hyperion.sources.ExternalBoxSource

class hyperion.sources.ExternalBoxSource(name=None, peeloff=True, **kwargs)

An rectangular external source.

This can be used for example to simulate the interstellar radiation field. This source emits inwards.

Parameters

namestr, optional

The name of the source

peeloffbool, optional

Whether to peel-off photons from this source

Notes

Any additional arguments are are used to initialize attributes.

Attributes

name	A string identifying the source (optional)
luminosity	The bolometric luminosity of the source (ergs/s)
temperature	The temperature of the source (K)
spectrum	The spectrum of the source, specified either as an astropy.table.Table instance with 'nu' and 'fnu' columns, or as a (nu, fnu) tuple, where the frequency is given in Hz, and the flux is given as F_nu (units are unimportant since the normalization is set by the luminosity).
bounds	The cartesian boundaries of the rectangular box specified as [[xmin, xmax], [ymin, ymax], [zmin, zmax]] (cm).