Re: get_iback

    rgibson> How can I recover the original counts spectrum of the
    rgibson> instrumental background, binned to the grid of my data
    rgibson> set?

Hi Rob,

Since you have done:

> define_back( n, back_file) ;

you could also do:

> n_back = load_data( back_file ) ; 

and treat it like any other counts histogram. (assuming you then bin
it like your data are binned).

Does that suffice for what you want to do?

-- Dave

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    rgibson> I have:
    rgibson> bScale = BACKSCAL of background
    rgibson> sScale = BACKSCAL of source
    rgibson> expo = exposure in seconds

    rgibson> print(get_iback(1) * bScale / sScale / expo) comes close to giving a list of
    rgibson> integer counts, but not quite.

    rgibson> Thanks,
    rgibson> Rob

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