Last modified: December 2023

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AHELP for CIAO 4.16 Sherpa

xshrefl

Context: models

Synopsis

The XSPEC hrefl model: reflection model.

Syntax

xshrefl

The xshrefl model is a multiplicative model component.

Description

The model is described at [1] .


Example

>>> create_model_component("xshrefl", "mdl")
>>> print(mdl)

Create a component of the xshrefl model and display its default parameters. The output is:

mdl
   Param        Type          Value          Min          Max      Units
   -----        ----          -----          ---          ---      -----
   mdl.thetamin frozen            0            0           90           
   mdl.thetamax frozen           90            0           90           
   mdl.thetaobs thawed           60            0           90           
   mdl.Feabun   frozen            1            0          200           
   mdl.FeKedge  frozen         7.11            7           10        keV
   mdl.Escfrac  thawed            1            0         1000           
   mdl.covfac   thawed            1            0         1000           
   mdl.redshift frozen            0       -0.999           10           

ATTRIBUTES

The attributes for this object are:

Attribute Definition
thetamin The minimum angle, in degrees, between source photons incident on the slab and the slab normal.
thetamax The maximum angle, in degrees, between source photons incident on the slab and the slab normal.
thetamobs The angle, in degrees, between the observer's line of sight and the slab normal.
Feabun The iron abundance relative to solar.
FeKedge The iron K edge energy, in keV.
Escfrac The fraction of the direct flux seen by the observer: see [1] for more details.
covfac The normalization of the reflected continuum: see [1] for more details.
redshift The redshift.

References

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.