XSvvnpshock

class sherpa.astro.xspec.XSvvnpshock(name='vvnpshock')[source] [edit on github]

Bases: sherpa.astro.xspec.XSAdditiveModel

The XSPEC vvnpshock model: shocked plasma, plane parallel, separate ion, electron temperatures.

The model is described at [1]. The set_xsxset and get_xsxset functions are used to set and query the XSPEC XSET parameters, in particular the keyword “NEIVERS”.

kT_a

The mean shock temperature, in keV.

kT_b

The electron temperature immediately behind the shock front, in keV. See [1] for a discussion of the behavior of kT_a and kT_b.

H

The H abundance: it should be set to 0 to switch on and 1 to switch off the free-free continuum.

He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar,
K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn

The abundance of the element, with respect to Solar.

Tau_l

The lower limit on the ionization timescale in s/cm^3.

Tau_u

The upper limit on the ionization timescale in s/cm^3.

redshift

The redshift of the source.

norm

The normalization of the model: see [1] for an explanation of the units.

References

[1](1, 2, 3) https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xanadu/xspec/manual/XSmodelNpshock.html

Attributes Summary

thawedparhardmaxes
thawedparhardmins
thawedparmaxes
thawedparmins
thawedpars
version_enabled

Methods Summary

apply(outer, *otherargs, **otherkwargs)
calc(pars, xlo, *args, **kwargs)
get_center()
guess(dep, *args, **kwargs) Set an initial guess for the parameter values.
regrid(*arrays)
reset()
set_center(*args, **kwargs)
startup(cache) Called before a model may be evaluated multiple times.
teardown() Called after a model may be evaluated multiple times.

Attributes Documentation

thawedparhardmaxes
thawedparhardmins
thawedparmaxes
thawedparmins
thawedpars
version_enabled = True

Methods Documentation

apply(outer, *otherargs, **otherkwargs) [edit on github]
calc(pars, xlo, *args, **kwargs) [edit on github]
get_center() [edit on github]
guess(dep, *args, **kwargs) [edit on github]

Set an initial guess for the parameter values.

Attempt to set the parameter values, and ranges, for the model to match the data values. This is intended as a rough guess, so it is expected that the model is only evaluated a small number of times, if at all.

regrid(*arrays) [edit on github]
reset() [edit on github]
set_center(*args, **kwargs) [edit on github]
startup(cache) [edit on github]

Called before a model may be evaluated multiple times.

See also

teardown()

teardown() [edit on github]

Called after a model may be evaluated multiple times.

See also

setup()