Photon List
photon_list
¶
PhotonList
¶
Create the photon lists associated with the observation of a cluster, using an interpolation of spectra in temperature and abundance
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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__init__(cluster, E_bounds, Z_scale, T_scale, interp_spec_table, exposure=125000.0, exposure_overhead=10, eff_area=20000.0, fov_radius_pix=26.5)
¶
Load cluster object and define parameters of observation
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
cluster
|
object
|
cluster object |
required |
E_bounds
|
array
|
Bounds in energy used to sample photons |
required |
Z_scale
|
np.array)
|
Abundance scale used for interpolated grid |
required |
T_scale
|
np.array)
|
Temperature scale used for interpolated grid |
required |
interp_spec_table
|
np.array)
|
Table of spectra to interpolate from |
required |
exposure
|
float)
|
Exposure in seconds |
125000.0
|
exposure_overhead
|
float)
|
Multiplying factor for the exposure for oversampling of photon list |
10
|
eff_area
|
float)
|
Approximate total effective area in cm\(^2\) |
20000.0
|
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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add_photons_interpTZ_new(ra, dec, norm, temperature, abundance, redshift)
¶
Utilitary function used to generate photons from a given point in norm, temperature, abundance and redshift
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
ra
|
float
|
RA of given point |
required |
dec
|
float
|
DEC of given point |
required |
norm
|
float
|
norm of given point |
required |
temperature
|
float
|
norm of given point |
required |
abundance
|
float
|
abundance of given point |
required |
redshift
|
float
|
redshift of given point |
required |
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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chunkify(lst, n)
¶
Convenience function to turn a list into n chunks of equal size
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
lst
|
list
|
list to chunkify |
required |
n
|
int
|
number of chunks |
required |
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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create_photon_list_multiproc_old(numproc=None)
¶
Create the photon list associated with the loaded cluster object
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
numproc
|
int
|
Number of available cores for the parallel computation |
None
|
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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get_args_list(numprocs=4, numthreads=8)
¶
Convenience function to get the arguments for the multiprocessing function. The computation is divided in multiprocessing and multithreading as it was found to be the best balance in speed and memory usage. For 32 cores, the best is 4 processes and 8 threads each.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
numprocs
|
int
|
Number of processes |
4
|
numthreads
|
int
|
Number of threads |
8
|
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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process_los(ra_los, dec_los, norm_los, kT_los, Z_los, z_los)
¶
Process a single line of sight within the input data
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
ra_los
|
array
|
Right ascension |
required |
dec_los
|
array
|
Declination |
required |
norm_los
|
array
|
Norm of spectrum |
required |
kT_los
|
array
|
Temperature |
required |
Z_los
|
array
|
Abundance |
required |
z_los
|
array
|
Redshift |
required |
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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select_sub_pointing(x_offset=0, y_offset=0, pointing_shape=(58, 58))
¶
Selects the portion of input grid that falls within selected pointing
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x_offset
|
int
|
Offset along X, in pixels |
0
|
y_offset
|
int
|
Offset along Y, in pixels |
0
|
pointing_shape
|
tuple
|
Shape of pointing to extract from input grid |
(58, 58)
|
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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worker_block(args_block)
¶
Worker function that parallelizes the processing of a single line of sight over numthreads threads
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
args_block
|
list
|
block of arguments to give to process_los |
required |
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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write_photon_list_to_simputs(photon_list, num_divisions=None, path='/xifu/home/mola/xifu_cluster_sim/', name_format='ph_list')
¶
Divide the photon list into equal divisions, and write each to a simput file. This subdivision is done in order to run multiple SIXTE processes in parallel. A folder "sixte_files" is created in the given path. Several folders called "part_1", "part_2"... are created in "sixte_files.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
photon_list
|
list
|
List of photons created |
required |
num_divisions
|
float
|
Number of divisions of the photon list |
None
|
path
|
str
|
Path for where to save the photon list |
'/xifu/home/mola/xifu_cluster_sim/'
|
name_format
|
str
|
Prefix to give to each photon list |
'ph_list'
|
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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write_single_simput_file(ra, dec, energy, flux, simputfile, clobber=False)
¶
Write photons to a SIMPUT file that may be read by the SIXTE instrument simulator. See the SIMPUT definition for reference: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/heasarc/formats/simput-1.1.0.pdf
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
ra
|
array
|
The RA positions of the photons in degrees. |
required |
dec
|
array
|
The Dec positions of the photons in degrees. |
required |
energy
|
array
|
The energies of the photons in keV. |
required |
flux
|
float
|
Total flux of photons in erg/s/cm**2 in the reference energy band. |
required |
simputfile
|
str
|
Name of the simput file to write |
required |
clobber
|
bool
|
Set to True to overwrite previous files. |
False
|
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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create_photon_list(ph_list_object, blocks, numproc)
¶
Function to create the photon list. It has to be instanciated outside of the photon_list class.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
ph_list_object
|
class
|
photon_list object |
required |
blocks
|
list)
|
Chunkified list of arguments (ra, dec, norm, temp, abund, redshift) |
required |
numproc
|
int)
|
Number of processes |
required |
Source code in src/xifu_cluster_sim/photon_list.py
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