The goal of the procedure is to obtain line fluxes. This is done most
accurately when wavelengths and line widths are carefully chosen. Since this
is not always possible, each of these two parameters can be optimized by
iteration from given start values. With switches the iteration of
( ilamit) and the iteration of
( isigit) can be activated.
When modeling multiplets, the distance between the individual lines is often
well known and only the absolute position of the template of lines is to be
iterated. Especially when the multiplet contains weak lines, it can be desired
to treat the multiplet as a union and iterating only the position of the
multiplet ( idlam=1). The line width
can be iterated as the same
value for all lines by setting idsig to 1. This is useful when the line
width is determined by the instrument is is identical for all lines.
The parameter iord is a factor with which all wavelength values are multiplied before starting the fitting tool. This is useful when systematic shifts of the spectrum are expected, e.g., higher dispersion orders or reddening. These parameters must appear in the input-file by putting ilamit, idlam, iord, and idsig on the same line and putting isigit on the next line.