plot_arf

Context: plotting

Synopsis

Plot the ARF associated with a data set.

Syntax

plot_arf(id=None, resp_id=None, replot=False, overplot=False,
clearwindow=True, **kwargs)

Description

Display the effective area curve from the ARF component of a PHA data set.

Examples

Example 1

Plot the ARF for the default data set:

>>> plot_arf()

Example 2

Plot the ARF from data set 1 and overplot the ARF from data set 2:

>>> plot_arf(1)
>>> plot_arf(2, overplot=True)

Example 3

Plot the ARFs labelled "arf1" and "arf2" for the "src" data set:

>>> plot_arf("src", "arf1")
>>> plot_arf("src", "arf2", overplot=True)

Example 4

The following example requires that the Matplotlib backend is selected, since this determines what extra keywords `plot_arf` accepts. The ARFs from the default and data set 2 are drawn together, but the second curve is drawn with a dashed line.

>>> plot_arf(ylog=True)
>>> plot_arf(2, overplot=True, linestyle='dashed')

PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter	Type information	Definition
id	int, str, or None, optional	The data set with an ARF. If not given then the default identifier is used, as returned by `get_default_id` .
resp_id	int, str, or None, optional	Which ARF to use in the case that multiple ARFs are associated with a data set. The default is none , which means the first one.
replot	bool, optional	Set to True to use the values calculated by the last call to `plot_data` . The default is False .
overplot	bool, optional	If True then add the data to an existing plot, otherwise create a new plot. The default is False .
clearwindow	bool, optional	Should the existing plot area be cleared before creating this new plot (e.g. for multi-panel plots)?

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.