Package cosmolopy :: Module luminosityfunction :: Class LFHistory

Class LFHistory

       object --+    
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saveable.Saveable --+
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                   LFHistory

Interpolate / extrapolate the Schechter parameters.

By default, above the observed redshift range:

MStar is linearly extrapolated as a function of time (not z) to high z.

phiStar and alpha are constant at high z.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, params={'MStar': [-20.98, -20.64, -20.24, -19.8, -19.6], 'alpha': [-1..., MStar_bounds=['extrapolate', nan], phiStar_bounds=['constant', nan], alpha_bounds=['constant', nan], extrap_args={}, extrap_var='z', sedParams={}, wavelength=1500.0, **cosmo)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature source code

iPhotonRateDensity_z(self, z, maglim=None)
Ionizing photon rate density from a luminosity function.

source code

iPhotonRateDensity_t(self, t, maglim=None)
Ionizing photon rate density from a luminosity function.

source code

ionization(self, z, maglim=None)

source code

params_t(self, t)
Return interp/extrapolated Schechter function parameters.

source code

params_z(self, z)
Return interp/extrapolated Schechter function parameters.

source code

Inherited from saveable.Saveable: __getstate__, __setstate__, dumb_pickle_filter, load, save

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

init(self, params=`{'MStar':` `[`-20.98`,` -20.64`,` -20.24`,` -19.8`,` -19.6`],` `'alpha':` `[`-1`...`, MStar_bounds=`['extrapolate',` nan`]`, phiStar_bounds=`['constant',` nan`]`, alpha_bounds=`['constant',` nan`]`, extrap_args=`{}`, extrap_var=`'z'`, sedParams=`{}`, wavelength=1500.0, **cosmo)
(Constructor)

source code

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

iPhotonRateDensity_z(self, z, maglim=None)

source code

Ionizing photon rate density from a luminosity function.

See the iPhotonRateRatio function.

iPhotonRateDensity_t(self, t, maglim=None)

source code

Ionizing photon rate density from a luminosity function.

See the iPhotonRateRatio function.

Class LFHistory

__init__(self, params={'MStar': [-20.98, -20.64, -20.24, -19.8, -19.6], 'alpha': [-1..., MStar_bounds=['extrapolate', nan], phiStar_bounds=['constant', nan], alpha_bounds=['constant', nan], extrap_args={}, extrap_var='z', sedParams={}, wavelength=1500.0, **cosmo) (Constructor)

iPhotonRateDensity_z(self, z, maglim=None)

iPhotonRateDensity_t(self, t, maglim=None)