HEASoft software suite
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HEASoft software suite is a collection of data analysis tools widely used in high-energy astrophysics for processing and interpreting X-ray and gamma-ray observations from space- and ground-based missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HEASoft | 2 |
| HEASoft software suite canonical | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomy software
ⓘ
high-energy astrophysics software ⓘ software suite ⓘ |
| developedBy |
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
ⓘ
surface form:
HEASARC
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
|
| distributionFormat |
precompiled binaries
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source code ⓘ |
| field |
X-ray astronomy
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gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ high-energy astrophysics ⓘ |
| hostInstitution |
Goddard Space Flight Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
|
| includesComponent |
FTOOLS
ⓘ
XANADU ⓘ XIMAGE ⓘ XRONOS ⓘ XSPEC ⓘ FTOOLS ⓘ
surface form:
ftools task suite
mission-specific calibration tools ⓘ |
| license | free for scientific use ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | HEASARC software development team ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows (via ports such as MinGW and Cygwin) ⓘ
surface form:
Windows (via limited or indirect support)
macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
Fortran ⓘ Perl ⓘ Python (interfaces and wrappers) ⓘ |
| supportsDataType |
X-ray observations
ⓘ
gamma-ray observations ⓘ |
| supportsMission |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Chandra X-ray Observatory (via some tools and formats)
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ
surface form:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (partially)
NICER Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer ⓘ
surface form:
NICER
NuSTAR Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array ⓘ
surface form:
NuSTAR
Suzaku ⓘ Swift ⓘ XMM-Newton mission ⓘ
surface form:
XMM-Newton
|
| supportsMissionType |
ground-based observatories
ⓘ
space-based observatories ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
FITS
ⓘ
OGIP spectral file formats ⓘ |
| supportsTaskType |
barycentric corrections
ⓘ
event file filtering ⓘ image creation from event lists ⓘ light curve extraction ⓘ response matrix generation ⓘ spectral fitting ⓘ |
| usedFor |
X-ray data reduction
ⓘ
data analysis ⓘ gamma-ray data reduction ⓘ imaging analysis ⓘ simulation of high-energy astrophysical data ⓘ spectral analysis ⓘ timing analysis ⓘ |
| website | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/lheasoft/ ⓘ |
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HEASoft