Organization and simultaneous fits: creating and writing a workspace 
 
import ROOT
 
 
 
x = ROOT.RooRealVar("x", "x", 0, 10)
 
mean = ROOT.RooRealVar("mean", "mean of gaussians", 5, 0, 10)
sigma1 = ROOT.RooRealVar("sigma1", "width of gaussians", 0.5)
sigma2 = ROOT.RooRealVar("sigma2", "width of gaussians", 1)
 
sig1 = ROOT.RooGaussian("sig1", "Signal component 1", x, mean, sigma1)
sig2 = ROOT.RooGaussian("sig2", "Signal component 2", x, mean, sigma2)
 
a0 = ROOT.RooRealVar("a0", "a0", 0.5, 0.0, 1.0)
a1 = ROOT.RooRealVar("a1", "a1", -0.2, 0.0, 1.0)
bkg = ROOT.RooChebychev("bkg", "Background", x, [a0, a1])
 
sig1frac = ROOT.RooRealVar("sig1frac", "fraction of component 1 in signal", 0.8, 0.0, 1.0)
sig = ROOT.RooAddPdf("sig", "Signal", [sig1, sig2], [sig1frac])
 
bkgfrac = ROOT.RooRealVar("bkgfrac", "fraction of background", 0.5, 0.0, 1.0)
model = ROOT.RooAddPdf("model", "g1+g2+a", [bkg, sig], [bkgfrac])
 
data = model.generate({x}, 1000)
 
 
w = ROOT.RooWorkspace("w", "workspace")
 
w.Import(model)
 
w.Import(data)
 
w.Print()
 
 
w.writeToFile("rf502_workspace_py.root")
  [#0] WARNING:InputArguments -- The parameter 'sigma1' with range [-1e+30, 1e+30] of the RooGaussian 'sig1' exceeds the safe range of (0, inf). Advise to limit its range.
[#0] WARNING:InputArguments -- The parameter 'sigma2' with range [-1e+30, 1e+30] of the RooGaussian 'sig2' exceeds the safe range of (0, inf). Advise to limit its range.
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooAddPdf::model
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooChebychev::bkg
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::x
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::a0
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::a1
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::bkgfrac
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooAddPdf::sig
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooGaussian::sig1
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::mean
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::sigma1
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::sig1frac
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooGaussian::sig2
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing RooRealVar::sigma2
[#1] INFO:ObjectHandling -- RooWorkspace::import(w) importing dataset modelData
 
RooWorkspace(w) workspace contents
 
variables
---------
(a0,a1,bkgfrac,mean,sig1frac,sigma1,sigma2,x)
 
p.d.f.s
-------
RooChebychev::bkg[ x=x coefList=(a0,a1) ] = 1
RooAddPdf::model[ bkgfrac * bkg + [%] * sig ] = 1/1
RooAddPdf::sig[ sig1frac * sig1 + [%] * sig2 ] = 1/1
RooGaussian::sig1[ x=x mean=mean sigma=sigma1 ] = 1
RooGaussian::sig2[ x=x mean=mean sigma=sigma2 ] = 1
 
datasets
--------
RooDataSet::modelData(x)
 
- Date
 - February 2018 
 
- Authors
 - Clemens Lange, Wouter Verkerke (C++ version) 
 
Definition in file rf502_wspacewrite.py.