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<h1>The low-level Sherpa API<a class="headerlink" href="#the-low-level-sherpa-api" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Here we repeat our <a class="reference external" href="spectrum.html">fit to the 3C273 spectrum</a>, but
with the low-level API (and without going quite as far in the analysis).</p>
<div class="section" id="explore-the-sherpa-object-model">
<h2>Explore the Sherpa Object Model<a class="headerlink" href="#explore-the-sherpa-object-model" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>In a new working directory, download a MAST spectrum of <a class="reference download internal" href="../_downloads/3c273.fits"><tt class="xref download docutils literal"><span class="pre">3C</span> <span class="pre">273</span></tt></a>
and start IPython along with the standard imports:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>$ ipython --matplotlib
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If you have trouble accessing the spectrum you can download it straight away
using Python:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>from astropy.extern.six.moves.urllib import request
url = 'http://python4astronomers.github.com/_downloads/3c273.fits'
open('3c273.fits', 'wb').write(request.urlopen(url).read())
%ls
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Import a few Sherpa classes needed to characterize a fit:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">sherpa.data</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Data1D</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">sherpa.models</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">PowLaw1D</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">sherpa.stats</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Chi2DataVar</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">sherpa.optmethods</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">LevMar</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">sherpa.fit</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Fit</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Import the Python FITS reader <a class="reference external" href="http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/io/fits/">astropy.io.fits</a> and open the spectrum as a table:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">astropy.io</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">fits</span>
<span class="n">dat</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fits</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'3c273.fits'</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">data</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Access the <cite>WAVELENGTH</cite> and <cite>FLUX</cite> columns from the pyFITS <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">RecArray</span></tt>. Populate
variables represented as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wave</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">flux</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">err</span></tt>. Normalize the flux and assume
uncertainties of 2% of the flux:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">wave</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">dat</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">field</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'WAVELENGTH'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">flux</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">dat</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">field</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'FLUX'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">1e14</span>
<span class="n">err</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">dat</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">field</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'FLUX'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">0.02e14</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Create a Sherpa <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Data1D</span></tt> data set from the NumPy arrays <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wave</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">flux</span></tt>, and
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">err</span></tt>. The data arrays are accessible from the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">data</span></tt> object as the attributes
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">y</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">staterror</span></tt>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Data1D</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'3C 273'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">wave</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">flux</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Array access:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'x {0}'</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'y {0}'</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">y</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'err {0}'</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">staterror</span><span class="p">))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Define a convenience function <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">plot_data</span></tt> that calls the matplotlib functions
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">plot</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">errorbar</span></tt> according to certain criteria. Plot the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> and
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">y</span></tt> arrays using the format specified in the optional argument, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt>.
Clear the plot if the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">clear</span></tt> argument is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">True</span></tt>. Add the plot errorbars if
the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">err</span></tt> array is present. Plot the spectrum by accessing the NumPy arrays
in the Sherpa data set using our new function and its default arguments:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">plot_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fmt</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">'.'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">clear</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">clear</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">clf</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fmt</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">err</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">errorbar</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">err</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fmt</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ecolor</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">'b'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">plot_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">staterror</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="../_images/3c273_data_mast.png"><img alt="../_images/3c273_data_mast.png" src="../_images/3c273_data_mast.png" style="width: 609.0px; height: 459.0px;" /></a>
<p>Create a Sherpa power-law model <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pl</span></tt>. All Sherpa models maintain a tuple of
parameters in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pars</span></tt>. Access each of the model’s parameter objects and print
the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">name</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val</span></tt> attributes:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">pl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">PowLaw1D</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'pl'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pl</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pars</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">par</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">pl</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pars</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'{0} {1}'</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">par</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">par</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">val</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pl</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Set the power-law reference to be 4000 Angstroms and print out the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PowLaw1D</span></tt>
object and its parameter information. Each model parameter is accessible as an
attribute its model. For example, the power-law amplitude is referenced with
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pl.ampl</span></tt>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">pl</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">4000.</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pl</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Model parameters are themselves class objects:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pl</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ampl</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<div class="admonition-exercise-for-the-interested-reader-special-methods-and-properties admonition">
<p class="first admonition-title">Exercise (for the interested reader): Special methods and properties</p>
<p class="last">Wait. Didn’t we just set <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pl.ref</span></tt> to be an float? How can <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pl.ref</span></tt> be an
float and a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Parameter</span></tt> object?</p>
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<p class="flip0">Click to Show/Hide Solution</p> <div class="panel0"><p>The answer is that pl.ref is in fact an object, but its model class supports a
special setter method <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__setattr__()</span></tt> that updates the pl.ref.val attribute
underneath. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">property</span></tt> function defines custom getter and setter
functions for a particular class attribute:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Parameter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="c"># private attribute intended to be reference as 'val'.</span>
<span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_get_val</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_value</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_set_val</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">value</span>
<span class="c"># setup a 'val' attribute</span>
<span class="n">val</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">property</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">_get_val</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_set_val</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__setattr__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">val</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">getattr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">None</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">Parameter</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="nb">getattr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">val</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">val</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="nb">object</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__setattr__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">val</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Parameter</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">m</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span>
<span class="n">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4</span>
<span class="n">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span>
<span class="n">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">val</span>
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</div><p>Create a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Fit</span></tt> object made up of a Sherpa data set, model, fit statistic, and
optimization method. Fit the spectrum to a power-law with least squares
(Levenberg-Marquardt) using the chi-squared statistic with data variance:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">f</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Fit</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pl</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Chi2DataVar</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">LevMar</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">fit</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c"># or alternatively</span>
<span class="k">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">())</span>
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<p>Over-plot the fitted model atop the data points using our convenience function
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">plot_data</span></tt>. This time calculate the model using the best-fit parameter
values over the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">data.x</span></tt> and plot using a custom format and indicate
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">clear=False</span></tt>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">plot_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pl</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">fmt</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"-"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">clear</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">False</span><span class="p">)</span>
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