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UPLIM mode

 

Upper limit mode is identical to PARAM in invocation, with the exception of the MODE parameter,

   > PSS my_pss_demo 1.01 my_uplims mode=uplim
     ...
   PLIST - File of RA and DECs > my_sources
   2 positions read from SSDS file MY_SOURCES...
   Upper limits at 68% confidence
In upper limit mode, PSS first finds the optimum flux then finds that positive increment in flux which degrades the fit by a change in equivalent to the confidence level requested. The sum of the optimum flux plus this increment gives the upper limit flux. In non-expert mode PSS automatically chooses a confidence level of 68%.

PSS prints out the list of input source positions with the upper flux limit at each point.

   Src      RA         DEC         X        Y       Flux

     1  00 01 07.7  +00 10 00    16.88    10.00  <  112.426
     2  23 59 59.8  +00 00 04    -0.02     0.07  <  375.872



Asterix
Tue Oct 7 12:03:17 BST 1997