Synopsis
Return the cross sections used by X-Spec models.
Syntax
get_xsxsect()
Example
>>> get_xsxsect() 'bcmc'
PARAMETERS
This function has no parameters
Return value
The return value from this function is:
val -- The value of the photoelectric absorption setting: one of 'bcmc', 'obcm', and 'vern'.
XSPEC version
CIAO 4.17 comes with support for version 12.14.0k of the XSPEC models. This can be checked with the following:
% python -c 'from sherpa.astro import xspec; print(xspec.get_xsversion())' 12.14.0k
Bugs
See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.
See Also
- modeling
- set_xsxsect