*********************************************** Simple fit of a stellar spectrum with MultiNest *********************************************** Multinest is a very useful tool when fitting spectra. This first important step to use specgrid with MultiNest is to install `PyMultiNest `_ Once PyMultiNest is running, fitting a spectrum is relatively easy to fit a spectrum with it:: >>> from specgrid import Spectrum1D, SpectralGrid, assemble_observation, fitting >>> from specgrid.fitting.multinest import priors, fit_simple_spectrum_multinest >>> spec_grid = SpectralGrid('munari.h5') >>> model_observation = assemble_observation(spec_grid, plugin_names=['doppler', 'rotation', 'resolution']) >>> my_spectrum = model_observation.evaluate(teff=4580., logg=3.0, feh=0.0) >>> my_spectrum.data *= random.normal(1, 0.3, my_spectrum.flux.shape) #making my own spectrum >>> my_spectrum.uncertainty = np.sqrt(my_spectrum.flux.value) >>> prior_dict = dict(teff=priors.UniformPrior(5000, 6000), logg=priors.GaussianPrior(4.3, 0.3), feh=priors.FixedPrior(0.05)) >>> multinest_fitter = fit_simple_spectrum_multinest(my_spectrum, model_observation, prior_dict) specgrid.fitting.multinest.likelihoods - WARNING - Not all parameters of the observation model have an associated prior and are thus fixed: R inf vrad 0.00 km / s vrot 0.00 km / s ------- specgrid.fitting.multinest.multinest_fitter - INFO - Starting fit in /var/folders/v2/z0nm04hj495cj432_4xwvzmh0000gn/T/tmpiH4uVM with prefix specgrid_multinest MultiNest Warning: no resume file found, starting from scratch ***************************************************** MultiNest v3.7 Copyright Farhan Feroz & Mike Hobson Release June 2014 no. of live points = 400 dimensionality = 3 *****************************************************