Auxiliary Response File (ARF) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Auxiliary Response File (frequenty referred to simply as **ARF**) defines the telescope efficiency as a function of energy. This is typically a 1D file with units of [cm^2 counts / photon] as a function of photon energy. See the `CXC documentation page on ARFs `_ .. autoclass:: pyxsis.xrayspectrum1d.ARF :members: