# ChiantiPy.core package¶

## ChiantiPy.core.Continuum module¶

Continuum module

class ChiantiPy.core.Continuum.continuum(ionStr, temperature, abundance=None, em=None, verbose=0)

The top level class for continuum calculations. Includes methods for the calculation of the free-free and free-bound continua.

Parameters
• ionStr (str) – CHIANTI notation for the given ion, e.g. ‘fe_12’ that corresponds to the Fe XII ion.

• temperature (array-like) – In units of Kelvin

• abundance (float or str, optional) – Elemental abundance relative to Hydrogen or name of CHIANTI abundance file, without the ‘.abund’ suffix, e.g. ‘sun_photospheric_1998_grevesse’.

• em (array-like, optional) – Line-of-sight emission measure ($$\int\mathrm{d}l\,n_en_H$$), in units of $$\mathrm{cm}^{-5}$$, or the volumetric emission measure ($$\int\mathrm{d}V\,n_en_H$$) in units of $$\mathrm{cm}^{-3}$$.

Examples

>>> import ChiantiPy.core as ch
>>> import numpy as np
>>> temperature = np.logspace(4,9,20)
>>> cont = ch.continuum('fe_15',temperature)
>>> wavelength = np.arange(1,1000,10)
>>> cont.freeFree(wavelength)
>>> cont.freeBound(wavelength, include_abundance=True, include_ioneq=False)
>>> cont.calculate_free_free_loss()
>>> cont.calculate_free_bound_loss()


Notes

The methods for calculating the free-free and free-bound emission and losses return their result to an attribute. See the respective docstrings for more information.

References

101(1,2,3)

Sutherland, R. S., 1998, MNRAS, 300, 321

102(1,2)

Verner & Yakovlev, 1995, A&AS, 109, 125

103(1,2,3,4,5,6)

Karzas and Latter, 1961, ApJSS, 6, 167

104(1,2,3,4,5)

Itoh, N. et al., 2000, ApJS, 128, 125

105

Young et al., 2003, ApJSS, 144, 135

106(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

Mewe, R. et al., 1986, A&AS, 65, 511

107(1,2,3,4)

Rybicki and Lightman, 1979, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, (Wiley-VCH)

108(1,2,3,4)

Gronenschild, E.H.B.M. and Mewe, R., 1978, A&AS, 32, 283

calculate_free_bound_loss(**kwargs)

Calculate the free-bound energy loss rate of an ion. The result is returned to the free_bound_loss attribute.

The free-bound loss rate can be calculated by integrating the free-bound emission over the wavelength. This is difficult using the expression in calculate_free_bound_emission so we instead use the approach of 108 and 106. Eq. 1a of 106 can be integrated over wavelength to get the free-bound loss rate,

$\frac{dW}{dtdV} = C_{ff}\frac{k}{hc}T^{1/2}G_{fb},$

in units of erg $$\mathrm{cm}^3\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}$$ where $$G_{fb}$$ is the free-bound Gaunt factor as given by Eq. 15 of 106 (see mewe_gaunt_factor for more details) and $$C_{ff}$$ is the numerical constant as given in Eq. 4 of 108 and can be written in terms of the fine structure constant $$\alpha$$,

$C_{ff}\frac{k}{hc} = \frac{8}{3}\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)^{1/2}\frac{h^2\alpha^3}{\pi^2}\frac{k_B}{m_e^{3/2}} \approx 1.43\times10^{-27}$
freeBound(wvl, includeAbund=True, includeIoneq=True, verbose=False)

Calculates the free-bound (radiative recombination) continuum emissivity of an ion. Provides emissivity in units of ergs $$\mathrm{cm}^{-2}$$ $$\mathrm{s}^{-1}$$ $$\mathrm{str}^{-1}$$ $$\mathrm{\AA}^{-1}$$ for an individual ion. If includeAbund is set, the abundance is included. If includeIoneq is set, the ionization equililibrium for the given ion is included

Notes

• Uses the Gaunt factors of 103 for recombination to the ground level

• Uses the photoionization cross sections of [2]_ to develop the free-bound cross section

• Does not include the elemental abundance or ionization fraction

• The specified ion is the target ion

• uses the corrected version of the K-L bf gaunt factors available in CHIANTI V10

• revised to calculate the bf cross, fb cross section and the maxwell energy distribution

• the Verner cross sections are not included for now

References

2

Verner & Yakovlev, 1995, A&AS, 109, 125

freeBoundLoss(includeAbund=True, includeIoneq=True, verbose=False)

to calculate the free-bound (radiative recombination) energy loss rate coefficient of an ion, the ion is taken to be the target ion, including the elemental abundance and the ionization equilibrium population uses the Gaunt factors of 103 Karzas, W.J, Latter, R, 1961, ApJS, 6, 167 provides rate = erg cm^-2 s^-1 .. rubric:: Notes

