IRFs for the SPI pipeline

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Response matrices for the SPI pipeline

last update of this page: 12.3.2007

On this page you find the IRFs and RMFs which can be used for the SPI data. All response matrices have been derived at the EUD at NASA/GSFC. You can either download the IRFs from this page by clicking on the file names (gzipped tar files), or by using the indices of the IRFs in the parameter files (the exact file names which have to be included in e.g. spi_science_analysis.par, spiskymax.par, and spiros.par are given in the table below) in case you work on the GSFC or ISDC system.

IRF download Size Description
Mai 2005 IRFs (rev. 1-139) 460 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84) for data revolution 1-139
  • release date:
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index location (GSFC): /data/tgrosf3/beckmann/IRF/noDeadDets_eff_corr/spi_irf_grp_0018.fits[GROUPING]
  • IRF index location (ISDC): /isdc/scratch1/spi_int/IRF_May2005/noDeadDets/spi_irf_grp_0018.fits[GROUPING]
Mai 2005 IRFs (rev. 140-214) 460 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84) for data revolution 140-214
  • release date:
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index location (GSFC): /data/tgrosf3/beckmann/IRF/oneDeadDet_eff_corr/spi_irf_grp_0019.fits[GROUPING]
  • IRF index location (ISDC): /isdc/scratch1/spi_int/IRF_May2005/oneDeadDet/spi_irf_grp_0019.fits[GROUPING]
Mai 2005 IRFs (after rev. 214) 460 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84) for data after revolution 214
  • release date:
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index location (GSFC): /data/tgrosf3/beckmann/IRF/twoDeadDets_eff_corr/spi_irf_grp_0020.fits[GROUPING]
  • IRF index location (ISDC): /isdc/scratch1/spi_int/IRF_May2005/twoDeadDets/spi_irf_grp_0020.fits[GROUPING]
September 2004 RMF 40 kByte
  • the three RMFs for PSD + single events in one RMF
  • this one can be re-binned using spirmf
  • use this for your SPIROS output spectra in XSPEC for data after revolution 214
  • release date:
  • 100 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • location at GSFC: /data/tgrosf3/beckmann/IRF/SPIROS_RMF_Sep04/spi_rmf_grp_0004.fits
May 2004 RMF 40 kByte
  • the three RMFs for PSD + single events in one RMF
  • this one can be re-binned using spirmf
  • use this for your SPIROS output spectra in XSPEC for data in revolution 140 - 214
  • release date:
  • 100 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • location: ${REP_BASE_PROD}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_rmf_grp_0003.fits
July 2003 RMF 40 kByte
  • the three RMFs for PSD + single events in one RMF
  • this one can be re-binned using spirmf
  • use this for your SPIROS output spectra in XSPEC for data before revolution 140
  • 100 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • location: ${REP_BASE_PROD}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_rmf_grp_0002.fits

Historic IRFs and RMFs

IRF download Size Description
November 2004 IRFs (0-84) 460 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84) for data after revolution 214
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index location (GSFC): /data/tgrosf3/beckmann/IRF/IRF_November2004/spi_irf_grp_0017.fits[GROUPING]
  • IRF index location (ISDC): ${REP_BASE_PROD}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_irf_grp_0017.fits[GROUPING]
May 2004 IRFs (0-84) 460 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84) for data in revolution 140 - 214
  • release date:
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index location: ${REP_BASE_PROD}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_irf_grp_0016.fits[GROUPING]
July 2003 IRFs (0-84) 262 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84) for data before revolution 140
  • release date:
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index: ${REP_BASE_PROD}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_irf_grp_0015.fits[GROUPING]
May 2003 IRFs (0-84) 261 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84)
  • release date: May 2003
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index: ${ISDC_IC_TREE}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_irf_grp_0014.fits[GROUPING]
November 2002 IRFs (0-84) 262 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84)
  • release date: November 6, 2002
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index: ${ISDC_IC_TREE}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_irf_grp_0013.fits[GROUPING]
April 2002 IRFs (0-84) 262 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84)
  • release date: April 29, 2002
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index: ${ISDC_IC_TREE}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_irf_grp_0011.fits[GROUPING]
April 2002 IRFs (0-18) 69 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single events (detector number 0 to 18)
  • release date: April 29, 2002
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
  • IRF index: ${ISDC_IC_TREE}/ic/spi/rsp/spi_irf_grp_0012.fits[GROUPING]
May 2002 RMFs (0-18) 13 kByte
  • the three RMFs for PSD + single events
  • release date: May 8, 2002
  • 51 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
July 2002 RMF 40 kByte
  • the three RMFs for PSD + single events in one RMF
  • this one can be re-binned using spirmf
  • use this for your SPIROS output spectra in XSPEC
  • release date: July 23, 2002
  • 100 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
July 2002 RMF 46 kByte
  • RMF to be used in XSPEC 11.0 for spiros output
  • Cannot be used by spirmf
  • release date: July 23, 2002
  • 100 input energies used between 20 keV and 8000 keV
Jan 2002 IRFs (0-84) 41 MByte
  • set of IRFs for PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84)
  • release date: Januar 30, 2002
  • energies used: 20 keV, 30 keV, 50 keV, 100 keV, 200 keV, 511 keV, 1000 keV, 1809 keV, 8000 keV
Aug. 2001 IRFs (0-18) 5.4 MByte
  • mask with central hole, PSD+single events (detector number 0 to 18).
  • release date: August 22, 2001
  • energies used: 59.5 keV, 661.6 keV, 1332.5 keV, 2754.1 keV
Aug. 2001 IRFs (19-84) 16.9 MByte
  • mask with central hole, multiple events (pseudo detector number 19 to 84).
  • release date: August 22, 2001
  • energies used: 59.5 keV, 661.6 keV, 1332.5 keV, 2754.1 keV
Aug. 2001 IRFs (0-84) 22 MByte
  • mask with central hole, PSD + single + multiple events (pseudo detector number 0 to 84)
  • release date: August 22, 2001
  • energies used: 59.5 keV, 661.6 keV, 1332.5 keV, 2754.1 keV
old IRFs (0-18) 36 MByte
  • old mask model (without central hole), PSD + single (pseudo detector number 0 to 18)
  • release date: June 2000
  • 40 energies used

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