Add Poisson Uncertainties#

Summary#

Add Poisson uncertainties to the data

Metadata#

  • Module ID: PoissonUncertainties

  • Module path: /home/runner/work/MoDaCor/MoDaCor/src/modacor/modules/base_modules/poisson_uncertainties.py

  • Module version: 20250522.1

  • Keywords: uncertainties, Poisson

Required data keys#

  • signal

Modifies#

  • variances: Poisson

Required arguments#

  • with_processing_keys

Default configuration#

{
  "with_processing_keys": null
}

Argument specification#

Argument

Type

Required

Default

Description

with_processing_keys

list

Yes

-

ProcessingData keys to update with Poisson variances.

References#

DOI 10.1088/0953-8984/25/38/383201

Notes#

This is a simple Poisson uncertainty calculation based on the signal intensity