XSxscat

class sherpa.astro.xspec.XSxscat(name='xscat')[source]

Bases: sherpa.astro.xspec.XSMultiplicativeModel

The XSPEC xscat model: dust scattering.

The model is described at [1].

NH

Interstellar hydrogen column density (in units of 10^22 atoms/cm^2).

Xpos

The relative position of the dust along the line of sight. A value of 0 means the dust is at the observer, and of 0.95 means that the dust is 5% from the source.

Rext

The radius of the circular extraction region, in arcsec.

DustModel

The dust model used: see [1] for more information.

References

[1](1, 2) https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xanadu/xspec/manual/XSmodelXscat.html

Attributes Summary

thawedparhardmaxes
thawedparhardmins
thawedparmaxes
thawedparmins
thawedpars
version_enabled

Methods Summary

apply(outer, \*otherargs, \*\*otherkwargs)
calc(pars, xlo, \*args, \*\*kwargs)
get_center()
guess(dep, \*args, \*\*kwargs) Set an initial guess for the parameter values.
reset()
set_center(\*args, \*\*kwargs)
startup()
teardown()

Attributes Documentation

thawedparhardmaxes
thawedparhardmins
thawedparmaxes
thawedparmins
thawedpars
version_enabled = True

Methods Documentation

apply(outer, *otherargs, **otherkwargs)
calc(pars, xlo, *args, **kwargs)
get_center()
guess(dep, *args, **kwargs)

Set an initial guess for the parameter values.

Attempt to set the parameter values, and ranges, for the model to match the data values. This is intended as a rough guess, so it is expected that the model is only evaluated a small number of times, if at all.

reset()
set_center(*args, **kwargs)
startup()
teardown()