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lorentz, zlorentz: lorentz line profile

A Lorentzian line profile.

$\displaystyle A(E) = K{\sigma\over{(\pi-2\arctan(-2E_L/\sigma))}}{1\over{(E-E_L)^2 + (\sigma/2)^2}} $

where:

par1 $E_L$, line energy in keV
par2 $\sigma$, FWHM line width in keV
norm $K$, photons/cm$^2$/s in the line

For zlorentz the corresponding formula is:

$\displaystyle A(E) = {K\over{(1+z)}}{\sigma\over{(\pi-2\arctan(-2E_L/\sigma))}}{1\over{(E(1+z)-E_L)^2 + (\sigma/2)^2}} $

and the parameters are:

par1 $E_L$, line energy in keV
par2 $\sigma$, FWHM line width in keV
par3 $z$, redshift
norm $K$, photons/cm$^2$/s in the line

The line is truncated at the point that the integrated flux under the line is within a critical value of the total flux. This critical value can be changed using xset LINECRITLEVEL. The default critical value is $1.0\times10^{-6}$. Note also that the normalization is defined as the integral over energies greater than zero since negative energies are unphysical.

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