This page is far from being complete. While I give an introduction to my students, I try to write down a few notes, hoping that it can serve as a small introduction and help future students. 

== Analysis Steps ==

=== callisto === 
what is done? calculation of calibration constants, extraction of signal, calibration of data
macro: Mars/fact/analysis/callisto.C
input: sequence file

=== star ===

what is done? :: image cleaning, calculation of image parameter

macro::: Mars/fact/analysis/star.C

input::: sequence file, callisto output

=== ganymed ===
what is done? background suppression, calculation of excess(, energy reconstruction)
macro: Mars/fact/analysis/ganymed.C
input: dataset file

=== lightcurve === 
what is done? calculation of excess rate 
macro: Mars/fact/analysis/lightcurve.C
input: several datasets or information from DB


=== some additional information ===

==== sequence ====
a sequence of runs, consisting of: 
pedestal run, light pulser run, one or more data runs

==== dataset ==== 
a collection of data runs