• Uses the Gaunt factors of 103 for recombination to the ground level

• Uses the photoionization cross sections of [2]_ to develop the free-bound cross section

• Does not include the elemental abundance or ionization fraction

• The specified ion is the target ion

• uses the corrected version of the K-L bf gaunt factors available in CHIANTI V10

• revised to calculate the bf cross, fb cross section and the maxwell energy distribution

• the Verner cross sections are not included for now

• using the RESTART formulation

References

2

Verner & Yakovlev, 1995, A&AS, 109, 125

freeBoundLossMao(includeAbund=False, includeIoneq=False)

to calculate the radiative loss rate from the parameters of Mao J., Kaastra J., Badnell N.R. <Astron. Astrophys. 599, A10 (2017)>=2017A&A…599A..10M

freeBoundLossMewe(**kwargs)

Calculate the free-bound energy loss rate of an ion. The result is returned to the free_bound_loss attribute.

The free-bound loss rate can be calculated by integrating the free-bound emission over the wavelength. This is difficult using the expression in calculate_free_bound_emission so we instead use the approach of 108 and 106. Eq. 1a of 106 can be integrated over wavelength to get the free-bound loss rate,

$\frac{dW}{dtdV} = C_{ff}\frac{k}{hc}T^{1/2}G_{fb},$

in units of erg $$\mathrm{cm}^3\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}$$ where $$G_{fb}$$ is the free-bound Gaunt factor as given by Eq. 15 of 106 (see mewe_gaunt_factor for more details) and $$C_{ff}$$ is the numerical constant as given in Eq. 4 of 108 and can be written in terms of the fine structure constant $$\alpha$$,

$C_{ff}\frac{k}{hc} = \frac{8}{3}\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)^{1/2}\frac{h^2\alpha^3}{\pi^2}\frac{k_B}{m_e^{3/2}} \approx 1.43\times10^{-27}$
freeFree(wavelength, includeAbund=True, includeIoneq=True, **kwargs)

Calculates the free-free emission for a single ion. The result is returned as a dict to the FreeFree attribute. The dict has the keywords intensity, wvl, temperature, em.

The free-free emission for the given ion is calculated according Eq. 5.14a of 107, substituting $$\nu=c/\lambda$$, dividing by the solid angle, and writing the numerical constant in terms of the fine structure constant $$\alpha$$,

$\frac{dW}{dtdVd\lambda} = \frac{c}{3m_e}\left(\frac{\alpha h}{\pi}\right)^3\left(\frac{2\pi}{3m_ek_B}\right)^{1/2}\frac{Z^2}{\lambda^2T^{1/2}}\exp{\left(-\frac{hc}{\lambda k_BT}\right)}\bar{g}_{ff},$

where $$Z$$ is the nuclear charge, $$T$$ is the electron temperature in K, and $$\bar{g}_{ff}$$ is the velocity-averaged Gaunt factor. The Gaunt factor is estimated using the methods of 104 and 101, depending on the temperature and energy regime. See itoh_gaunt_factor and sutherland_gaunt_factor for more details.

The free-free emission is in units of erg $$\mathrm{cm}^3\mathrm{s}^{-1}\mathrm{\mathring{A}}^{-1}\mathrm{str}^{-1}$$. If the emission measure has been set, the units will be multiplied by $$\mathrm{cm}^{-5}$$ or $$\mathrm{cm}^{-3}$$, depending on whether it is the line-of-sight or volumetric emission measure, respectively.

Parameters
• wavelength (array-like) – In units of angstroms

• includeAbund (bool, optional) – If True, include the ion abundance in the final output.

• includeIoneq (bool, optional) – If True, include the ionization equilibrium in the final output

freeFreeLoss(includeAbund=True, includeIoneq=True, **kwargs)

Calculate the free-free energy loss rate of an ion. The result is returned to the FreeFreeLoss attribute.

The free-free radiative loss rate is given by Eq. 5.15a of 107. Writing the numerical constant in terms of the fine structure constant $$\alpha$$,

$\frac{dW}{dtdV} = \frac{4\alpha^3h^2}{3\pi^2m_e}\left(\frac{2\pi k_B}{3m_e}\right)^{1/2}Z^2T^{1/2}\bar{g}_B$

where where $$Z$$ is the nuclear charge, $$T$$ is the electron temperature, and $$\bar{g}_{B}$$ is the wavelength-averaged and velocity-averaged Gaunt factor. The Gaunt factor is calculated using the methods of 103. Note that this expression for the loss rate is just the integral over wavelength of Eq. 5.14a of 103, the free-free emission, and is expressed in units of erg $$\mathrm{cm}^3\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}$$.

free_free_loss(includeAbund=True, includeIoneq=True, **kwargs)

Calculate the free-free energy loss rate of an ion. The result is returned to the free_free_loss attribute.

