Last modified: December 2025

URL: https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/sherpa/ahelp/xslogconst.html
AHELP for CIAO 4.18 Sherpa

xslogconst

Context: models

Synopsis

The XSPEC logconst model: Constant in log units.

Syntax

xslogconst

The xslogconst model is a multiplicative model component.

Description

The model is described at [1] .


Example

>>> create_model_component("xslogconst", "mdl")
>>> print(mdl)

Create a component of the xslogconst model and display its default parameters. The output is:

mdl
   Param        Type          Value          Min          Max      Units
   -----        ----          -----          ---          ---      -----
   mdl.logfact  thawed            0          -20           20           

ATTRIBUTES

The attribute for this object is:

Attribute Definition
logfact The constant factor in natural log.

References

[1]

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

models
xsconstant, xslog10con