Usage and Tutorials

One way to pick up how to use hmf is to directly consult the API documentation.

Here, however, we have compiled several more high-level resources on how to get started with hmf, and use it efficiently.

• Your first plot
• Broad Overview of hmf
  • The Package Layout
  • Frameworks – Caching and Updating
  • Components
  • Using hmf Efficiently
• Dealing with Cosmological Models
  • Default Settings
  • Passing a cosmological model
  • Passing custom parameters
  • Updating parameters
• Mass Definitions
  • Introduction
  • Changing Mass Definitions
• Fitting Mass Functions with emcee
  • Create Some Mock Data
  • Define a likelihood
  • Define an emcee-compatible likelihood function
  • Run emcee
  • An example of fitting a new fitting function
• Plugins and Extensions
  • Built-in Models
  • Defining your own Models
  • Parameterizing Custom Models
  • Your Custom Model is a Plugin
• FAQ
  • What are the units of hmf’s outputs?
  • How can I find out all components (i.e. kinds of models) defined?
  • How can I determine each kind of model defined for a particular component?
  • My mass function looks wrong at small masses, why?