The free-free radiative loss rate is given by Eq. 5.15a of 107. Writing the numerical constant in terms of the fine structure constant $$\alpha$$,

$\frac{dW}{dtdV} = \frac{4\alpha^3h^2}{3\pi^2m_e}\left(\frac{2\pi k_B}{3m_e}\right)^{1/2}Z^2T^{1/2}\bar{g}_B$

where where $$Z$$ is the nuclear charge, $$T$$ is the electron temperature, and $$\bar{g}_{B}$$ is the wavelength-averaged and velocity-averaged Gaunt factor. The Gaunt factor is calculated using the methods of 103. Note that this expression for the loss rate is just the integral over wavelength of Eq. 5.14a of 107, the free-free emission, and is expressed in units of erg $$\mathrm{cm}^3\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}$$.

ioneqOne()

Provide the ionization equilibrium for the selected ion as a function of temperature. Similar to but not identical to ion.ioneqOne() - the ion class needs to be able to handle the ‘dielectronic’ ions returned in self.IoneqOne

ioneq_one(stage, **kwargs)

Calculate the equilibrium fractional ionization of the ion as a function of temperature.

Uses the ChiantiPy.core.ioneq module and does a first-order spline interpolation to the data. An ionization equilibrium file can be passed as a keyword argument, ioneqfile. This can be passed through as a keyword argument to any of the functions that uses the ionization equilibrium.

Parameters

stage (int) – Ionization stage, e.g. 25 for Fe XXV

itoh_gaunt_factor(wavelength)

Calculates the free-free gaunt factors of 104.

An analytic fitting formulae for the relativistic Gaunt factor is given by Eq. 4 of 104,

$g_{Z} = \sum^{10}_{i,j=0}a_{ij}t^iU^j$

where,

$t = \frac{1}{1.25}(\log_{10}{T} - 7.25),\ U = \frac{1}{2.5}(\log_{10}{u} + 1.5),$

$$u=hc/\lambda k_BT$$, and $$a_{ij}$$ are the fitting coefficients and are read in using ChiantiPy.tools.io.itohRead and are given in Table 4 of 104. These values are valid for $$6<\log_{10}(T)< 8.5$$ and $$-4<\log_{10}(u)<1$$.

ChiantiPy.tools.io.itohRead

Read in Gaunt factor coefficients from 104

mewe_gaunt_factor(**kwargs)

Calculate the Gaunt factor according to 106 for a single ion $$Z_z$$.

Using Eq. 9 of 106, the free-bound Gaunt factor for a single ion can be written as,

$G_{fb}^{Z,z} = \frac{E_H}{k_BT}\mathrm{Ab}(Z)\frac{N(Z,z)}{N(Z)}f(Z,z,n)$

where $$E_H$$ is the ground-state potential of H, $$\mathrm{Ab}(Z)$$ is the elemental abundance, $$\frac{N(Z,z)}{N(Z)}$$ is the fractional ionization, and $$f(Z,z,n)$$ is given by Eq. 10 and is approximated by Eq 16 as,

$f(Z,z,n) \approx f_2(Z,z,n_0) = 0.9\frac{\zeta_0z_0^4}{n_0^5}\exp{\left(\frac{E_Hz_0^2}{n_0^2k_BT}\right)} + 0.42\frac{z^4}{n_0^{3/2}}\exp{\left(\frac{E_Hz^2}{(n_0 + 1)^2k_BT}\right)}$

where $$n_0$$ is the principal quantum number, $$z_0$$ is the effective charge (see Eq. 7 of 106), and $$\zeta_0$$ is the number of vacancies in the 0th shell and is given in Table 1 of 106. Here it is calculated in the same manner as in fb_rad_loss.pro of the CHIANTI IDL library. Note that in the expression for $$G_{fb}$$, we have not included the $$N_H/n_e$$ factor.

Raises

ValueError – If no .fblvl file is available for this ion

rrRate()

Provide the radiative recombination rate coefficient as a function of temperature (K). a revised copy of the Ion method

sutherland_gaunt_factor(wavelength)

Calculates the free-free gaunt factor calculations of 101.

The Gaunt factors of 101 are read in using ChiantiPy.tools.io.gffRead as a function of $$u$$ and $$\gamma^2$$. The data are interpolated to the appropriate wavelength and temperature values using ~scipy.ndimage.map_coordinates.

vernerCross(wvl)

Calculates the photoionization cross-section using data from 102 for transitions to the ground state.

