Suzaku science data
with Version 2 processing
Last Updated:
13 August, 2020
Changes in ver 2.0
- HXD pseudo event file (stored in hxd/event_cl) is created for each sequence.
- HXD burst ID files are created (stored in hxd/event_uf).
- XIS gti files for telemetry-unsaturated framed are created (stored in xis/hk).
- HXD and XIS gti files are moved to hxd/hk and xis/hk directories, respectively.
General file name convention
The filename for the science data is "aeXXXXXXXXXiii_N_mmmmmmmm_ll.ext.gz",
where
- "ae" stands for "Astro-E2".
- XXXXXXXXX: 9 digit sequence number of the observation.
This is identical to the directory name.
- iii: the instrument specification.
- N: Sequential number of the original telemetry files (RPT).
If 0, either there is only one RPT for the observation or files from two or more RPTs are merged.
- mmmmmmmmm: the file identifier up to 8 characters. See below for each instrument.
- ll: the file level: fits (FITS) or gif (GIF).
- ext: the file extension.
Files colored in blue are necessary for standard analysis.
HXD data (hxd/)
All files except those under 'products' are gzipped.
| Directory |
Name |
file name example |
minimum # of files |
| event_uf |
WAM unfiltered event file |
ae100006010hxd_0_wam_uf.evt.gz |
1 ( # of original RPTs) |
| WELL unfiltered event file |
ae100006010hxd_0_wel_uf.evt.gz |
1 ( # of original RPTs) |
| Burst-mode unfiltered event file |
ae100006010hxd_0_bstZZ_uf.evt.gz
*1 |
0 (# of original RPTs times # of the bursts) |
| Burst ID file |
ae100006010hxd_N_bstidt.fits.gz |
1 ( # of original RPTs) |
| event_cl |
GSO cleaned event file |
ae100006010hxd_N_gsoZZ_cl.evt.gz *2 |
1 (# of original RPTs times # of clock-rates) |
| PIN cleaned event file |
ae100006010hxd_N_pinZZ_cl.evt.gz *2 |
1 (# of original RPTs times # of clock-rates) |
| Pseudo event file |
ae100006010hxd_0_pse_cl.evt.gz |
1 |
| hk |
House keeping data |
ae100006010hxd_0.hk.gz |
1 |
| PIN gain history file |
ae100006010hxd_N_pin.ghf.gz |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| GSO gain history file |
ae100006010hxd_N_gso.ghf.gz |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| WAM gain history file |
ae100006010hxd_N_wam.ghf.gz |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| GTI files |
ae100006010hxd_1_wel_uf.gti.gz |
1 (# of original RPTs times # of the clock rate modes) |
| GTI files for telemetry-unsaturated frames |
ae100006010hxd_N_tel_uf.gti.gz |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| products |
GSO spectrum |
ae100006010hxd_0_gso_cl.pi |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| GSO light curve |
ae100006010hxd_0_gso_cl.lc |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| PIN spectrum |
ae100006010hxd_0_pin_cl.pi |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| PIN light curve |
ae100006010hxd_0_pin_cl.lc |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| WAM light curve |
ae100006010hxd_0_wam_cl.lc |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| WELL spectrum GIF files |
ae100006010hxd_0_wel_pi.gif |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
| WELL light curve GIF files |
ae100006010hxd_0_wel_lc.gif |
1 (# of original RPTs) |
*1 ZZ is a counter for burst detection.
*2 ZZ indicates the the clock rate, co (coarse), no (normal), or fi (fine).
In the normal observation, only the 'no (normal)' files are necessary.
*3 The well events are sum of the pin and gso events.
XIS data (xis/)
All files except those under 'products' are gzipped.
| Directory |
Name |
file name example |
minimum # of files |
| event_uf |
XIS unfiltered events |
ae100006010xi0_0_3x3[nb]MMMZ_uf.evt.gz *1 |
# of original RPTs times number of CCD configurations times CCD units (3 or 4) |
| event_cl |
Cleaned events |
ae100006010xi0_0_3x3[nb]MMMZ_cl.evt.gz |
number of CCD configurations times CCD units (3 or 4) |
| hk |
House keeping data |
ae100006010xi0_0.hk.gz |
CCD units (3 or 4) |
| GTI files for different CCD configurations |
ae100006010xi0_N_conf_uf.gti.gz |
# of original RPTs times units (3 or 4) |
| GTI files for telemetry-unsaturated frames |
ae100006010xi0_0_tel_uf.gti.gz |
CCD units (3 or 4) |
| products |
Source spectrum |
ae100006010xi0_0_3x3n000_sr.pi |
CCD units (3 or 4) |
| products |
Background Spectrum |
ae100006010xi0_0_3x3n000_bg.pi |
CCD units (3 or 4) |
| products |
Image in sky coordinates |
ae100006010xi0_0_3x3n000_sk.img |
CCD units (3 or 4) |
| products |
Light Curve (extracted from the 3 arc-min radius) |
ae100006010xi0_0_3x3n000_cl.lc |
CCD units (3 or 4) |
| products |
GIF image in detector coordinates |
ae100006010xis_0_im.gif |
1 |
| products |
GIF spectrum |
ae100006010xis_0_pi.gif |
1 |
| products |
GIF light curve |
ae100006010xis_0_lc.gif |
1 |
*1 [nb]MMM, n and b identify the normal window mode and burst modes, respectively.
MMM and Z are the
microcode (0-255) and
submode ID (a,b,c...y; z), respectively.
Definition of the microcodes is found in the calibration file, suzaku/xis/bcf/ae_xis_ucodelst_YYYYMMDD.fits.
Auxiliary files (auxil/)
| Name |
file name example |
| Attitude file |
ae100006010.att.gz |
| House keeping file |
ae100006010.hk.gz |
| Extended house keeping file |
ae100006010.ehk.gz |
| orbit file |
ae100006010.orb.gz |
| timing correction file |
ae100006010.tim.gz |
| 'make-filter' file |
ae100006010.mkf.gz |
| file list |
ae100006010.cat.gz |
Log files (log/)
| Name |
file name example |
| command logs |
ae100006010hxd_0.com |
| HTML information |
ae100006010_index.html |
| parameters for the processing |
ae100006010_job.par |
