XSkyconv

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

Bases: XSConvolutionKernel

The XSPEC kyconv convolution model: convolution using a relativistic line from axisymmetric accretion disk

The model is described at [1].

New in version 4.12.2.

a

a/M, the black-hole angular momentum in (GM/c).

theta_o

The observer inclination in degrees (0 is pole on).

rin

The inner radius, in GM/c^2.

ms

Flag: 0 means integrate from rin, 1 means integrate the emission from above the marginally-stable orbit only.

rout

The outer radius, in GM/c^2.

alpha

The accretion disk emissivity scales as r^-alpha for r < rb.

beta

The accretion disk emissivity scales as r^-beta for r > rb.

rb

The boundary radius between inner and outer emissivity laws, in units of GM/c^2.

zshift

The overall Doppler shift.

limb

Flag: 0 means isotropic emission, 1 means Laor’s limb darkening (1 + 0.26 mu), 2 means Haardt’s limb brightening (log(1 + 1 / mu)).

ne_loc

The number of grid points in local energy (energy resolution of local flux, the grid is equidistant in logarithmic scale).

normal

Flag: 0 means normalize total flux to unity, > 0 means normalize to unity at the energy given by the parameter value, and < 0 means unnormalized.

Notes

Unlike XSPEC, the convolution model is applied directly to the model, or models, rather than using the multiplication symbol.

References

Attributes Summary

cache

The maximum size of the cache.

ndim

A one-dimensional model.

thawedparhardmaxes

The hard maximum values for the thawed parameters.

thawedparhardmins

The hard minimum values for the thawed parameters.

thawedparmaxes

The maximum limits of the thawed parameters.

thawedparmins

The minimum limits of the thawed parameters.

thawedpars

The thawed parameters of the model.

version_enabled

Methods Summary

apply(outer, *otherargs, **otherkwargs)

cache_clear()

Clear the cache.

cache_status()

Display the cache status.

calc(pars, rhs, *args, **kwargs)

Evaluate the convolved model.

freeze()

Freeze any thawed parameters of the model.

get_center()

guess(dep, *args, **kwargs)

Set an initial guess for the parameter values.

regrid(*args, **kwargs)

The class RegriddableModel1D allows the user to evaluate in the requested space then interpolate onto the data space.

reset()

Reset the parameter values.

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.

thaw()

Thaw any frozen parameters of the model.

Attributes Documentation

cache = 5

The maximum size of the cache.

ndim = 1

A one-dimensional model.

thawedparhardmaxes

The hard maximum values for the thawed parameters.

The minimum and maximum range of the parameters can be changed with thawedparmins and thawedparmaxes but only within the range given by thawedparhardmins to thawparhardmaxes.

thawedparhardmins

The hard minimum values for the thawed parameters.

The minimum and maximum range of the parameters can be changed with thawedparmins and thawedparmaxes but only within the range given by thawedparhardmins to thawparhardmaxes.

thawedparmaxes

The maximum limits of the thawed parameters.

Get or set the maximum limits of the thawed parameters of the model as a list of numbers. If there are no thawed parameters then [] is used. The ordering matches that of the pars attribute.

See also

thawedpars, thawedarhardmaxes, thawedparmins

thawedparmins

The minimum limits of the thawed parameters.

Get or set the minimum limits of the thawed parameters of the model as a list of numbers. If there are no thawed parameters then [] is used. The ordering matches that of the pars attribute.

See also

thawedpars, thawedarhardmins, thawedparmaxes

thawedpars

The thawed parameters of the model.

Get or set the thawed parameters of the model as a list of numbers. If there are no thawed parameters then [] is used. The ordering matches that of the pars attribute.

version_enabled = True

Methods Documentation

apply(outer, *otherargs, **otherkwargs) [edit on github]
cache_clear() [edit on github]

Clear the cache.

cache_status() [edit on github]

Display the cache status.

Information on the cache - the number of “hits”, “misses”, and “requests” - is displayed at the INFO logging level.

Example

>>> pl.cache_status()
 powlaw1d.pl                size:    5  hits:   633  misses:   240  check=  873
calc(pars, rhs, *args, **kwargs) [edit on github]

Evaluate the convolved model.

Note that this method is not cached by sherpa.models.modelCacher1d (may change in the future).

Parameters:
  • pars (sequence of numbers) – The parameters of the convolved model. The first npars parameters (where npars is the lenth of the objecs pars attribute) are applied to the convolution model, and the remaining are passed to the rhs model.

  • rhs (sherpa.models.model.ArithmeticModel) – The model that is being convolved.

  • *args – The model grid. There should be two arrays (the low and high edges of the bin) to make sure the wrapped model is evaluated correctly.

  • **kwargs – At present all additional keyword arguments are dropped.

freeze() [edit on github]

Freeze any thawed parameters of the model.

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(*args, **kwargs) [edit on github]

The class RegriddableModel1D allows the user to evaluate in the requested space then interpolate onto the data space. An optional argument ‘interp’ enables the user to change the interpolation method.

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>> from sherpa.models.basic import Box1D
>>> from sherpa.utils import linear_interp
>>> mybox = Box1D()
>>> request_space = np.arange(1, 10, 0.1)
>>> regrid_model = mybox.regrid(request_space, interp=linear_interp)
reset() [edit on github]

Reset the parameter values.

Restores each parameter to the last value it was set to. This allows the parameters to be easily reset after a fit.

set_center(*args, **kwargs) [edit on github]
startup(cache=False) [edit on github]

Called before a model may be evaluated multiple times.

Parameters:

cache (bool, optional) – Should a cache be used when evaluating the models.

See also

teardown

teardown() [edit on github]

Called after a model may be evaluated multiple times.

See also

startup

thaw() [edit on github]

Thaw any frozen parameters of the model.

Those parameters that are marked as “always frozen” are skipped.