The photoionization cross-section can be expressed as $$\sigma_i^{fb}=F(E/E_0)$$ where $$F$$ is an analytic fitting formula given by Eq. 1 of 102,

$F(y) = ((y-1)^2 + y_w^2)y^{-Q}(1 + \sqrt{y/y_a})^{-P},$

where $$E$$ is the photon energy, $$n$$ is the principal quantum number, $$l$$ is the orbital quantum number, $$Q = 5.5 + l - 0.5P$$, and $$\sigma_0,E_0,y_w,y_a,P$$ are fitting paramters. These can be read in using ChiantiPy.tools.io.vernerRead.

## ChiantiPy.core.Ion module¶

Ion class

class ChiantiPy.core.Ion.ion(ionStr, temperature=None, eDensity=None, pDensity='default', radTemperature=None, rStar=None, abundance=None, setup=True, em=None, verbose=0)

Bases: ChiantiPy.base._IoneqOne.ioneqOne, ChiantiPy.base._IonTrails.ionTrails, ChiantiPy.base._SpecTrails.specTrails

The top level class for performing spectral calculations for an ion in the CHIANTI database.

Parameters
• ionStr (str) – CHIANTI notation for the given ion, e.g. ‘fe_12’ that corresponds to the Fe XII ion.

• temperature (float , tuple, list, ~numpy.ndarray, optional) – Temperature array (Kelvin)

• eDensity (float , tuple, list, or ~numpy.ndarray, optional) – Electron density array ($$\mathrm{cm^{-3}}$$ )

• pDensity (float, tuple, list or ~numpy.ndarray, optional) – Proton density ($$\mathrm{cm}^{-3}$$ )

• radTemperature (float or ~numpy.ndarray, optional) – Radiation black-body temperature (in Kelvin)

• rStar (float or ~numpy.ndarray, optional) – Distance from the center of the star (in stellar radii)

• abundance (float or str, optional) – Elemental abundance relative to Hydrogen or name of CHIANTI abundance file to use, without the ‘.abund’ suffix, e.g. ‘sun_photospheric_1998_grevesse’.

• setup (bool or str, optional) – If True, run ion setup function. Otherwise, provide a limited number of attributes of the selected ion

• em (float or ~numpy.ndarray, optional) – Emission Measure, for the line-of-sight emission measure ($$\mathrm{\int \, n_e \, n_H \, dl}$$) ($$\mathrm{cm}^{-5}$$.), for the volumetric emission measure $$\mathrm{\int \, n_e \, n_H \, dV}$$ ($$\mathrm{cm^{-3}}$$).

Variables
• IonStr (str) – Name of element plus ion, e.g. fe_12 for Fe XII

• Z (int) – the nuclear charge, 26 for fe_12.

• Ion (int) – the ionization stage, 12 for fe_12.

• Dielectronic (bool) – true if the ion is a ‘dielectronic’ ion where the levels are populated by dielectronic recombination.

• Spectroscopic (str) – the spectroscopic notation for the ion, such as Fe XII for fe_12.

• Filename (str) – the complete name of the file generic filename in the CHIANTI database, such as $XUVTOP/fe/fe_12/fe_12. • Ip (float) – the ionization potential of the ion • FIP (float) – the first ionization potential of the element • Defaults (dict) – these are specified by the software unless a chiantirc file is found in ‘$HOME/.chianti’:

Notes

The keyword arguments temperature, eDensity, radTemperature, rStar, em must all be either a float or have the same dimension as the rest if specified as lists, tuples or arrays.

The Defaults dict should have the following keys:

• abundfile, the elemental abundance file, unless specified in chiantirc this defaults to sun_photospheric_1998_grevesse.

• ioneqfile, the ionization equilibrium file name. Unless specified in ‘chiantirc’ this is defaults to chianti. Other choices are availble in $XUVTOP/ioneq • wavelength, the units of wavelength (Angstroms, nm, or kev), unless specified in the ‘chiantirc’ this is defaults to ‘angstrom’. • flux, specified whether the line intensities are give in energy or photon fluxes, unless specified in the ‘chiantirc’ this is defaults to energy. • gui, specifies whether to use gui selection widgets (True) or to make selections on the command line (False). Unless specified in the ‘chiantirc’ this is defaults to False. boundBoundLoss(allLines=1) Calculate the summed radiative loss rate for all spectral lines of the specified ion. Parameters • allLines (bool) – If True, include losses from both observed and unobserved lines. If False, only include losses from observed lines. • includes elemental abundance and ionization fraction. Returns • creates the attribute • BoundBoundLoss (dict with the keys below.) – rate : the radiative loss rate ($$\mathrm{erg \, cm^{-3}} \, \mathrm{s}^{-1}$$) per unit emission measure. temperature : (K). eDensity : electron density ($$\mathrm{cm^{-3}}$$) diCross(energy=None, verbose=False) Calculate the direct ionization cross section (cm$^2) as a function of the incident electron energy in eV, puts values into attribute DiCross

Parameters
• energy (array-like) – incident electron energy in eV

• verbose (bool, int) – with verbose set to True, printing is enabled

Variables

DiCross (dict) – keys: energy, cross

diRate()

