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+  pmFPAfiles used in ppSim:
+
+  PPSIM.INPUT : an input image loaded by ppSim; the simulated features
+  		may be added to this image.  In fact, the features are
+  		generated in the output image, and the two images are
+  		added (as images) together.
+
+  PPSIM.OUTPUT  : the output image.  this file is used for the main
+  		  ppSimLoop function
+
+  PPSIM.CHIP    : chip-mosaiced version of the output image.  only
+  		  generated if photometry is requested.  Is this
+  		  actually used as an output image?
+
+  PPSIM.REAL.SOURCES : real sources loaded by PPSIM.  these sources
+  		       are subtracted from the image before testing
+  		       for the detectability of the fake sources and
+  		       before measuring the flux of fake or forced
+  		       soures.  They should be the sources measured in
+  		       a previous psphot run, though any input list
+  		       could be used.  Results are very ill-defined if
+  		       the sources do not correspond to actual image
+  		       sources!
+
+  PSPHOT.PSF.LOAD : input PSF model used to measure the input sources
+
+  PPSIM.SOURCES : output fake sources (injected fake sources with real values) 
+  PPSIM.FAKE.SOURCES : output fake photometry (measured photometry for all fake sources)
+  PPSIM.FORCE.SOURCES : output force photometry
+  
+  ** used within psphot functions:
+  PSPHOT.BACKMDL : model background generated by psphotModelBackground
+  PSPHOT.BACKMDL.STDEV : model background error generated by psphotModelBackground
+  PSPHOT.BACKGND : full-scale model background generated by psphotSubtractBackground
+  PSPHOT.BACKSUB : background-subtracted image
 
 2008.05.15