Fix table format
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ region. The new flux is given as a ``norm`` with respect to the global reference
Optionally other component parameters in the global model can be re-optimised. This method
is also named **forward folding**.
-#. ***Based on excess:** in the case of having one energy bin, neglecting the PSF and
+#. **Based on excess:** in the case of having one energy bin, neglecting the PSF and
not re-optimising other parameters, one can estimate the significance based on the
analytical solution by [LiMa1983]. In this case the "best fit" flux and significance
are given by the excess over the null hypothesis. This method is also named
@@ -46,20 +46,15 @@ Uniformly for both methods most estimators compute the same basic quantities:
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Quantity Definition
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-e_ref Reference energy
-e_min Minimum energy
-e_max Maximum energy
norm Best fit norm with respect to the reference spectral model
norm_err Symmetric error on the norm derived from the Hessian matrix
-ts Difference in fit statistics (`stat - stat_null` )
-sqrt_ts Square root of ts time sign(norm), in case of one degree of freedom, corresponds to significance (Wilk's theorem)
-================= =================================================
stat Fit statistics value of the best fit hypothesis
stat_null Fit statistics value of the null hypothesis
-================= =================================================
+ts Difference in fit statistics (`stat - stat_null` )
+sqrt_ts Square root of ts time sign(norm), in case of one degree of freedom, corresponds to significance (Wilk's theorem)
npred Predicted counts of the best fit hypothesis, equivalent to correlated counts for backward folding
-npred_null Predicted counts of the null hypothesis
-npred_excess Predicted counts of the excess over `npred_null`, equivalent to (`npred - npred_null`)
+npred_null Predicted counts of the null hypothesis, equivalent to correlated null counts for backward folding
+npred_excess Predicted counts of the excess over `npred_null`, equivalent to (`npred - npred_null`), equivalent to correlated counts for backward folding
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@@ -71,7 +66,6 @@ Quantity Definition
norm_errp Positive error of the norm
norm_errn Negative error of the norm
norm_ul Upper limit of the norm
-================= =================================================
norm_scan Norm scan
stat_scan Fit statistics scan
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@@ -80,13 +74,16 @@ To compute the error, assymetric errors as well as upper limits one can
specify the arguments ``n_sigma`` and ``n_sigma_ul``. The ``n_sigma``
arguments are translated into a TS difference assuming ``ts = n_sigma ** 2``.
-In addition to the norm values a reference spectral model is given.
-Using this reference spectral model the norm values can be converted
+In addition to the norm values a reference spectral model and energy ranges
+are given. Using this reference spectral model the norm values can be converted
to the following different SED types:
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Quantity Definition
================= =================================================
+e_ref Reference energy
+e_min Minimum energy
+e_max Maximum energy
dnde Differential flux at ``e_ref``
flux Integrated flux between ``e_min`` and ``e_max``
eflux Integrated energy flux between ``e_min`` and ``e_max``