Calculate the direct ionization rate coefficient as a function of temperature (K)

drPopulate(popCorrect=1, verbose=0)

Calculate level populations for specified ion. possible keyword arguments include temperature, eDensity, pDensity, radTemperature and rStar different from method populate() in that it includes the dielectronic recombination from all levels specified by the .auto file - consequently, it also calculates the populations of the higher ionization stage

drRate()

Provide the dielectronic recombination rate coefficient as a function of temperature (K).

drRateLvl(verbose=0)

to calculate the level resolved dielectronic rate from the higher ionization stage to the ion of interest rates are determined from autoionizing A-values the dictionary self.DrRateLvl contains rate = the dielectronic rate into an autoionizing level effRate = the dielectronic rate into an autoionizing level mutilplied by the branching ratio for a stabilizing transition totalRate = the sum of all the effRates

eaCross(energy=None, verbose=False)

Provide the excitation-autoionization cross section.

Energy is given in eV.

eaDescale()

Calculates the effective collision strengths (upsilon) for excitation-autoionization as a function of temperature.

eaRate()

Calculate the excitation-autoionization rate coefficient.

emiss(allLines=True)

Calculate the emissivities for lines of the specified ion.

units: ergs s^-1 str^-1

Does not include elemental abundance or ionization fraction

Wavelengths are sorted

set allLines = True to include unidentified lines

emissList(index=- 1, wvlRange=None, wvlRanges=None, top=10, relative=0, outFile=0)

List the emissivities.

wvlRange, a 2 element tuple, list or array determines the wavelength range

Top specifies to plot only the top strongest lines, default = 10

normalize = 1 specifies whether to normalize to strongest line, default = 0

emissPlot(index=- 1, wvlRange=None, top=10, linLog='lin', relative=0, verbose=0, plotFile=0, saveFile=0)

Plot the emissivities.

wvlRange, a 2 element tuple, list or array determines the wavelength range

Top specifies to plot only the top strongest lines, default = 10

linLog specifies a linear or log plot, want either lin or log, default = lin

normalize = 1 specifies whether to normalize to strongest line, default = 0

emissRatio(wvlRange=None, wvlRanges=None, top=10)

Plot the ratio of 2 lines or sums of lines. Shown as a function of density and/or temperature. For a single wavelength range, set wvlRange = [wMin, wMax] For multiple wavelength ranges, set wvlRanges = [[wMin1,wMax1],[wMin2,wMax2], …] A plot of relative emissivities is shown and then a dialog appears for the user to choose a set of lines.

gofnt(wvlRange=0, top=10, verbose=0, plot=True)

Calculate the ‘so-called’ G(T) function.

Given as a function of both temperature and eDensity.

Only the top( set by ‘top’) brightest lines are plotted. the G(T) function is returned in a dictionary self.Gofnt

intensity(allLines=1, verbose=0)

Calculate the intensities for lines of the specified ion.

units: ergs cm^-3 s^-1 str^-1

includes elemental abundance and ionization fraction.

the emission measure ‘em’ is included if specified

intensityRatioInterpolate(data, scale='lin', plot=0, verbose=0)

to take a set of date and interpolate against the IntensityRatio the scale can be one of ‘lin’/’linear’ [default], ‘loglog’, ‘logx’, ‘logy’,

ionizCross(energy=None)

Provides the total ionization cross section.

Notes

uses diCross and eaCross.

ionizRate()

Provides the total ionization rate.

Calls diRate and eaRate.

p2eRatio()

Calculates the proton density to electron density ratio using Eq. 7 of 1.

Notes

Uses the abundance and ionization equilibrium.

References

1

Young, P. R. et al., 2003, ApJS, 144, 135

popPlot(top=10, levels=[], scale=0, plotFile=0, outFile=0, pub=0, addTitle=None)

Plots populations vs temperature or eDensity.

top specifies the number of the most highly populated levels to plot (the default)

or can set levels to an array such as a list to set the desired levels to plot

if scale is set, then the population, if plotted vs. density, is divided by density - only useful if plotting level populations vs density

if pub is set, the want publication plots (bw, lw=2).

populate(popCorrect=1, verbose=0)

Calculate level populations for specified ion. possible keyword arguments include temperature, eDensity, pDensity, radTemperature and rStar populate assumes that all of the population in the higher ionization stages exists only in the ground level use drPopulate() for cases where the population of various levels in the higher ionization stage figure into the calculation

recombRate()

Provides the total recombination rate coefficient.

Calls drRate and rrRate

rrRate()

Provide the radiative recombination rate coefficient as a function of temperature (K).

rrlvlDescale(verbose=1)

Interpolate and extrapolate rrlvl rates. Used in level population calculations.

setup(alternate_dir=None, verbose=False)

Setup various CHIANTI files for the ion including .wgfa, .elvlc, .scups, .psplups, .reclvl, .cilvl, and others.

