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spectrum viewer: allow users to change flux units

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      Allow users to change flux units. Most freuqnely used ways to represent spectral fluxes  will be f_lambda, f_nu, and AB magnitude.  In cgs,

       

      f_lambda [erg/s/cm2/A] 

      f_nu [erg/s/cm2/Hz] 

       

      These two are related to each other by 

       

      lambda * f_lambda = nu * f_nu

       

      (recall lambda * nu = c, and mind the unit difference; lambda is often Ansgtrom, while c is cm/s) 

       

      Note that the conversion is thus wavelength/frequency dependent.

       

      AB mag is given by mag = -2.5 * log10 (f_nu) - 48.60 

       

      PFS uses nJy, which is 10^-23 erg/s/cm2/Hz.  So, a source with 1 nJy has an AB magnitude of 31.4. 

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            • Assignee:
              mtaghiza Manuchehr Taghizadeh-Popp
              Reporter:
              msyktnk Masayuki Tanaka
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