Last modified: December 2023

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

get_bkg

Context: data

Synopsis

Return the background for a PHA data set.

Syntax

get_bkg(id=None, bkg_id=None)

id - int or str, optional
bkg_id - int or str, optional

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 Definition
id The data set. If not given then the default identifier is used, as returned by `get_default_id` .
bkg_id 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