Parameters
• alternate_dir (str) – directory cotaining the necessary files for a ChiantiPy ion; use to setup an ion with files not in the current CHIANTI directory

• verbose (bool)

Notes

If ion is initiated with setup=False, call this method to do the setup at a later point.

setupIonrec(alternate_dir=None, verbose=False)

Setup method for ion recombination and ionization rates.

Notes

Allows a bare-bones ion object to be setup up with just the ionization and recombination rates. For ions without a complete set of files - one that is not in the MasterList.

spectrum(wavelength, filter=(<function gaussianR>, 1000.0), label=0, allLines=1)

Calculates the line emission spectrum for the specified ion.

Convolves the results of intensity to make them look like an observed spectrum the default filter is the gaussianR filter with a resolving power of 1000. Other choices include chianti.filters.box and chianti.filters.gaussian. When using the box filter, the width should equal the wavelength interval to keep the units of the continuum and line spectrum the same.

includes ionization equilibrium and elemental abundances

can be called multiple times to use different filters and widths uses label to keep the separate applications of spectrum sorted by the label for example, do .spectrum( …. label = ‘test1’) and do .spectrum( …. label = ‘test2’) then will get self.Spectrum.keys() = test1, test2 and self.Spectrum[‘test1’] = {‘intensity’:aspectrum, ‘wvl’:wavelength, ‘filter’:useFilter.__name__, ‘filterWidth’:useFactor}

Notes

scipy.ndimage.filters also includes a range of filters.

twoPhoton(wvl, verbose=False)

to calculate the two-photon continuum - only for hydrogen- and helium-like ions includes the elemental abundance and the ionization equilibrium includes the emission measure if specified

twoPhotonEmiss(wvl)

To calculate the two-photon continuum rate coefficient - only for hydrogen- and helium-like ions

twoPhotonLoss()

to calculate the two-photon energy loss rate - only for hydrogen- and helium-like ions includes the elemental abundance and the ionization equilibrium does not include the emission measure

upsilonDescale(prot=0)

Provides the temperatures and effective collision strengths (upsilons) set prot for proton rates otherwise, ce will be set for electron collision rates uses the new format “scups” files

## ChiantiPy.core.Ioneq module¶

Ionization equilibrium class

class ChiantiPy.core.Ioneq.ioneq(el_or_z)

Bases: object

Calculation ion fractions as a function of temperature assuming ionization equilibrium.

Parameters

el_or_z (int or str) – Atomic number or symbol

Note

When either loading or calculating a set of ion fractions, the temperature and ion fractions are returned to the Temperature and Ioneq attributes, respectively.

calculate(temperature)

Calculate ion fractions for given temperature array using the total ionization and recombination rates.

load(ioneqName=None)

Read temperature and ion fractions from a CHIANTI “.ioneq” file.

plot(stages=0, tRange=0, yr=0, oplot=False, label=1, title=1, bw=False, semilogx=0, verbose=0)

Plots the ionization equilibria.

self.plot(tRange=None, yr=None, oplot=False) stages = sequence of ions to be plotted, neutral == 1, fully stripped == Z+1 tRange = temperature range, yr = ion fraction range

for overplotting: oplot=”ioneqfilename” such as ‘mazzotta’ or if oplot=True or oplot=1 and a widget will come up so that a file can be selected. bw, if True, the plot is made in black and white

plotRatio(stageN, stageD, tRange=0, yr=0, label=1, title=1, bw=0, semilogx=1, verbose=0)

Plots the ratio of the ionization equilibria of two stages of a given element

self.plotRatio(stageN, stageD) stages = sequence of ions to be plotted, neutral == 1, fully stripped == Z+1 stageN = numerator stageD = denominator tRange = temperature range, yr = ion fraction range

## ChiantiPy.core.IpyMspectrum module¶

ChiantiPy.core.IpyMspectrum.doAll(inpt)

to process ff, fb and line inputs

class ChiantiPy.core.IpyMspectrum.ipymspectrum(temperature, eDensity, wavelength, filter=(<function gaussianR>, 1000.0), label=None, elementList=None, ionList=None, minAbund=None, keepIons=0, doLines=1, doContinuum=1, allLines=1, em=None, abundance=None, verbose=0, timeout=0.1)

this is the multiprocessing version of spectrum for using inside an IPython Qtconsole or notebook.

be for creating an instance, it is necessary to type something like the following into a console

> ipcluster start –n=3

this is the way to invoke things under the IPython 6 notation

Calculate the emission spectrum as a function of temperature and density.

temperature and density can be arrays but, unless the size of either is one (1), the two must have the same size

the returned spectrum will be convolved with a filter of the specified width on the specified wavelength array

the default filter is gaussianR with a resolving power of 100. Other filters, such as gaussian, box and lorentz, are available in ChiantiPy.filters. When using the box filter, the width should equal the wavelength interval to keep the units of the continuum and line spectrum the same.

