3.2.2. Plot types

There are several plot types available in SPEX. Below we list them together with the acronym that should be used when defining this plot type (in a plot type command).

• data – a spectrum observed with an instrument plus optionally the folded (predicted) model spectrum and/or the subtracted background spectrum.

• model – the model spectrum, not convolved by any instrumental profile

• area – the effective area of the instrument. If the response matrix of the instrument contains more components, also the contribution of each component is plotted separately.

• fwhm – the peak energy of the response matrix (as the model) as well as the FWHM limits (as the data) are plotted. The FWHM limits are the energies at which the response reaches half of its maximum value. If for the y-axis the option “de/e” is chosen, all calculated energies are divided by the energy of the incoming photon.

• chi – the fit residuals, either expressed in units such as counts/s or the same units as the spectrum, or expressed in terms of number of standard deviations, or as a relative error.

• dem – a differential emission measure distribution.