get_xsabund

Synopsis

Return the X-Spec abundance setting or elemental abundance.

get_xsabund(element=None)

element - str, optional

Examples

Example 1

Return the current abundance setting, which in this case is 'angr', the default value for X-Spec:

>>> get_xsabund()
'angr'

Example 2

The `set_xsabund` function has been used to read in the abundances from a file, so the routine now returns the string 'file':

>>> set_xsabund('abund.dat')
>>> get_xsabund()
'file'

Example 3

>>> get_xsabund('He')
0.09769999980926514

PARAMETERS

The parameter for this function is:

Return value

The return value from this function is:

val -- When `element` is `None` , the abundance table name is returned (see `set_xsabund` ); the string 'file' is used when the abundances were read from a file. A numeric value is returned when an element name is given. This value is the elemental abundance relative to H.

XSPEC version

CIAO 4.16 comes with support for version 12.13.1e of the XSPEC models. This can be checked with the following:

% python -c 'from sherpa.astro import xspec;
print(xspec.get_xsversion())'
12.13.1e

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

See Also

confidence

set_conf_opt, set_covar_opt, set_proj_opt

data

get_bkg_chisqr_plot, get_bkg_delchi_plot, get_bkg_fit_plot, get_bkg_model_plot, get_bkg_plot, get_bkg_ratio_plot, get_bkg_resid_plot, get_bkg_source_plot, set_areascal, set_arf, set_backscal, set_bkg, set_coord, set_counts, set_data, set_dep, set_exposure, set_grouping, set_quality, set_rmf, set_staterror, set_syserror

filtering

set_filter

info

list_model_ids, show_bkg_model, show_bkg_source

methods

set_iter_method, set_iter_method_opt, set_method, set_method_opt

modeling

add_model, add_user_pars, clean, create_model_component, delete_bkg_model, delete_model, delete_model_component, get_model, get_model_autoassign_func, get_model_component, get_model_component_image, get_model_component_plot, get_model_plot, get_num_par, get_num_par_frozen, get_num_par_thawed, get_order_plot, get_par, get_pileup_model, get_source, get_source_component_image, get_source_component_plot, get_source_contour, get_source_image, get_source_plot, get_xscosmo, get_xsxsect, get_xsxset, image_model, image_model_component, image_source, image_source_component, integrate, link, load_table_model, load_template_interpolator, load_template_model, load_user_model, normal_sample, reset, save_model, save_source, set_bkg_model, set_bkg_source, set_full_model, set_model, set_model_autoassign_func, set_par, set_pileup_model, set_source, set_xsabund, set_xscosmo, set_xsxsect, set_xsxset, t_sample, uniform_sample

plotting

get_cdf_plot, get_pdf_plot, get_pvalue_plot, get_pvalue_results, plot_cdf, plot_model, plot_model_component, plot_pdf, plot_pvalue, plot_scatter, plot_source, plot_source_component, plot_trace

psfs

delete_psf, load_conv

saving

save_delchi, save_resid

statistics

set_prior, set_sampler, set_sampler_opt, set_stat

utilities

calc_chisqr, calc_energy_flux, calc_model_sum, calc_photon_flux, calc_source_sum, calc_stat, eqwidth, set_analysis, set_default_id

visualization

contour_model, contour_ratio, contour_resid, image_setregion