A selection of elements can be make with elementList a list containing the names of elements that are desired to be included, e.g., [‘fe’,’ni’]

A selection of ions can be make with ionList containing the names of the desired lines in Chianti notation, i.e. C VI = c_6

Both elementList and ionList can not be specified at the same time

a minimum abundance can be specified so that the calculation can be speeded up by excluding elements with a low abundance. With solar photospheric abundances -

setting minAbund = 1.e-4 will include H, He, C, O, Ne setting minAbund = 2.e-5 adds N, Mg, Si, S, Fe setting minAbund = 1.e-6 adds Na, Al, Ar, Ca, Ni

Setting em will multiply the spectrum at each temperature by the value of em.

em [for emission measure], can be a float or an array of the same length as the temperature/density. allLines = 1 will include lines with either theoretical or observed wavelengths. allLines=0 will include only those lines with observed wavelengths

proc = the number of processors to use timeout - a small but non-zero value seems to be necessary

## ChiantiPy.core.Mspectrum module¶

class ChiantiPy.core.Mspectrum.mspectrum(temperature, eDensity, wavelength, filter=(<function gaussianR>, 1000.0), label=0, elementList=None, ionList=None, minAbund=None, keepIons=0, abundance=None, doLines=1, doContinuum=1, allLines=1, em=None, proc=3, verbose=0, timeout=0.1)

this is the multiprocessing version of spectrum set proc to the desired number of processors, default=3

Calculate the emission spectrum as a function of temperature and density.

temperature and density can be arrays but, unless the size of either is one (1), the two must have the same size

the returned spectrum will be convolved with a filter of the specified width on the specified wavelength array

the default filter is gaussianR with a resolving power of 100. Other filters, such as gaussian, box and lorentz, are available in chianti.filters. When using the box filter, the width should equal the wavelength interval to keep the units of the continuum and line spectrum the same.

A selection of elements can be make with elementList a list containing the names of elements that are desired to be included, e.g., [‘fe’,’ni’]

A selection of ions can be make with ionList containing the names of the desired lines in Chianti notation, i.e. C VI = c_6

Both elementList and ionList can not be specified at the same time

a minimum abundance can be specified so that the calculation can be speeded up by excluding elements with a low abundance. With solar photospheric abundances -

setting minAbund = 1.e-4 will include H, He, C, O, Ne setting minAbund = 2.e-5 adds N, Mg, Si, S, Fe setting minAbund = 1.e-6 adds Na, Al, Ar, Ca, Ni

Setting em will multiply the spectrum at each temperature by the value of em.

em [for emission measure], can be a float or an array of the same length as the temperature/density. allLines = 1 will include lines with either theoretical or observed wavelengths. allLines=0 will include only those lines with observed wavelengths

proc = the number of processors to use timeout - a small but non-zero value seems to be necessary

class ChiantiPy.core.RadLoss.radLoss(temperature, eDensity, elementList=None, ionList=None, minAbund=None, doContinuum=1, abundance=None, verbose=0, allLines=1, keepIons=0)

Calculate the emission spectrum as a function of temperature and density.

includes elemental abundances or ionization equilibria

temperature and density can be arrays but, unless the size of either is one (1), the two must have the same size

the returned spectrum will be convolved with a filter of the specified width on the specified wavelength array

the default filter is gaussianR with a resolving power of 1000. Other filters, such as gaussian, box and lorentz, are available in ChiantiPy.filters. When using the box filter, the width should equal the wavelength interval to keep the units of the continuum and line spectrum the same.

A selection of ions can be make with ionList containing the names of the desired lines in Chianti notation, i.e. C VI = c_6

a minimum abundance can be specified so that the calculation can be speeded up by excluding elements with a low abundance. With solar photospheric abundances -

setting minAbund = 1.e-4 will include H, He, C, O, Ne setting minAbund = 2.e-5 adds N, Mg, Si, S, Fe setting minAbund = 1.e-6 adds Na, Al, Ar, Ca, Ni

Setting em will multiply the spectrum at each temperature by the value of em.

em [for emission measure], can be a float or an array of the same length as the temperature/density.

abundance: to select a particular set of abundances, set abundance to the name of a CHIANTI abundance file,

without the ‘.abund’ suffix, e.g. ‘sun_photospheric_1998_grevesse’ If set to a blank (‘’), a gui selection menu will popup and allow the selection of an set of abundances

radLossPlot(title=0)

to plot the radiative losses vs temperature

## ChiantiPy.core.Spectrum module¶

class ChiantiPy.core.Spectrum.bunch(temperature, eDensity, wvlRange, elementList=None, ionList=None, minAbund=None, keepIons=0, em=None, abundance=None, verbose=0, allLines=1)

Calculate the emission line spectrum as a function of temperature and density.

