PyXel: Astronomical X-ray imaging data modeling
Abstract
PyXel models astronomical X-ray imaging data; it provides a common set of image analysis tools for astronomers working with extended X-ray sources. PyXel can model surface brightness profiles from X-ray satellites using a variety of models and statistics. PyXel can, for example, fit a broken power-law model to a surface brightness profile, and fit a constant to the sky background level in the direction of the merging galaxy cluster.
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020ascl.soft12019O
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- Software