Difference between revisions of "Galactic latitude and Source Cuts"

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We use the [http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/lat/1FHL/ First Fermi-LAT Catalog of Sources above 10 GeV (1FHL)]. (Note that this is '''not''' the 1st-year Fermi catalogue, and it is actually more recent than the 2nd-year Point Source catalogue. See the link for a description).
 
We use the [http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/lat/1FHL/ First Fermi-LAT Catalog of Sources above 10 GeV (1FHL)]. (Note that this is '''not''' the 1st-year Fermi catalogue, and it is actually more recent than the 2nd-year Point Source catalogue. See the link for a description).
  
The following Python script takes the data within the polar caps selected above and discards any photon therein that falls within a circular region of radius 1.5deg centered at the position of any source listed in the 1FHL catalogue. [[Media:nosource.py]]
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The following Python script takes the data within the polar caps selected above and discards any photon therein that falls within a circular region of radius 1.5deg centered at the position of any source listed in the 1FHL catalogue. [[Media:nosource.py]]. The result of running this script on the files obtained after bcut.py can be found here [[Media:nosourceoutput.tar.gz]].

Revision as of 20:01, 19 May 2014

Galactic latitude selections

Once good Fermi data in the desired energy range is selected, we proceed to narrow our focus on photons with galactic latitude b above 50deg or below -50deg. The following Python script accomplishes this goal: Media:bcut.py. After running this script on each of the files obtained from noroi.sh, we obtain the following datafiles containing photons only in the polar caps Media:bcutoutput.tar.gz

Removing regions around Fermi sources

We use the First Fermi-LAT Catalog of Sources above 10 GeV (1FHL). (Note that this is not the 1st-year Fermi catalogue, and it is actually more recent than the 2nd-year Point Source catalogue. See the link for a description).

The following Python script takes the data within the polar caps selected above and discards any photon therein that falls within a circular region of radius 1.5deg centered at the position of any source listed in the 1FHL catalogue. Media:nosource.py. The result of running this script on the files obtained after bcut.py can be found here Media:nosourceoutput.tar.gz.