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Self-irradiated funnel
This model is now in the Xspec release and this page is superceded by the Xspec manual
par1 = tin, inner temperature (at the inner, inside-the-funnel photosphere).
par2 = rin, inner (inside-the-funnel photosphere) radius in "spherisation
radius" units (the latter is defined as 3 Κ Mdot / Ωf c).
par3 = rout, outer photosphere radius in "spherisation radius" units.
par4 = theta, half-opening angle of the cone.
par5 = incl, inclination angle of the funnel. Affects mainly
self-occultation and relativistic boost effects.
par6 = valpha, velocity law exponent, v goes as rvalpha.
par7 = gamma, adiabate index. It affects the inner, hotter parts of the
flow, therefore we set is to 4/3 by default.
par8 = mdot, mass ejection rate in Eddington (critical) units.
par9 = irrad, number of iterations for irradiation.
The source code file required is sirf.cpp with the parameter information in lmodel_sirf.dat.