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FieldStrengthCellLibrary Class Reference

#include <FieldStrengthCellLibrary.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for FieldStrengthCellLibrary:

Public Member Functions

int numFieldStrengths () 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

Protected Member Functions

 FieldStrengthCellLibrary ()
vector< int > mapping (const Array &bv) const override
int numEntries () const override
Protected Member Functions inherited from SpatialCellLibrary
 SpatialCellLibrary ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SimulationItem
 SimulationItem ()
virtual bool offersInterface (const std::type_info &interfaceTypeInfo) const
virtual void setupSelfAfter ()
virtual void setupSelfBefore ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from Item
 Item ()

Private Types

using BaseType
using ItemType

Private Attributes

int _numFieldStrengths

Friends

class ItemRegistry

Detailed Description

The FieldStrengthCellLibrary class provides a library scheme for grouping spatial cells based on radiation field strength.

The library contains a one-dimensional set of entries corresponding to different strengths of the stored radiation field, parameterized by the quantity

\[ U = \frac{ \int_0^\infty J_\lambda\, {\text{d}}\lambda }{ \int_0^\infty J_\lambda^{\text{MW}}\, {\text{d}}\lambda }, \]

where \(J_\lambda^{\text{MW}}\) is the the local interstellar radiation field in the Milky Way according to Mathis et al. (1983). The mapping from spatial cells to library entries is built dynamically from binning the \(N_{\text{cells}}\) values of \(U\) as calculated from the medium system onto a one-dimensional grid with a user-configurable number of field strength bins.

When an item of this type is used, the names provided by the conditional value expression "NonIdentitySpatialCellLibrary" are inserted into the name sets used for evaluating Boolean expressions.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ FieldStrengthCellLibrary()

FieldStrengthCellLibrary::FieldStrengthCellLibrary ( )
inlineprotected

Default constructor for concrete Item subclass FieldStrengthCellLibrary: "a library scheme for grouping spatial cells based on radiation field strength".

Member Function Documentation

◆ mapping()

vector< int > FieldStrengthCellLibrary::mapping ( const Array & bv) const
overrideprotectedvirtual

This function returns a vector nv with length \(N_{\text{cells}}\) that maps each cell index \(m\) to the corresponding library entry index \(n_m\). In this class the function loops over all spatial cells and calculates the strength \(U_m\) of the radiation field for each of them. Based on these values, a logarithmic grid in \(U\) embracing these values is established,

\[ U_{(n)} = U_{\text{min}} \left( \frac{ U_{\text{max}} }{ U_{\text{min}} } \right)^{n/N_U} \qquad n=0,\ldots,N_U, \]

where \(U_{\text{min}}\) and \(U_{\text{max}}\) represent the smallest and largest values of the field strength found among all cells. Then the function determines for each cell \(m\) the corresponding library entry \(n\).

Implements SpatialCellLibrary.

◆ numEntries()

int FieldStrengthCellLibrary::numEntries ( ) const
overrideprotectedvirtual

This function returns the number of entries in the library. In this class the function returns the user-configured number of field strength bins.

Implements SpatialCellLibrary.

◆ numFieldStrengths()

int FieldStrengthCellLibrary::numFieldStrengths ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable integer property numFieldStrengths: "the number of field strength bins".

The minimum value for this property is "10".

The maximum value for this property is "10000000".

The default value for this property is given by the conditional value expression "1000".


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