Last modified: December 2023

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AHELP for CIAO 4.16 Sherpa

set_backscal

Context: data

Synopsis

Change the area scaling of a PHA data set.

Syntax

set_backscal(id, backscale=None, bkg_id=None)

id - int or str, optional
backscale - number or array
bkg_id - int or str, optional

Description

The area scaling factor of a PHA data set is taken from the BACKSCAL keyword or column, but it can be changed once the file has been loaded.


PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter Definition
id The identifier for the data set to use. If not given then the default identifier is used, as returned by `get_default_id` .
backscale The scaling factor.
bkg_id Set to identify which background component to set. The default value ( none ) means that this is for the source component of the data set.

Notes

The function does not follow the normal Python standards for parameter use, since it is designed for easy interactive use. When called with a single un-named argument, it is taken to be the `backscale` parameter. If given two un-named arguments, then they are interpreted as the `id` and `backscale` parameters, respectively. The remaining parameters are expected to be given as named arguments.


Bugs

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

See Also

confidence
set_conf_opt, set_covar_opt, set_proj_opt
data
get_backscal, set_areascal, set_arf, set_bkg, set_coord, set_counts, set_data, set_dep, set_exposure, set_grouping, set_quality, set_rmf, set_staterror, set_syserror
filtering
set_filter
methods
set_iter_method, set_iter_method_opt, set_method, set_method_opt
modeling
get_par, get_xsabund, get_xscosmo, get_xsxsect, get_xsxset, set_bkg_model, set_bkg_source, set_full_model, set_model, set_par, set_pileup_model, set_source, set_xsabund, set_xscosmo, set_xsxsect, set_xsxset
statistics
set_prior, set_sampler, set_sampler_opt, set_stat
utilities
set_analysis, set_default_id
visualization
image_setregion