Last modified: December 2024

URL: https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/sherpa/ahelp/get_bkg.html
AHELP for CIAO 4.17 Sherpa

get_bkg

Context: data

Synopsis

Return the background for a PHA data set.

Syntax

get_bkg(id=None, bkg_id=None)

Description

Function to return the background for a PHA data set. The object returned by the call can be used to query and change properties of the background.


Examples

Example 1

>>> bg = get_bkg()

Example 2

>>> bg = get_bkg('flare', 2)

PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter Type information Definition
id int, str, or None, optional The data set. If not given then the default identifier is used, as returned by `get_default_id` .
bkg_id int, str, or None, optional The identifier for this background, which is needed if there are multiple background estimates for the source.

Bugs

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

See Also

confidence
get_conf, get_conf_results, get_covar, get_covar_opt, get_covar_results, get_covariance_results, get_int_proj, get_int_unc, get_proj, get_proj_opt, get_proj_results, get_projection_results, get_reg_proj, get_reg_unc
contrib
get_chart_spectrum, get_marx_spectrum
data
get_areascal, get_arf, get_arf_plot, get_axes, get_backscal, get_bkg_arf, get_bkg_chisqr_plot, get_bkg_delchi_plot, get_bkg_fit_plot, get_bkg_model, get_bkg_model_plot, get_bkg_plot, get_bkg_ratio_plot, get_bkg_resid_plot, get_bkg_rmf, get_bkg_scale, get_bkg_source, get_bkg_source_plot, get_coord, get_counts, get_data, get_data_contour, get_data_contour_prefs, get_data_image, get_data_plot, get_data_plot_prefs, get_dep, get_dims, get_error, get_exposure, get_grouping, get_indep, get_quality, get_rmf, get_specresp, get_staterror, get_syserror, load_arf, load_bkg_arf, load_bkg_rmf, load_multi_arfs, load_multi_rmfs, load_rmf, set_arf, set_bkg, set_rmf, subtract, unpack_arf, unpack_rmf, unsubtract
filtering
get_filter
fitting
calc_stat_info, get_stat_info
info
get_default_id, list_bkg_ids, list_response_ids, list_stats, show_bkg_model, show_bkg_source
methods
get_draws, get_iter_method_name, get_iter_method_opt, get_method, get_method_name, get_method_opt
modeling
delete_bkg_model, get_model, 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_response, get_source, get_source_component_image, get_source_component_plot, get_source_contour, get_source_image, get_source_plot, image_source
plotting
get_split_plot, plot_arf, plot_bkg, plot_bkg_chisqr, plot_bkg_delchi, plot_bkg_fit, plot_bkg_fit_delchi, plot_bkg_fit_resid, plot_bkg_model, plot_bkg_ratio, plot_bkg_resid, plot_bkg_source
psfs
get_psf, get_psf_contour, get_psf_image, get_psf_plot
statistics
get_chisqr_plot, get_delchi_plot, get_prior, get_sampler, get_stat, get_stat_name
utilities
get_analysis, get_rate
visualization
image_getregion