Bugs: dmdiff

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Analysis Notes

Matching CIAO and CALDB Versions

CIAO 4.0 requires CALDB 3.4.0 or higher to operate properly.

Are your versions mismatched? Time to update CIAO and CALDB!

Source Detection and Cosmic-Ray Afterglows

CIAO users who are trying to detect sources of about 10 counts or less should be aware of potential confusion with cosmic-ray afterglows that have not been removed from the data.

The Cosmic-Ray Afterglows why topic explains the limitations of the current tools and describes analysis tips to help eliminate more of the afterglows.