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8.2.1.8 sdfit
infile -- name of input SD dataset
default: none - must input file name
example: ’mysd.asap’
See sdreduce for allowed formats.
antenna -- antenna name or id (only effective for MS input).
fluxunit -- units for line flux
options: (str) ’K’,’Jy’,’’
default: ’’ (keep current fluxunit)
WARNING: For GBT data, see description below.
>>> fluxunit expandable parameter
telescopeparm -- the telescope characteristics
options: (str) name or (list) list of gain info
default: ’’ (none set)
example: if telescopeparm=’’, it tries to get the telescope
name from the data.
Full antenna parameters (diameter,ap.eff.) known
to ASAP are
’ATPKSMB’, ’ATPKSHOH’, ’ATMOPRA’, ’DSS-43’,
’CEDUNA’,’HOBART’. For GBT, it fixes default fluxunit
to ’K’ first then convert to a new fluxunit.
telescopeparm=[104.9,0.43] diameter(m), ap.eff.
telescopeparm=[0.743] gain in Jy/K
telescopeparm=’FIX’ to change default fluxunit
see description below
specunit -- units for spectral axis
options: (str) ’channel’,’km/s’,’GHz’,’MHz’,’kHz’,’Hz’,’’
default: ’’ (=current)
frame -- frequency frame for spectral axis
options: (str) ’LSRK’,’REST’,’TOPO’,’LSRD’,’BARY’,
’GEO’,’GALACTO’,’LGROUP’,’CMB’
default: currently set frame in scantable
WARNING: frame=’REST’ not yet implemented
doppler -- doppler mode
options: (str) ’RADIO’,’OPTICAL’,’Z’,’BETA’,’GAMMA’
default: currently set doppler in scantable
scanlist -- list of scan numbers to process
default: [] (use all scans)
example: [21,22,23,24]
field -- selection string for selecting scans by name
default: ’’ (no name selection)
example: ’FLS3a*’
this selection is in addition to scanlist, iflist, and pollist
iflist -- list of IF id numbers to select
default: [] (use all IFs)
example: [15]
pollist -- list of polarization id numbers to select
default: [] (use all polarizations)
example: [1]
fitfunc -- function for fitting
options: (str) ’gauss’,’lorentz’
default: ’gauss’
fitmode -- mode for fitting
options: (str) ’list’,’auto’,’interact’
default: ’auto’
example: ’list’ will use maskline to define regions to
fit for lines with nfit in each
’auto’ will use the linefinder to fit for lines
using the following parameters
’interact’ allows adding and deleting mask
regions by drawing rectangles on the plot
with mouse. Draw a rectangle with LEFT-mouse
to ADD the region to the mask and with RIGHT-mouse
to DELETE the region.
>>> fitmode expandable parameters
thresh -- S/N threshold for linefinder
default: 5
example: a single channel S/N ratio above which the channel is
considered to be a detection
min_nchan -- minimum number of consecutive channels for linefinder
default: 3
example: minimum number of consecutive channels required to pass threshold
avg_limit -- channel averaging for broad lines
default: 4
example: a number of consecutive channels not greater than
this parameter can be averaged to search for broad lines
box_size -- running mean box size
default: 0.2
example: a running mean box size specified as a fraction
of the total spectrum length
edge -- channels to drop at beginning and end of spectrum
default: 0
example: [1000] drops 1000 channels at beginning AND end
[1000,500] drops 1000 from beginning and 500 from end
Note: For bad baselines threshold should be increased,
and avg_limit decreased (or even switched off completely by
setting this parameter to 1) to avoid detecting baseline
undulations instead of real lines.
maskline -- list of mask regions to INCLUDE in LINE fitting
default: all
example: maskline=[[3900,4300]] for a single region, or
maskline=[[3900,4300],[5000,5400]] for two, etc.
invertmask -- invert mask (EXCLUDE masklist instead)
options: (bool) True, False
default: False
example: invertmask=True, then will make one region that is
the exclusion of the maskline regions
nfit -- list of number of gaussian/lorentzian lines to fit in in maskline region (ignored when fitmode=’auto’)
default: 0 (no fitting)
example: nfit=[1] for single line in single region,
nfit=[2] for two lines in single region,
nfit=[1,1] for single lines in each of two regions, etc.
outfile -- name of output file for fit results
default: no output fit file
example: ’mysd.fit’
overwrite -- overwrite the outfile if already exists
options: (bool) True, False
default: False
plotlevel -- control for plotting of results
options: (int) 0=none, 1=some, 2=more
default: 0 (no plotting)
example: plotlevel=1 plots fit
plotlevel=2 plots fit and residual
no hardcopy available for fitter
WARNING: be careful plotting OTF data with lots of fields
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Returns a Python dictionary of line statistics
keys: ’peak’,’cent’,’fwhm’,’nfit’
example: each value is a list of lists with one list of
2 entries [fitvalue,error] per component.
e.g. xstat[’peak’]=[[234.9, 4.8],[234.2, 5.3]]
for 2 components.
DESCRIPTION:
Task sdfit is a basic line-fitter for single-dish spectra. It assumes that the spectra have been calibrated in sdcal or sdreduce.
Furthermore, it assumes that any selection of scans, IFs, polarizations, and time and channel averaging/smoothing has also already been done (in other sd tasks) as there are no controls for these. Note that you can use sdsave to do selection and write out a new scantable.
Note that multiple scans and IFs can in principle be handled, but we recommend that you use scanlist, field, and iflist to give a single selection for each fit.
Currently you can choose Gaussian or Lorentzian profile as a fitting model.
Interactive mask selection for spectral line fitting is enabled with fitmode=’interact’.
For complicated spectra, sdfit does not do a good job of ”auto-guessing” the starting model for the fit. We recommend you use sd.fitter in the toolkit which has more options, such as fixing components in the fit and supplying starting guesses by hand.
See the sdcal description for information on fluxunit conversion and the telescopeparm parameter. Also, see the sdcal description for note on GBT raw SDFITS format data.
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Copyright © 2010 Associated Universities Inc., Washington, D.C.
This code is available under the terms of the GNU General Public Lincense
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