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As a result, the blue scenario's area for the signal is the area for the signal estimated in the instrument's response-function.
As matrix ``G`` does not mix true and reconstructed energy, the blue scenario shows the true gamma-ray-energy, what is good.
The matrix ``B`` is also the unit-matrix so that this scenario's rate of background is the estimated rate in the instrument's response-function.
But ofcourse the blue scenario falls short when the instrumen's confusion in energy is significant.
But of course the blue scenario falls short when the instrumen's confusion in energy is significant.

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Yellow
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The ``yellow`` scenario not only takes the signal in the energy-bin under investigation into account, but also other bins in reconstructed gamma-ray-energy where the true gamma-ray-energy was confused to.
The ``yellow`` scenario not only takes the signal in the energy-bin under investigation into account,
but also other bins in reconstructed gamma-ray-energy where the true gamma-ray-energy was confused to.
This is done by setting the matrix ``G`` to be the confusion of the instrument.
Thus in the yellow scenario the area of the signal can exceed the area estimated in the instrument's response function.
Unfortunately, the yellow scenario's matrix ``G`` has non zero elements off its diagonal what makes the interpretation of this scenario's energy-axis difficult.
Unfortunately, the yellow scenario's matrix ``G`` has non zero elements off its diagonal what makes the
interpretation of this scenario's energy-axis difficult.
It is no longer only true gamma-ray-energy.


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Green
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The ``green`` scenario sets its matrix ``G`` to only the diagonal of the instrument's confusion.
With only zero off its diagonal, the matrix ``G`` allows the green scenario to show true gamma-ray-energy.
However, the green scenario is rather conservative in most astronomical applications as it represents the sensitivity to detect a source which only emits gamma-rays in a narrow range of energies.
The ``green`` scenario sets its matrix ``G`` to only the diagonal of the instrument's
confusion.
With only having zeros off its diagonal, the matrix ``G`` allows the green scenario to
show true gamma-ray-energy.
However, the green scenario is rather conservative in most astronomical applications
as it represents the sensitivity to detect a source which only emits gamma-rays in a
narrow range of energies and further ignores all the signal which was confused to
different energies.

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| Matrix ``G`` | Matrix ``B`` |
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Instead of altering the area of the signal, this scenario alters the rate of the background.
The black scenario widens the energy-range in the background to the range required to collect one sigma (68%) of the signal.
This means that matrix ``B`` now collects contributions from multiple bins in reconstructed gamma-ray-energy.
The wider range in energy is estimated using the instruments confusion in energy by estimating the range in reconstructed gamma-ray-energy which contains 68% of the gamma-rays.
To represent the containment of 68% in the signal, this scenarios area in signal uses a matrix ``G`` with the elements on its diagonal being ``0.68``.
The advantage here is, that matrix ``G`` has only zeros off its diagonal and thus the black scenario can show the true gamma-rays-energy on its energy-axis.
The wider range in energy is estimated using the instruments confusion in energy by estimating the range in reconstructed gamma-ray-energy which contains 68% of the signal.
To represent the containment of 68% in the signal, this scenario's matrix ``G`` has the elements on its diagonal set to ``0.68``.
Matrix ``G`` has only zeros off its diagonal and thus the black scenario can show the true gamma-rays-energy on its energy-axis.

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| Matrix ``G`` | Matrix ``B`` |
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