XSTAR2XSPEC parameter file generator.

DISCLAIMER: This form does NOT perform any sanity check. GARBAGE IN = GARBAGE OUT!

Parameter [unit] Variation type
0   | 1   | 2
Interpolation type
Linear  |  Log
NSteps (1,20) Soft min. Soft max. Hardcoded min, max
Covering fraction (0, 1)
Temperature [/104 K] (0, 104)
Pressure [dyne cm-2] (0, 1)
Density [cm-3] (0, 1018)
Radiation temperature [K] or alpha No limits
Luminosity (/1038 erg s-1) (0, 1010)
Column density (cm-2) (0, 1025)
log(ionization parameter) (-10, 10)
H abundance (0, 100)
He abundance (0, 100)
Li abundance (0, 100)
Be abundance (0, 100)
B abundance (0, 100)
C abundance (0, 100)
N abundance (0, 100)
O abundance (0, 100)
F abundance (0, 100)
Ne abundance (0, 100)
Na abundance (0, 100)
Mg abundance (0, 100)
Al abundance (0, 100)
Si abundance (0, 100)
P abundance (0, 100)
S abundance (0, 100)
Cl abundance (0, 100)
Ar abundance (0, 100)
K abundance (0, 100)
Ca abundance (0, 100)
Sc abundance (0, 100)
Ti abundance (0, 100)
V abundance (0, 100)
Cr abundance (0, 100)
Mn abundance (0, 100)
Fe abundance (0, 100)
Co abundance (0, 100)
Ni abundance (0, 100)
Cu abundance (0, 100)
Zn abundance (0, 100)
Spectrum type Black body

Thermal bremsstrahlung

Photon power law
Spectrum units Energy
Photons
Redshift is a parameter
isn't a parameter
nsteps (1, 103)
niter
npass (1, 104)
Constant pressure switch False True
Courant multiplier (10-6, 106)
Taumax (1, 104)
xeemin (10-6, 0.5)
Critical ion abundance (10-24, 0.1)
vturb (km/s) (0, 3x104)
radexp (-3., 3.)
Number of continuum bins (999, 99999)
Model name
Loop control (0, 3x104)
elow (eV) (0., 5.11x105)
ehigh (eV) (0., 5.11x105)

Parameters definitions can be found in the XSTAR documentation.

Default parameters: XSTAR (v2.2.1bc), and XSTAR2XSPEC.

Note: The write_switch, print_switch, step size choice are set to zero.