Source Detection - DHBjorndalen/AGN_XMM GitHub Wiki

Source detection is carried out using the eboxdetect tool, which runs in two stages:

1. Local Background Detection:

   • Detects sources using the local background within the image.
   • This step processes the data to detect sources based on the local environment of each pixel, without relying on a background map.

   Output Files:

   • eboxlist_local_1.ds (MOS1)
   • eboxlist_local_2.ds (MOS2)
   • eboxlist_local_pn.ds (PN)

   Command:

   eboxdetect usemap=no likemin=8 withdetmask=yes detmasksets=MOS1_mask.ds \
       imagesets=MOS1_image_full.ds expimagesets=MOS1_expmap.ds pimin=200 pimax=10000 \
       boxlistset=eboxlist_local_1.ds