sncosmo.Spectrum

class sncosmo.Spectrum(wave=None, flux=None, fluxerr=None, fluxcov=None, bin_edges=None, wave_unit=Unit('Angstrom'), unit=Unit('erg / (Angstrom cm2 s)'), time=None)

An observed spectrum of an object.

This class is designed to represent an observed spectrum. An observed spectrum is a set of contiguous bins in wavelength (referred to as “spectral elements”) with associated flux measurements. We assume that each spectral element has uniform transmission in wavelength. A spectrum can optionally have associated uncertainties or covariance between the observed fluxes of the different spectral elements. A spectrum can also optionally have a time associated with it.

Internally, we store the edges of each of the spectral element wavelength bins. These are automatically recovered in the common case where a user has a list of central wavelengths for each bin. The wavelengths are stored internally in units of Angstroms. The flux is stored as a spectral flux density F_λ (units of erg / s / cm^2 / Angstrom).

Parameters:

wavelist-like

Central wavelengths of each spectral element. This must be monotonically increasing. This is assumed to be in units of Angstroms unless wave_unit is specified.

fluxlist-like

Observed fluxes for each spectral element. By default this is assumed to be a spectral flux density F_λ unless unit is explicitly specified.

fluxerrlist-like

Uncertainties on the observed fluxes for each spectral element.

fluxcovtwo-dimensional ndarray

Covariance of the observed fluxes for each spectral element. Only one of fluxerr and fluxcov may be specified.

bin_edgeslist-like

Edges of each spectral element in wavelength. This should be a list that is length one longer than flux. Only one of wave and bin_edges may be specified.

wave_unitUnit

Wavelength unit. Default is Angstroms.

unitUnit

Flux unit. Default is F_λ (erg / s / cm^2 / Angstrom).

timefloat

The time associated with the spectrum. This is required if fitting a model to the spectrum.

__init__(wave=None, flux=None, fluxerr=None, fluxcov=None, bin_edges=None, wave_unit=Unit('Angstrom'), unit=Unit('erg / (Angstrom cm2 s)'), time=None)

Methods

__init__([wave, flux, fluxerr, fluxcov, ...])
bandflux(band[, zp, zpsys])	Perform synthentic photometry in a given bandpass.
bandfluxcov(band[, zp, zpsys])	Like bandflux(), but also returns model covariance on values.
bandmag(band, magsys)	Magnitude through the given bandpass(es), and for the given magnitude system(s).
get_sampling_matrix()	Build an appropriate sampling for the spectral elements.
has_uncertainties()	Check whether there is uncertainty information available.
rebin([wave, bin_edges])	Rebin the spectrum on a new wavelength grid.

Attributes

bin_ends	Return the end of each bin.
bin_starts	Return the start of each bin.
fluxcov	Return the covariance matrix
fluxerr	Return the uncertainties on each flux bin
wave	Return the centers of each bin.