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CellMedium Class Reference

#include <CellMedium.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for CellMedium:

Public Types

enum class  MassType : int { MassDensity , Mass , NumberDensity , Number }

Public Member Functions

MassType massType () const
Public Member Functions inherited from ImportedMedium
Vec bulkVelocity (Position bfr) const override
int dimension () const override
string filename () const
Position generatePosition () const override
bool hasMagneticField () const override
bool hasMetallicity () const override
bool hasParameters () const override
bool hasTemperature () const override
bool hasVariableMix () const override
bool hasVelocity () const override
bool importMagneticField () const
bool importMetallicity () const
bool importTemperature () const
bool importVariableMixParams () const
bool importVelocity () const
Vec magneticField (Position bfr) const override
double mass () const override
double massDensity (Position bfr) const override
double massFraction () const
MaterialMixmaterialMix () const
MaterialMixFamilymaterialMixFamily () const
double maxTemperature () const
double metallicity (Position bfr) const override
const MaterialMixmix () const override
const MaterialMixmix (Position bfr) const override
double number () const override
double numberDensity (Position bfr) const override
int numSites () const override
double opticalDepthX (double lambda) const override
double opticalDepthY (double lambda) const override
double opticalDepthZ (double lambda) const override
void parameters (Position bfr, Array &params) const override
Position sitePosition (int index) const override
const Snapshotsnapshot () const
double temperature (Position bfr) const override
string useColumns () const
Public Member Functions inherited from SimulationItem
template<class T>
T * find (bool setup=true) const
template<class T>
T * interface (int levels=-999999, bool setup=true) const
virtual string itemName () const
void setup ()
string typeAndName () const
Public Member Functions inherited from Item
 Item (const Item &)=delete
virtual ~Item ()
void addChild (Item *child)
const vector< Item * > & children () const
virtual void clearItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property)
void destroyChild (Item *child)
virtual bool getBoolProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
virtual vector< double > getDoubleListProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
virtual double getDoubleProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
virtual string getEnumProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
virtual int getIntProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
virtual vector< Item * > getItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
virtual ItemgetItemProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
virtual string getStringProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
int getUtilityProperty (string name) const
virtual void insertIntoItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property, int index, Item *item)
Itemoperator= (const Item &)=delete
Itemparent () const
virtual void removeFromItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property, int index)
virtual void setBoolProperty (const PropertyDef *property, bool value)
virtual void setDoubleListProperty (const PropertyDef *property, vector< double > value)
virtual void setDoubleProperty (const PropertyDef *property, double value)
virtual void setEnumProperty (const PropertyDef *property, string value)
virtual void setIntProperty (const PropertyDef *property, int value)
virtual void setItemProperty (const PropertyDef *property, Item *item)
virtual void setStringProperty (const PropertyDef *property, string value)
void setUtilityProperty (string name, int value)
virtual string type () const
Public Member Functions inherited from SiteListInterface
virtual ~SiteListInterface ()

Protected Member Functions

 CellMedium ()
SnapshotcreateAndOpenSnapshot () override
Protected Member Functions inherited from ImportedMedium
 ImportedMedium ()
 ~ImportedMedium ()
void setupSelfAfter () override
Protected Member Functions inherited from Medium
 Medium ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SimulationItem
 SimulationItem ()
virtual bool offersInterface (const std::type_info &interfaceTypeInfo) const
virtual void setupSelfBefore ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from Item
 Item ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SiteListInterface
 SiteListInterface ()

Private Types

using BaseType
using ItemType

Private Attributes

MassType _massType

Friends

class ItemRegistry

Detailed Description

A CellMedium instance represents a transfer medium with a spatial density distribution (and, optionally, other properties) described by a list of cuboidal cells lined up with the coordinate axes; refer to the CellSnapshot class for more information. The cell data is usually extracted from a cosmological simulation snapshot, and it must be provided in a column text file formatted as described below.

Refer to the description of the TextInFile class for information on overall formatting and on how to include header lines specifying the units for each column in the input file. In case the input file has no unit specifications, the default units mentioned below are used instead. The number of columns expected in the input file depends on the options configured by the user for this CellMedium instance:

\[ x_\mathrm{min}\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad y_\mathrm{min}\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad z_\mathrm{min}\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad x_\mathrm{max}\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad y_\mathrm{max}\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad z_\mathrm{max}\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad \{\, \rho\,(\text{M}_\odot\,\text{pc}^{-3}) \;\;|\;\; M\,(\text{M}_\odot) \;\;|\;\; n\,(\text{cm}^{-3}) \;\;|\;\; N\,(1) \,\} \quad [Z\,(1)] \quad [T\,(\mathrm{K})] \]

\[ [ v_x\,(\mathrm{km/s}) \quad v_y\,(\mathrm{km/s}) \quad v_z\,(\mathrm{km/s}) ] \quad [ B_x\,(\mu\mathrm{G}) \quad B_y\,(\mu\mathrm{G}) \quad B_z\,(\mu\mathrm{G}) ] \quad [ \dots\text{mix family params}\dots ] \]

The first six columns specify the coordinates of the lower-left and upper-right corners of the cell. Depending on the value of the massType option, the seventh column lists the average mass density \(\rho\), the integrated mass \(M\), the average number density \(n\), or the integrated number density \(N\) for the cell.

If the importMetallicity option is enabled, the next column specifies a "metallicity" fraction, which is multiplied with the mass/density column to obtain the actual mass/density of the cell. If the importTemperature option is enabled, the next column specifies a temperature. If this temperature is higher than the maximum configured temperature, the mass and density of the cell are set to zero, regardless of the mass or density specified in the seventh column. If the importTemperature option is disabled, or the maximum temperature value is set to zero, such a cutoff is not applied.

If both the importMetallicity and importTemperature options are enabled, this leads to the following expression for the mass of an imported particle:

\[ M_\mathrm{imported} = \begin{cases} f_\mathrm{mass}\,Z\,M & \mathrm{if}\; T<T_\mathrm{max} \;\mathrm{or}\; T_\mathrm{max}=0 \\ 0 & \mathrm{otherwise} \end{cases} \]

If the importVelocity option is enabled, the subsequent three columns specify the \(v_x\), \(v_y\), \(v_z\) components of the bulk velocity for the material represented by the cell.

If the importMagneticField option is enabled, the subsequent three columns specify the \(B_x\), \(B_y\), \(B_z\) magnetic field vector components for the cell.

Finally, if the importVariableMixParams option is enabled, the remaining columns specify the parameters used by the configured material mix family to select a particular material mix for the cell.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ MassType

enum class CellMedium::MassType : int
strong

The enumeration type indicating the type of mass quantity to be imported.

MassDensity : "mass density".

Mass : "mass (volume-integrated)".

NumberDensity : "number density".

Number : "number (volume-integrated)".

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ CellMedium()

CellMedium::CellMedium ( )
inlineprotected

Default constructor for concrete Item subclass CellMedium: "a transfer medium imported from cuboidal cell data".

Member Function Documentation

◆ createAndOpenSnapshot()

Snapshot * CellMedium::createAndOpenSnapshot ( )
overrideprotectedvirtual

This function constructs a new CellSnapshot object, calls its open() function, configures it to import a mass or density column, and finally returns a pointer to the object. Ownership of the Snapshot object is transferred to the caller.

Implements ImportedMedium.

◆ massType()

MassType CellMedium::massType ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable MassType enumeration property massType: "the type of mass quantity to be imported".

The default value for this property is given by the conditional value expression "MassDensity".


The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: