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title: "Surface Brightness Profile Extraction for A2163 using CIAO and Python"
authors:
  - family-names: Garg
    given-names: Anurag
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-3960
    affiliation: Ministry of Education, Abu Dhabi, UAE
version: "1.0"
date-released: 2025-03-24
doi: "10.5281/zenodo.15074479"  # Optional: Replace with actual Zenodo DOI after upload
keywords:
  - CIAO
  - Sherpa
  - Chandra
  - X-ray Astronomy
  - A2163
  - Galaxy Clusters
  - Surface Brightness
  - Radial Profile
license: "MIT"
repository-code: "https://github.com/<your-username>/ciao_surface_brightness"
abstract: >
  This repository provides a complete Python-based analysis pipeline to extract and model the surface brightness profile
  of the galaxy cluster A2163 using Chandra ACIS-I data. It includes CIAO preprocessing, dmextract radial profile generation,
  and Sherpa model fitting using a normalized β-model and Gaussian component. Outputs include best-fit model plots, residuals,
  and a LaTeX report. This project enables reproducible astrophysical analysis of galaxy cluster X-ray emission.