batmasktaglc
* PARAMETER CHANGE: scale=1.3 is a new scale factor to account
for the error in the flight software mask tagging
* Task now writes a SCALEAPP keyword to record the scale factor used
batmaskwtevt
* PARAMETER CHANGE: several apertures can be chosen from CALDB;
use the "CALDB:flux" aperture by default
* BUG FIX for the flat field correction
NOTE: this fix means that previous analysis must be re-run
batmaskwtimg
* PARAMETER CHANGE: several apertures can be chosen from CALDB;
use the "CALDB:flux" aperture by default
* BUG FIX for the flat field correction
NOTE: this fix means that previous analysis must be re-run
* NEW PARAMETER: outtype, which selects the filter applied to the
output image
* NEW PARAMETER: combmeth, which controls how multiple output
images are combined (if at all)
batupdatephakw
* the task now handles both type I and type II spectral files,
in order to be compatible with changes to batbinevt.
Tasks batevt2dpi, batgse2dpi, batgse2dph, and batmasktagpha are
considered obsolete, and/or not for end users.
E.15 Swift BAT Software Build 17: 2005 Nov 03
1. Overview
This build contains improvements and fixes to many tools.
All unit tests pass, and are based on the "production" version of the
BAT caldb as of Nov 3.
2. Summary of tool changes
Revised tools
batbinevt
* The task now uses the HDUCLAS2 keyword to determine how errors
should be computed; for a batclean map with HDUCLAS2=’PREDICTED’