uvex_transients.transients.base.ExtragalacticTransient.rate

abstract property ExtragalacticTransient.rate: Quantity

The fiducial rate normalization \(R_0\) (this class’s \(A\)).

Concrete subclasses implement this – and rate_shape below – instead of event_rate directly: event_rate(z) = rate * rate_shape(z), i.e. \(R(z;A)=A f(z)\); see Yield Statistics. May depend on cosmology (e.g. a core-collapse SNe subtype’s rate, whose overall coefficient scales with \(h^2\)) – it is a property, not a ClassVar, precisely to allow that.

Type:

Quantity