‘bunch’ is very similar to ‘spectrum’ except that continuum is not calculated and the spectrum is not convolved over a filter. However, this can be done with the inherited convolve method

one of the convenient things is that all of the instantiated ion classes, determined through such keywords as ‘elementList’, ‘ionList’, and ‘minAbund’ are kept in a dictionary self.IonInstances where self.IonInstances[‘mg_7’] is the class instance of ChiantiPy.core.ion for ‘mg_7’. All its methods and attributes are available.

includes elemental abundances and ionization equilibria

the set of abundances, a file in $XUVTOP/abundance, can be set with the keyword argument ‘abundanceName’ temperature and density can be arrays but, unless the size of either is one (1), the two must have the same size Inherited methods include ‘intensityList’, ‘intensityRatio’ (between lines of different ions), and ‘intensityRatioSave’ and ‘convolve’. A selection of elements can be make with elementList a list containing the names of elements that are desired to be included, e.g., [‘fe’,’ni’] A selection of ions can be make with ionList containing the names of the desired lines in Chianti notation, i.e. C VI = c_6 Both elementList and ionList can not be specified at the same time a minimum abundance can be specified so that the calculation can be speeded up by excluding elements with a low abundance. With solar photospheric abundances - setting minAbund = 1.e-4 will include H, He, C, O, Ne setting minAbund = 2.e-5 adds N, Mg, Si, S, Fe setting minAbund = 1.e-6 adds Na, Al, Ar, Ca, Ni At least one of elementList, ionList, or minAbund must be set in order for ‘bunch’ to include any ions. Setting em will multiply the spectrum at each temperature by the value of em. em [for emission measure], can be a float or an array of the same length as the temperature/density class ChiantiPy.core.Spectrum.spectrum(temperature, eDensity, wavelength, filter=(<function gaussianR>, 1000.0), label=None, elementList=None, ionList=None, minAbund=None, doLines=1, doContinuum=1, em=None, keepIons=0, abundance=None, verbose=0, allLines=1) Calculate the emission spectrum as a function of temperature and density. one of the convenient things is that all of the instantiated ion classes, determined through such keywords as ‘elementList’, ‘ionList’, and ‘minAbund’ are kept in a dictionary self.IonInstances where self.IonInstances[‘mg_7’] is the class instance of ChiantiPy.core.ion for ‘mg_7’. All its methods and attributes are available. includes elemental abundances and ionization equilibria the set of abundances, a file in$XUVTOP/abundance, can be set with the keyword argument ‘abundanceName’

temperature and density can be arrays but, unless the size of either is unity (1), the two must have the same size

the returned spectrum will be convolved with a filter of the specified width on the specified wavelength array

the default filter is gaussianR with a resolving power of 1000. Other filters, such as gaussian, box and lorentz, are available in ChiantiPy.tools.filters. When using the box filter, the width should equal the wavelength interval to keep the units of the continuum and line spectrum the same.

Inherited methods include ‘intensityList’, ‘intensityRatio’ (between lines of different ions), ‘intensityRatioSave’ and ‘convolve’

A selection of elements can be make with elementList a list containing the names of elements that are desired to be included, e.g., [‘fe’,’ni’]

A selection of ions can be make with ionList containing the names of the desired lines in CHIANTI notation, i.e. C VI = c_6

Both elementList and ionList can not be specified at the same time

a minimum abundance can be specified so that the calculation can be speeded up by excluding elements with a low abundance. The default of minAbund is 1.e-6

It is necessary to specify at least an elementList, an ionList, or a minAbund to select any ions for a spectrum calculation

With solar photospheric abundances -

setting minAbund = 1.e-4 will include H, He, C, O, Ne setting minAbund = 2.e-5 adds N, Mg, Si, S, Fe setting minAbund = 1.e-6 adds Na, Al, Ar, Ca, Ni

Setting doLines = 0 will skip the calculation of spectral lines. Setting doContinuum =0 will skip the continuum calculation.

Setting em [for emission measure] will multiply the spectrum at each temperature by the value of em.

em [for emission measure] can be a float or an array of the same length as the temperature/density

keepIons: set this to keep the ion instances that have been calculated in a dictionary self.IonInstances with the keywords being the CHIANTI-style ion names

abundance: to select a particular set of abundances, set abundance to the name of a CHIANTI abundance file, without the ‘.abund’ suffix, e.g. ‘sun_photospheric_1998_grevesse’

If set to a blank (‘’), a gui selection menu will popup and allow the selection of an set of abundances

## Module contents¶

chianti.core - contains the main classes for ChiantiPy users.