Synopsis
The XSPEC bnei model: collisional plasma, non-equilibrium, constant temperature.
Syntax
xsbnei The xsbnei model is an additive model component.
Description
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".
Example
>>> create_model_component("xsbnei", "mdl")
>>> print(mdl)Create a component of the xsbnei model and display its default parameters. The output is:
mdl Param Type Value Min Max Units ----- ---- ----- --- --- ----- mdl.kT thawed 1 0.0808 79.9 keV mdl.Abundanc frozen 1 0 10000 mdl.Tau thawed 1e+11 1e+08 5e+13 s/cm^3 mdl.Redshift frozen 0 -0.999 10 mdl.Velocity frozen 0 0 10000 km/s mdl.norm thawed 1 0 1e+24
ATTRIBUTES
The attributes for this object are:
| Attribute | Definition |
|---|---|
| kT | The temperature of the plasma, in keV. |
| Abundanc | The metal abundances (He fixed at that defined by the set_xsabund command). The elements included are C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, and Ni. Relative abundances are set by set_xsabund ). |
| Tau | The ionization timescale in units of s/cm^3. |
| Redshift | The redshift of the plasma. |
| Velocity | The gaussian sigma for the velocity broadening (in km/s). |
| norm | The normalization of the model: see [1] for an explanation of the units. |
References
- [1] https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xanadu/xspec/manual/XSmodelNei.html
Changes in CIAO
Added in CIAO 4.17
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.