Description
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- Alias:
white_light
Overview
The white_light step sums the spectroscopic flux over all
wavelengths in each integration of a multi-integration extracted
spectrum product to produce an integrated (“white”) flux as a
function of time for the target. This is to be applied to the _x1dints
product in a spectroscopic Time-Series Observation (TSO), as part of
the calwebb_tso3 pipeline. Minimum and maximum
wavelengths may be provided to limit the summation to specified
wavelength bounds, with limits inclusive.
Input details
The input should be in the form of an _x1dints product, which contains
extracted spectra from multiple integrations for a given target.
Algorithm
The algorithm performs a simple sum of the flux values over all
wavelengths for each extracted spectrum contained in the input product.
If provided, min_wavelength and max_wavelength will modify the
bounds of the sum to the specified bounds.
Output product
The output product is a table of time vs. integrated flux values, stored
in the form of a ASCII ECSV (Extended Comma-Separated Value) file.
The product type suffix is _whtlt.