read_pha

sherpa.astro.io.read_pha(arg, use_errors: bool = False, use_background: bool = False) DataPHA | list[DataPHA][source] [edit on github]

Create a DataPHA object.

Changed in version 4.17.0: Channel numbers that start at 0 are now left as is rather than be renumbered to start at 1.

Parameters:
arg

The name of the file or a representation of the file (the type depends on the I/O backend) containing the PHA data.

use_errorsbool, optional

If the PHA file contains statistical error values for the count (or count rate) column, should it be read in. This defaults to False.

use_backgroundbool, optional

Should the background PHA data (and optional responses) also be read in and associated with the data set?

Returns:
datasherpa.astro.data.DataPHA