read_lnp_data

beast.tools.read_beast_data.read_lnp_data(filename, nstars=None, shift_lnp=True)

Read in the sparse lnp for all the stars in the hdf5 file

Parameters:

filename : string

name of the file with the sparse lnp values

nstars : int (default=None)

if you want to check that the number of lnp values is correct, set this to the number of stars expected in the file

shift_lnp : boolean (default=True)

if True, shift lnp values to have a max of 0.0

Returns:

lnp_data : dictonary

contains arrays of the lnp values and indices to the BEAST model grid