------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simulated pulsar event data February 6th, 2009 Masaharu Hirayama ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Pulsar simulation Spectral parameters: Total flux above 100 MeV: 1e-5 photons cmE-2 sE-1 Energy range: 100 MeV - 300 GeV Spectral model: Outer gap model for the Vela pulsar, which is: Nel and De Kager spectral profile with: En = 1e6 E0 = 8e6 G1 = -1.62 b = 1.0 Pulsar parameters: Right Ascension: 111.11 Declination: +22.22 f0 = 12.345 Hz f1 = -2.345e-10 Hz/s f2 = 3.45e-20 Hz/s/s reference epoch: 54870.0 MJD (February 8th, 2009) Pulse shape: sinusoidal, 2 + sin(x) Pulse phase origin: 54870.0 MJD (February 8th, 2009) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Data files Event file: fakepulsar_event.fits Start time: 54868 MJD (February 6th, 2009) Data length: 7 days Spacecraft file: simscdata_1week.fits Start time: 54867 MJD (February 5th, 2009) Stop time: 54876 MJD (February 14th, 2009) Pulsar database files: bogus_pulsardb.fits Contains the fake ephemeris (i.e., the Monte Carlo truth) for the simulated pulsar under the name of "PSR J9999+9999". ------------------------------------------------------------------------