BAT X‐Ray Survey. I. Methodology and X‐Ray Identification
BAT X‐Ray Survey. I. Methodology and X‐Ray Identification
We applied the maximum likelihood (ML) method, as an image reconstruction algorithm, to the BAT X-Ray Survey (BXS). This method was specifically designed to preserve the full statistical information in the data and to avoid mosaicking of many exposures with different pointing directions, thus reducing systematic errors when co-adding images. …