5.1.6.0 sd.linefinder.set_options

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sd.linefinder.set_options - Function

5.1.6 Set the parameters of the line finding algorithm
Description

This method is used to set the parameters of the line finding algorithm. There are six parameters that can be set by this method. See description of this object for details about parameters.

Note that, 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.

Arguments


Inputs
threshold	A single channel S/N ratio above which the channel is considered to be a detection.
	allowed:	float
	Default:	sqrt(3)
min_nchan	A minimal number of consequtive channels, which should satisfy a threshold criterion to be a detection.
	allowed:	integer
	Default:	3
avg_limit	A number of consequtive channels not greater than this parameter can be averaged to search for broad lines.
	allowed:	integer
	Default:	8
box_size	A running mean/median box size specified as a fraction of the total spectrum length.
	allowed:	float
	Default:	0.2
noise_box	Area of the spectrum used to estimate noise stats
	allowed:	float, string (’all’ or ’box’)
	Default:	’all’
noise_stat	Statistics used to estimate noise
	allowed:	string (’mean80’ or ’median’)
	Default:	’mean80’

Returns

Example

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