freeze

Context: modeling

Synopsis

Fix model parameters so they are not changed by a fit.

Syntax

freeze(*args)

Description

If called with no arguments, then all parameters of models in source expressions are frozen. The arguments can be parameters or models (in which case all parameters of the model are frozen).

Examples

Example 1

Fix the FWHM parameter of the line model (in this case a `gauss1d` model) so that it will not be varied in the fit.

>>> set_source(const1d.bgnd + gauss1d.line)
>>> line.fwhm = 2.1
>>> freeze(line.fwhm)
>>> fit()

Example 2

Freeze all parameters of the line model and then re-fit:

>>> freeze(line)
>>> fit()

Example 3

Freeze the nh parameter of the gal model and the abund parameter of the src model:

>>> freeze(gal.nh, src.abund)

Notes

The `thaw` function can be used to reverse this setting, so that parameters can be varied in a fit.

Bugs

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