PBMath1DPoly is a 1-D Polynomial Expansion for a Primary Beam. More...

#include <PBMath1DPoly.h>

Inheritance diagram for casa::PBMath1DPoly:

Public Member Functions
	PBMath1DPoly ()
	PBMath1DPoly (const Vector< Double > &coeff, Quantity maxRad, Quantity refFreq, Bool isThisVP=False, BeamSquint squint=BeamSquint(MDirection(Quantity(0.0,"deg"), Quantity(0.0,"deg"), MDirection::Ref(MDirection::AZEL)), Quantity(1.0,"GHz")), Bool useSymmetricBeam=False)
	Instantiation from arguments; default = no squint squint is the offset from pointing center if the Stokes R beam useSymmetricBeam forces a fit to the squinted beam.
PBMath1DPoly &	operator= (const PBMath1DPoly &other)
	Instantiation from a row in the Beam subTable PBMath1DPoly(const Table& BeamSubTable, Int row, Bool useSymmetricBeam=False);.
	~PBMath1DPoly ()
	Clone the object CountedPtr<PBMathInterface> clone();.
PBMathInterface::PBClass	whichPBClass ()
	Get the type of PB this is.
void	summary (Int nValues=0)
	Flush the construction parameters to disk Bool flushToTable(Table& beamSubTable, Int iRow);.
Protected Member Functions
void	fillPBArray ()
	Fill in vp_p array from construction parameters.
Private Attributes
Vector< Double >	coeff_p

Detailed Description

PBMath1DPoly is a 1-D Polynomial Expansion for a Primary Beam.

Intended use:

Public interface

Prerequisite

PBMathInterface class
<linkto class="PBMath1D">PBMath1D</linkto> class

Etymology

PBMath1DPoly: derived from PBMath1D, implements an Polynomial PB and VP

Synopsis

PBMath1DPoly: a voltage pattern expressed as a polynomial of even powers of x:

VP(x) = sum_i coeff_i * x ^{2i} out to maximumRadius (referenced to the reference frequency)

x is in arcminutes, referenced to the reference frequency

This move may make me a bit unpopular: since the PBMath1D constructors construct a Voltage Pattern, the coeficienct for a polynomial type must be in terms of the VP, not the PB. Hence, go back to the original PB data, take the square root, and fit the same type polynomial to the VP data.

Example

Motivation

All of the 1-D PB types have everything in common except for the details of their parameterization. This lightweight class deals with those differences: construction, filling the PBArray from construction parameters, and flushing to disk. VLA and ATNF PBs are tabulated in terms of polynimials.

To Do

constructor from a MS beam subtable
flush to MS beam subtable

Definition at line 93 of file PBMath1DPoly.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

casa::PBMath1DPoly::PBMath1DPoly ( )

casa::PBMath1DPoly::PBMath1DPoly	(	const Vector< Double > &	coeff,
		Quantity	maxRad,
		Quantity	refFreq,
		Bool	isThisVP = `False`,
		BeamSquint	squint = `BeamSquint(MDirection(Quantity(0.0,"deg"), Quantity(0.0,"deg"), MDirection::Ref(MDirection::AZEL)), Quantity(1.0,"GHz"))`,
		Bool	useSymmetricBeam = `False`
	)

Instantiation from arguments; default = no squint squint is the offset from pointing center if the Stokes R beam useSymmetricBeam forces a fit to the squinted beam.

casa::PBMath1DPoly::~PBMath1DPoly ( )

Clone the object CountedPtr<PBMathInterface> clone();.

Destructor