Synopsis
The XSPEC vmekal model: emission, hot diffuse gas (Mewe-Kaastra-Liedahl).
Syntax
xsvmekal The xsvmekal model is an additive model component.
Description
The model is described at [1] .
Example
>>> create_model_component("xsvmekal", "mdl")
>>> print(mdl)Create a component of the xsvmekal 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.nH frozen 1 1e-06 1e+20 cm-3 mdl.He frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.C frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.N frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.O frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Ne frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Na frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Mg frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Al frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Si frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.S frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Ar frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Ca frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Fe frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Ni frozen 1 0 1000 mdl.Redshift frozen 0 -0.999 10 mdl.switch frozen 1 0 2 mdl.norm thawed 1 0 1e+24
ATTRIBUTES
The attributes for this object are:
| Attribute | Definition |
|---|---|
| kT | The temperature of the plasma, in keV. |
| nH | H density, in cm^-3. |
| He, C, N, O, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, Ni | The abundance relative to Solar. |
| Redshift | The redshift of the plasma. |
| switch | If 0, the mekal code is run to evaluate the model; if 1 then interpolation of the mekal data is used; if 2 then interpolation of APEC data is used. See [1] for more details. This parameter can not be thawed. |
| norm | The normalization of the model: see [1] for an explanation of the units. |
References
- [1] https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xanadu/xspec/manual/XSmodelMekal.html
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.