cogwheel.posterior.main¶
- cogwheel.posterior.main(eventname, mchirp_guess, approximant, prior_name, parentdir, overwrite, kwargs_filename=None, refine=False)¶
Construct a Posterior instance, optionally refine its reference waveform and save it to JSON.
- Parameters:
- eventnamestr
Event name, e.g. ‘GW150914’.
- mchirp_guessfloat
Approximate chirp mass (Msun).
- approximantstr
Approximant name.
- prior_namestr
Key in gw_prior.prior_registry.
- parentdiros.PathLike
Path to top directory where to save output.
- overwritebool
Whether to overwrite preexisting files. False (default) raises an error if the file exists.
- kwargs_filenamePathLike or None
Path to JSON file from which to load kwargs to
Posterior.from_event().- refinebool
Whether to apply an expensive likelihood maximization over all parameters.