SPEX hands-on

For this SPEX hands-on session, you can start the Sciserver image and switch to the (spex) conda environment:

(heasoft) idies@aaaa:~$ conda activate spex
(spex) idies@aaaa:~$

In your personal directory, you can download the files for this session with this command:

(spex) idies@aaaa:~$ cd ~/workspace/Storage/<user>/persistent
(spex) idies@aaaa:~/workspace/Storage/<user>/persistent$ git clone https://github.com/summerschool-ahead2020/spex-hands-on.git

Alternative: Renkulab

Start a Jupyter Session with SPEX at Renkulab.io.

Intro and exercises:

• SPEX introduction
  • The SPEX data format
  • Starting SPEX in Python/Jupyter
  • Plotting the data
  • Ignoring and rebinning
  • Defining a model
  • Fitting the data
  • Calculating errors
• Fit a power law in SPEX
  • Instructions
  • Learning goals
• Fit a powerlaw with a Gaussian line in SPEX
  • Instructions
  • Learning goals