Source code for radiosim.jets.flux_scaling

from scipy import stats

__all__ = ["draw_from_mojave_dist", "get_start_amp"]



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def get_start_amp(scale_type):
    if scale_type == "mojave":
        amp_start = draw_from_mojave_dist()
    return amp_start / 1e3




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def draw_from_mojave_dist():
    """Values from a fit to the peak fluxes distribution
    in the MOJAVE data archive.
    """
    a = 0.8639672251677816
    b = 47.64189171625089
    loc = 0.09163404776954732
    scale = 1892.3881692069087
    return stats.beta(a, b, loc, scale).rvs(1)