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

=== some technical information === 
 how to start a macro::
   go to Mars directory[[BR]]
   start root[[BR]]
   .x path/macro.C ("with maybe some variable", 2) 
 set root environment::
   source /pathtoroot/bin/thisroot.sh