.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "user-guide/model-gallery/spectral/plot_powerlaw.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_user-guide_model-gallery_spectral_plot_powerlaw.py>`
        to download the full example code. or to run this example in your browser via Binder

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_user-guide_model-gallery_spectral_plot_powerlaw.py:


.. _powerlaw-spectral-model:

Power law spectral model
========================

This model parametrises a power law spectrum.

It is defined by the following equation:

.. math::
    \phi(E) = \phi_0 \cdot \left( \frac{E}{E_0} \right)^{-\Gamma}

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Example plot
------------
Here is an example plot of the model:

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.. code-block:: Python


    from astropy import units as u
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from gammapy.modeling.models import Models, PowerLawSpectralModel, SkyModel

    energy_bounds = [0.1, 100] * u.TeV
    model = PowerLawSpectralModel(
        index=2,
        amplitude="1e-12 TeV-1 cm-2 s-1",
        reference=1 * u.TeV,
    )
    model.plot(energy_bounds)
    plt.grid(which="both")




.. image-sg:: /user-guide/model-gallery/spectral/images/sphx_glr_plot_powerlaw_001.png
   :alt: plot powerlaw
   :srcset: /user-guide/model-gallery/spectral/images/sphx_glr_plot_powerlaw_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





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YAML representation
-------------------
Here is an example YAML file using the model:

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.. code-block:: Python


    model = SkyModel(spectral_model=model, name="power-law-model")
    models = Models([model])

    print(models.to_yaml())




.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 .. code-block:: none

    components:
    -   name: power-law-model
        type: SkyModel
        spectral:
            type: PowerLawSpectralModel
            parameters:
            -   name: index
                value: 2.0
            -   name: amplitude
                value: 1.0e-12
                unit: cm-2 s-1 TeV-1
            -   name: reference
                value: 1.0
                unit: TeV
    metadata:
        creator: Gammapy 1.3.dev222+g8af9dbfc9
        date: '2024-05-01T14:12:28.362604'
        origin: null






.. _sphx_glr_download_user-guide_model-gallery_spectral_plot_powerlaw.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: binder-badge

      .. image:: images/binder_badge_logo.svg
        :target: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/gammapy/gammapy-webpage/main?urlpath=lab/tree/notebooks/dev/user-guide/model-gallery/spectral/plot_powerlaw.ipynb
        :alt: Launch binder
        :width: 150 px

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_powerlaw.ipynb <plot_powerlaw.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plot_powerlaw.py <plot_powerlaw.py>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_