Last modified: December 2023

URL: https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/sherpa/ahelp/xsvvrnei.html
AHELP for CIAO 4.16 Sherpa

xsvvrnei

Context: models

Synopsis

The XSPEC vvrnei model: non-equilibrium recombining collisional plasma.

Syntax

xsvvrnei

The xsvvrnei model is an additive model component.

Description

The model is described at [1] . The set_xsxset and get_xsxset functions are used to set and query the XSPEC XSET parameters, in particular the keyword "NEIVERS".


Example

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

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

mdl
   Param        Type          Value          Min          Max      Units
   -----        ----          -----          ---          ---      -----
   mdl.kT       thawed          0.5       0.0808         79.9        keV
   mdl.kT_init  thawed            1       0.0808         79.9        keV
   mdl.H        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.He       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Li       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Be       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.B        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.C        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.N        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.O        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.F        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.P        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.S        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Cl       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Ar       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.K        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Ca       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Sc       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Ti       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.V        frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Cr       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Mn       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Fe       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Co       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Ni       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Cu       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Zn       frozen            1            0         1000           
   mdl.Tau      thawed        1e+11        1e+08        5e+13     s/cm^3
   mdl.redshift frozen            0       -0.999           10           
   mdl.norm     thawed            1            0        1e+24           

ATTRIBUTES

The attributes for this object are:

Attribute Definition
kT The temperature of the plasma, in keV.
kT_init The initial temperature of the plasma, in keV.
H The H abundance: it should be set to 0 to switch on and 1 to switch off the free-free continuum.
He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn The abundance of the element, with respect to Solar.
Tau The ionization timescale in units of s/cm^3.
redshift The redshift of the plasma.
norm The normalization of the model: see [1] for an explanation of the units.

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.

See Also

models
xsrnei, xsvrnei