Last modified: December 2023

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

set_xsxset

Context: modeling

Synopsis

Set a X-Spec model setting.

Syntax

set_xsxset(name, value)

name - str
value - str

Description

Set variables used by X-Spec models. It is equivalent to the X-Spec `xset` command [1] , but only for setting the model database settings. See `set_xsabund` , `set_xscosmo` , and `set_xsxsect` for the other settings.


Examples

Example 1

>>> set_xsxset('NEIVERS', '2.0')

Example 2

>>> set_xsxset('NEIAPECROOT', '/data/spectral/modelData/APEC_nei_v11')

Example 3

>>> set_xsxset('POW_EMIN', '0.5')
>>> set_xsxset('POW_EMAX', '2.0')

PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter Definition
name The name of the setting. It is converted to upper case before being used. There is no check that the name is valid.
value The new value of the setting. It must be given as a string.

Notes

The available settings are listed at [1] . Not all the X-Spec model types are supported by Sherpa - for instance X-Spec "mixing models" - so changing some of these settings will make no difference. The X-Spec chatter setting can be increased with `set_xschatter` if it is not clear if a setting is being used.

The model settings are stored so that they can be included in the output of `save_all` .

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

confidence
set_conf_opt, set_covar_opt, set_proj_opt
data
get_bkg_chisqr_plot, get_bkg_delchi_plot, get_bkg_fit_plot, get_bkg_model_plot, get_bkg_plot, get_bkg_ratio_plot, get_bkg_resid_plot, get_bkg_source_plot, set_areascal, set_arf, set_backscal, 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
info
list_model_ids, show_bkg_model, show_bkg_source
methods
set_iter_method, set_iter_method_opt, set_method, set_method_opt
modeling
add_model, add_user_pars, clean, create_model_component, delete_bkg_model, delete_model, delete_model_component, get_model, get_model_autoassign_func, 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_source, get_source_component_image, get_source_component_plot, get_source_contour, get_source_image, get_source_plot, get_xsabund, get_xscosmo, get_xsxsect, get_xsxset, image_model, image_model_component, image_source, image_source_component, integrate, link, load_table_model, load_template_interpolator, load_template_model, load_user_model, normal_sample, reset, save_model, save_source, set_bkg_model, set_bkg_source, set_full_model, set_model, set_model_autoassign_func, set_par, set_pileup_model, set_source, set_xsabund, set_xscosmo, set_xsxsect, t_sample, uniform_sample
plotting
get_cdf_plot, get_pdf_plot, get_pvalue_plot, get_pvalue_results, plot_cdf, plot_model, plot_model_component, plot_pdf, plot_pvalue, plot_scatter, plot_source, plot_source_component, plot_trace
psfs
delete_psf, load_conv
saving
save_delchi, save_resid
statistics
set_prior, set_sampler, set_sampler_opt, set_stat
utilities
calc_chisqr, calc_energy_flux, calc_model_sum, calc_photon_flux, calc_source_sum, calc_stat, eqwidth, set_analysis, set_default_id
visualization
contour_model, contour_ratio, contour_resid, image_setregion