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