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Add new spectral models including:

  • Voigt profile (Gaussian + Lorentzian convolution)
  • Gaussian and Lorentzian line profiles
  • P-Cygni profiles using Sobolev approximation
  • Elementary P-Cygni with simple parameterization
  • Multi-line P-Cygni spectrum generation
  • SYNOW-style parameterized line model
  • Blackbody spectrum with P-Cygni lines
  • Voigt absorption line synthesis

Add SpectralVelocityFitter class for measuring:

  • Line velocities from absorption features
  • Multiple line velocity measurements
  • Photospheric velocity evolution
  • High-velocity feature identification
  • Velocity gradients (dv/dt)

Add new spectral models including:
- Voigt profile (Gaussian + Lorentzian convolution)
- Gaussian and Lorentzian line profiles
- P-Cygni profiles using Sobolev approximation
- Elementary P-Cygni with simple parameterization
- Multi-line P-Cygni spectrum generation
- SYNOW-style parameterized line model
- Blackbody spectrum with P-Cygni lines
- Voigt absorption line synthesis

Add SpectralVelocityFitter class for measuring:
- Line velocities from absorption features
- Multiple line velocity measurements
- Photospheric velocity evolution
- High-velocity feature identification
- Velocity gradients (dv/dt)

These tools enable analysis of supernova spectra, particularly
Type Ia SNe, for photospheric velocity measurements and spectral
line identification.
- Add comprehensive example script demonstrating:
  - P-Cygni profile generation (physical and elementary)
  - Voigt, Gaussian, and Lorentzian line profiles
  - Multi-line Type Ia SN spectrum synthesis
  - Velocity measurements from absorption features
  - Photospheric velocity evolution tracking
  - High-velocity feature detection
  - SYNOW-style line models

- Add detailed documentation for spectral models including:
  - Line profile functions (Voigt, Gaussian, Lorentzian)
  - P-Cygni profile models (physical and parameterized)
  - Multi-line spectrum generation
  - SpectralVelocityFitter class and methods
  - Complete workflow examples with references

- Update analysis.txt to document SpectralVelocityFitter
- Add spectral_models to docs index
Tests include:
- Voigt profile function (symmetry, peak position, continuum handling)
- Gaussian and Lorentzian line profiles
- P-Cygni profile (absorption/emission, velocity dependence, optical depth)
- Elementary P-Cygni profile
- Multi-line P-Cygni spectrum synthesis
- SYNOW-style line model
- Blackbody with P-Cygni lines
- Voigt absorption line synthesis
- SpectralVelocityFitter class:
  - Multiple velocity measurement methods (min, centroid, gaussian, fit)
  - Multiple line measurements
  - Photospheric velocity evolution
  - High-velocity feature detection
  - Velocity gradient calculation
  - Edge cases and error handling

Priors added for:
- p_cygni_profile (tau_sobolev, v_phot, lambda_rest)
- elementary_p_cygni_profile (v_absorption, absorption_depth, emission)
- voigt_profile (sigma_gaussian, gamma_lorentz)
- gaussian_line_profile (lambda_center, amplitude, sigma)
- lorentzian_line_profile (lambda_center, amplitude, gamma)
- blackbody_spectrum_with_p_cygni_lines (redshift, rph, temp, v_phot)
- synow_line_model (tau_ref, v_phot, v_max, n_power)

These enable Bayesian inference for spectral line fitting.
@nikhil-sarin nikhil-sarin added the enhancement New feature or request label Nov 15, 2025
claude and others added 13 commits November 16, 2025 12:56
P-Cygni profile fixes:
- Fix absorption region to extend from v=0 to v_max (was incorrectly limited)
- Properly center absorption maximum at photospheric velocity
- Adjust source function values for more realistic profiles
- Absorption now correctly uses Gaussian profile peaked at v_phot

Test fixes:
- Increase velocity search window (v_window) to 15000-20000 km/s for
  high-velocity measurements (default 5000 km/s was too narrow)
- Use larger velocity differences in evolution tests for clearer signal
- Use wider wavelength ranges to capture all spectral features
- Adjust test tolerances for source function effects
- Pass v_window parameter through measure_velocity_gradient to
  photospheric_velocity_evolution

Analysis improvements:
- Add **kwargs support to measure_velocity_gradient for passing
  parameters like v_window to underlying velocity measurements

All 56 tests now pass successfully.
Spectral line profile models (P-Cygni, Voigt, Gaussian, Lorentzian, etc.)
are not standard time-domain transient models - they don't take time as
the first argument. They are spectral analysis tools meant for direct use.

Added skip lists in:
- TestModels.test_models
- TestPhaseModels.test_models
- TestMagnitudeOutput.test_models

Models skipped:
- p_cygni_profile
- elementary_p_cygni_profile
- voigt_profile
- gaussian_line_profile
- lorentzian_line_profile
- blackbody_spectrum_with_p_cygni_lines
- synow_line_model

These models are properly tested in test/spectral_models_test.py
Increases test count from 56 to 99 tests with extensive coverage:
- Exception handling and edge cases for SpectralVelocityFitter
- P-Cygni fit failure fallback behavior
- Velocity gradient with weighted fits
- Power law spectrum models
- Blackbody spectrum at redshift tests
- SYNOW model parameter variations
- Multi-line P-Cygni spectrum tests
Increases test count from 99 to 124 tests covering:
- Internal functions (_get_blackbody_spectrum, _get_powerlaw_spectrum)
- Velocity measurement edge cases (sparse data, error estimation)
- Multi-line P-Cygni continuum models (powerlaw, callable)
- SYNOW model dilution factors and parameter variations
- P-Cygni source function variations
- Photospheric velocity evolution methods
- High-velocity feature detection thresholds
- Elementary P-Cygni edge cases
Increases test count from 124 to 139 tests covering:
- Velocity gradient edge cases (NaN errors, zero errors)
- Lorentzian and Gaussian emission/absorption variations
- Blackbody with lines parameter variations
- HVF detection with low absorption thresholds
- Powerlaw plus blackbody before/after peak times
- Min method edge cases (uniform flux, noisy spectra)
- Additional parameter coverage throughout
Increases test count from 139 to 154 tests with:
- Velocity measurement branch coverage (n_err paths, emission lines)
- P-Cygni fit method successful fitting path
- Spectrum combination edge cases (zero tau, no absorption regions)
- Integration/validation tests (roundtrip velocity, Wien's law)
- Physical behavior validation (gradient signs, temperature effects)
- Additional edge cases (high redshift, narrow widths)
Include the new spectral models test suite in the CI pipeline
so that coverage is measured and reported to Coveralls.
The previous workflow only uploaded XML coverage files, but coverage
combine needs .coverage database files. Now:
- Upload both .coverage database files and XML from each test group
- Properly combine .coverage files from all 4 test groups
- Generate combined XML report for Coveralls
- This ensures all tests (including new spectral_models_test.py)
  contribute to the total coverage percentage
Increases test count from 154 to 164 with explicit coverage for:
- All 4 velocity measurement methods (min, centroid, gaussian, fit)
- __init__ with lists and arrays, with/without flux_err
- from_spectrum_object with/without flux_density_err attribute
- measure_multiple_lines exception handling path
- photospheric_velocity_evolution as static method
- identify_high_velocity_features edge cases
- measure_velocity_gradient weighted vs unweighted paths
- Invalid method ValueError exception
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