redback.sed.boosted_bolometric_luminosity

redback.sed.boosted_bolometric_luminosity(temperature, radius, lambda_cut)[source]

Compute the boosted bolometric luminosity for a blackbody with temperature T (K) and radius R (cm) to account for missing blue flux.

It uses:

L_bb = 4π R² σ_SB T⁴,

F_tot = σ_SB T⁴, and integrates the flux density redward of lambda_cut.

Parameters:

  • temperature (float) – Temperature (K)

  • radius (float) – Photospheric radius (cm)

  • lambda_cut (float) – Cutoff wavelength in centimeters (i.e. converted from angstroms by multiplying by 1e-8)

Returns:

L_boosted – The corrected bolometric luminosity (erg/s)

Return type:

float