Photometric Plugin

For optical photometry, we provide the PhotometryLike plugin that handles forward folding of a spectral model through filter curves. Let’s have a look at the avaiable procedures.

import numpy as np
%matplotlib notebook
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt



from threeML import *

# we will need XPSEC models for extinction
from astromodels.xspec import *

# The filter library takes a while to load so you must import it explicitly..
from threeML.plugins.photometry.filter_library import threeML_filter_library

Configuration read from /Users/jburgess/.threeML/threeML_config.yml
Loading xspec models...done
Loading optical filters

Setup

We use speclite to handle optical filters. Therefore, you can easily build your own custom filters, use the built in speclite filters, or use the 3ML filter library that we have built thanks to Spanish Virtual Observatory.

If you use these filters, please be sure to cite the proper sources!

Simple example of building a filter

Let’s say we have our own 1-m telescope with a Johnson filter and we happen to record the data. We also have simultaneous data at other wavelengths and we want to compare. Let’s setup the optical plugin (we’ll ignore the other data for now).

import speclite.filters as spec_filters

my_backyard_telescope_filter = spec_filters.load_filter('bessell-r')

# NOTE:
my_backyard_telescope_filter.name

'bessell-R'

NOTE: the filter name is ‘bessell-R’. The plugin will look for the name after the ‘-‘ i.e ‘R’

Now let’s build a 3ML plugin via PhotometryLike.

Our data are entered as keywords with the name of the filter as the keyword and the data in an magnitude,error tuple, i.e. R=(mag,mag_err):

my_backyard_telescope = PhotometryLike('backyard_astronomy',
                         filters=my_backyard_telescope_filter, # the filter
                         R=(20,.1) ) # the magnitude and error

my_backyard_telescope.display_filters()

Using Gaussian statistic (equivalent to chi^2) with the provided errors.

3ML filter library

Explore the filter library. If you cannot find what you need, it is simple to add your own

threeML_filter_library.SLOAN

SDSS:
- u
- g
- r
- i
- z

spec_filters.plot_filters(threeML_filter_library.SLOAN.SDSS)

spec_filters.plot_filters(threeML_filter_library.Herschel.SPIRE)

spec_filters.plot_filters(threeML_filter_library.Keck.NIRC2)

Build your own filters

Following the example from speclite, we can build our own filters and add them:

fangs_g = spec_filters.FilterResponse(
    wavelength = [3800, 4500, 5200] * u.Angstrom,
    response = [0, 0.5, 0], meta=dict(group_name='fangs', band_name='g'))
fangs_r = spec_filters.FilterResponse(
    wavelength = [4800, 5500, 6200] * u.Angstrom,
    response = [0, 0.5, 0], meta=dict(group_name='fangs', band_name='r'))

fangs = spec_filters.load_filters('fangs-g', 'fangs-r')

fangslike = PhotometryLike('fangs',filters=fangs,g=(20,.1),r=(18,.1))


fangslike.display_filters()

Using Gaussian statistic (equivalent to chi^2) with the provided errors.

GROND Example

Now we will look at GROND. We get the filter from the 3ML filter library.

(Just play with tab completion to see what is available!)

grond = PhotometryLike('GROND',
                       filters=threeML_filter_library.ESO.GROND,
                       #g=(21.5.93,.23), # we exclude these filters
                       #r=(22.,0.12),
                       i=(21.8,.01),
                       z=(21.2,.01),
                       J=(19.6,.01),
                       H=(18.6,.01),
                       K=(18.,.01))

Using Gaussian statistic (equivalent to chi^2) with the provided errors.

grond.display_filters()

Model specification

Here we use XSPEC’s dust extinction models for the milky way and the host

spec =  Powerlaw() * XS_zdust() * XS_zdust()

data_list = DataList(grond)

model = Model(PointSource('grb',0,0,spectral_shape=spec))

spec.piv_1 = 1E-2
spec.index_1.fix=False
spec.redshift_2 = 0.347
spec.redshift_2.fix = True

spec.e_bmv_2 = 5./2.93
spec.e_bmv_2.fix = True
spec.rv_2 = 2.93
spec.rv_2.fix = True


spec.method_2 = 3
spec.method_2.fix=True



spec.e_bmv_3 = .002/3.08
spec.e_bmv_3.fix = True
spec.rv_3= 3.08
spec.rv_3.fix=True
spec.redshift_3 = 0
spec.redshift_3.fix=True
spec.method_3 = 1
spec.method_3.fix=True

jl = JointLikelihood(model,data_list)

We compute \(m_{\rm AB}\) from astromodels photon fluxes. This is done by convolving the differential flux over the filter response:

\(F[R,f_\lambda] \equiv \int_0^\infty \frac{dg}{d\lambda}(\lambda)R(\lambda) \omega(\lambda) d\lambda\)

where we have converted the astromodels functions to wavelength properly.

_ = jl.fit()

Best fit values:

	result	unit
parameter
grb.spectrum.main.composite.K_1	(4.600 +/- 0.12) x 10	1 / (cm2 keV s)
grb.spectrum.main.composite.index_1	-1.144 +/- 0.011

Correlation matrix:

1.00	0.99
0.99	1.00

Values of -log(likelihood) at the minimum:

	-log(likelihood)
GROND	477.3182
total	477.3182

Values of statistical measures:

	statistical measures
AIC	964.636400
BIC	957.855276

We can now look at the fit in magnitude space or model space as with any plugin.

_=display_photometry_model_magnitudes(jl)

_ = plot_point_source_spectra(jl.results,flux_unit='erg/(cm2 s keV)',
                              xscale='linear',
                              energy_unit='nm',ene_min=1E3, ene_max=1E5, num_ene=200 )