count rate in core

Vidushi-GitHub · Mar 15, 2024 · dc60c89 · dc60c89
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diff --git a/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.example.json b/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.example.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   "$schema": "https://gcn.nasa.gov/schema/main/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.schema.json",
   "far": 0.001,
   "trigger_type": "rate",
+  "net_count_rate": 2000,
+  "background_count_rate": 250,
   "rate_snr": 5.2,
   "rate_duration": 10,
   "rate_energy_range": [100, 1000],

diff --git a/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.schema.json b/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.schema.json
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
       "enum": ["rate", "image"],
       "description": "Type of trigger algorithm used to identify the transient event."
     },
+    "net_count_rate": {
+      "type": "number",
+      "description": "Net count rate of the transient above the background [counts/s] over rate duration and rate energy range. Do specify rate_duration and rate_energy_range with net_count_rate property."
+    },
+    "backgound_count_rate": {
+      "type": "number",
+      "description": "Count rate of the background for the transient [counts/s] for rate_duration and rate_energy_range used for net count rate."
+    },
     "rate_snr": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Rate signal to noise ratio [dimensionless]"