Extending and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Sherpa Modeling and Fitting Tool with S-Lang
Abstract
Sherpa is the fitting and modeling tool of the Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (CIAO{http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/}) package. It is designed to allow users to fit the 1D (e.g., spectra, luminosity functions) and 2D datasets (e.g., images) obtained from the Chandra X-ray Observatory{http://chandra.harvard.edu/} and other telescopes. The S-Lang programming language has been embedded into CIAO, which allows users the ability to access numerical data calculated by Sherpa. We present two examples of how S-Lang has been used to enhance and extend Sherpa's capabilities.
- Publication:
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Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIV
- Pub Date:
- December 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005ASPC..347..105B