Synopsis
Return the abundance settings used by X-Spec.
Syntax
get_xsabundances(table: str | None = None) Returns: dict[str, float]
Description
Examples
Example 1
>>> get_xsabundances()
{'H': 1.0, 'He': ...}Example 2
>>> set_xsabud("angr")
>>> get_xsabundances()["Cu"]
1.619999956403717e-08
>>> get_xsabundances("felc")["Cu"]
0.0PARAMETERS
The parameter for this function is:
| Parameter | Type information | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| table | optional | The table to use. Leave as None to use the selected abundance table. |
Return value
The return value from this function is:
abundances -- The keys are the element names (e.g. 'Fe') and the values are the abundances.
Changes in CIAO
Changed in CIAO 4.18
The optional table argument was added.
Added in CIAO 4.17
XSPEC version
CIAO 4.18 comes with support for version 12.14.0k of the XSPEC models. This can be checked with the following:
% python -c 'from sherpa.astro import xspec; print(xspec.get_xsversion())' 12.14.0k
Bugs
See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.
See Also
- info
- show_xsabund
- modeling
- get_xsabund, set_xsabundances