HESSI Data Object Parameters:  Forward Fit Algorithm Parameters

 

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Name Main Object Control / Info* Description Default Units Range Type** User Level*** Class
ff_back_sec Image Info FF Alg: Background photon rate (photons/s SC) -- -- -- float N/A hsi_forwardfit
ff_background_det Image Control FF Alg: If set, forward-fit includes detector background in time profiles 0 -- 0 - 1 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_background_map Image Control FF Alg: If set, forward-fit includes background of unmodulated sources 0 -- 0 - 1 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_chi_ff Image Info FF Alg: C-statistic of 9 detectors -- N/A -- float(9) N/A hsi_forwardfit
ff_chiav_ff Image Info FF Alg: Average of C-statistic of detectors used in reconstruction -- N/A -- float N/A hsi_forwardfit
ff_coeff_ff Image Info FF Alg: Coefficients -- N/A -- pointer N/A hsi_forwardfit
ff_cts_sec Image Info FF Alg: Detected count rate (cts/s) -- -- -- float N/A hsi_forwardfit
ff_det_index_mask_used Image Info FF Alg: Byte array showing which detectors were used to construct average used for normalization -- -- -- byte(9) N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_fixed_pixel Image Control FF Alg: If set, disable automated pixel adjustment 1 N/A 0 - 1 int Advanced hsi_forwardfit
ff_ftol Image Control FF Alg: Tolerance for convergence 0.0001 N/A >0 float Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_init_set Image Control FF Alg: Choose method for initializing parameters 0 -- 0 - 1 int Advanced hsi_forwardfit
ff_min_sigma Image Control FF Alg: Minimum sigma in modulation for a detector to be included 0.0 N/A -- float Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_minsep Image Control FF Alg: Minimum separation required between centroids of adjacent gaussians 0.0 arcsec >0 float Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_n_event_used Image Info FF Alg: Total counts in each detector used to make image -- -- -- long(9) N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_n_gaussians Image Control FF Alg: Number of gaussian components 1 N/A >1 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_n_par Image Control FF Alg: Number of free parameters per gaussian component 4 N/A 4,6,7 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_nitmax Image Control FF Alg: Max number of iterations 10 N/A >3 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_peak_flux Image Info FF Alg: Normalized gaussian amplitude of peak of image (photons/s/cm2) -- cts/(s cm^2 asec^2) -- float N/A hsi_forwardfit
ff_phot_sec Image Info FF Alg: Incident photon rate (photons/s) -- photons/sec -- float N/A hsi_forwardfit
ff_pixelized Image Control FF Alg: Not implemented yet 1 N/A 0 - 1 int Advanced hsi_forwardfit
ff_profile_coeff Image Info FF Alg: Consant, slope, correlation of fit of predicted to observed profile -- -- -- float(3,9) N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_profile_cstat Image Info FF Alg: Goodness of fit of image for each detector from comparison of predicted and observed profiles -- -- -- float(9) N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_profile_mc_cstat Image Info FF Alg: Monte Carlo C-statistic for each detector -- -- -- float(9) N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_profile_mc_fwhm Image Info FF Alg: Monte Carlo FWHM for each detector -- -- -- float(9) N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_profile_mc_tot_cstat Image Info FF Alg: Monte Carlo C-statistic for all detectors -- -- -- float N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_profile_mc_tot_fwhm Image Info FF Alg: Monte Carlo FWHM for all detectors -- -- -- float N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_profile_tot_cstat Image Info FF Alg: Overall goodness of fit of image from comparison of predicted and observed profiles' -- -- -- float N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_progress_bar Image Control FF Alg: If set, show progress bar with cancel option 1 N/A 0 - 1 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_savefile Image Control FF Alg: If set, save intermediate plots (PS file) and parameters (IDL save file) 0 N/A 0 - 1 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_savename Image Control FF Alg: Name of file to write if ff_savefile is set hsi_forwardfit.sav -- -- string Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_testplot Image Control FF Alg: If set, show intermediate plots 0 N/A 0 - 1 int Standard hsi_forwardfit
ff_viscomp_chisq_alldet Image Info FF Alg: Visibility comparison reduced chisq for all detectors -- -- -- float N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_viscomp_chisq_detsep Image Info FF Alg: Visibility comparison reduced chisq for each detector separately -- -- -- float(9) N/A hsi_image_alg
ff_viscomp_chisq_detused Image Info FF Alg: Visibility comparison reduced chisq for all detectors used in image -- -- -- float N/A hsi_image_alg

* Control Parameters are set by the user to control the software; Info parameters are informational output parameters.

** Note that for parameters whose type is 'pointer', you can set the parameter without making it a pointer first - the object will take care of that.  And when you retrieve a parameter that is a pointer, unless you use the /NO_DEREFERENCE keyword on the call to GET, the contents of the pointer will be returned, not the pointer.

*** User Levels are:
   Standard - parameters that most users will want to set
   Advanced - parameters that require a high level of familiarity with the software
   Expert - parameters that should never be set by users

Last updated 21-Dec-2020 by Kim Tolbert , 301-286-3965