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GaussianLinesSED Class Referenceabstract

#include <GaussianLinesSED.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for GaussianLinesSED:

Protected Member Functions

 GaussianLinesSED ()
virtual void getLineProperties (Array &lambdav, Array &dispersionv, Array &Lv) const =0
void getWavelengthsAndLuminosities (Array &lambdav, Array &pv) const override
Protected Member Functions inherited from TabulatedSED
 TabulatedSED ()
void setupSelfBefore () override
Protected Member Functions inherited from ContSED
 ContSED ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SED
 SED ()
Randomrandom () const
Protected Member Functions inherited from SimulationItem
 SimulationItem ()
virtual bool offersInterface (const std::type_info &interfaceTypeInfo) const
virtual void setupSelfAfter ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from Item
 Item ()

Private Types

using BaseType
using ItemType

Friends

class ItemRegistry

Additional Inherited Members

Public Member Functions inherited from TabulatedSED
double generateWavelength () const override
double integratedLuminosity (const Range &wavelengthRange) const override
Range intrinsicWavelengthRange () const override
double specificLuminosity (double wavelength) const override
void specificLuminosityArray (Array &lambdav, Array &pv, const Range &wavelengthRange) const override
Public Member Functions inherited from SED
Range normalizationWavelengthRange () const
Public Member Functions inherited from SimulationItem
template<class T>
T * find (bool setup=true) const
template<class T>
T * interface (int upLevels, int downLevels, bool setup) 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

Detailed Description

GaussianLinesSED is an abstract class for representing spectral energy distributions that consist of one or more Gaussian emission lines. Each line \(i\) is centered on a wavelength \(\lambda_i\) and has a width set by a velocity dispersion \(s_i\) configured by the user for that line, reflecting the thermal (or other) sub-grid motion of the emitting material, in exactly the same way as the LyaGaussianSED class handles a single such line. Using the photon velocity shift

\[ v = \frac{\lambda-\lambda_i}{\lambda_i}\,c \]

as the spectral variable, line \(i\) contributes a specific luminosity

\[ L_{\lambda,i}(\lambda) = \frac{L_i}{s_i\,\sqrt{2\pi}} \exp\left(-\frac{v^2}{2s_i^2}\right) \]

where \(L_i\) is the (relative) luminosity of the line. The SED represented by this class is the sum of the contributions of all configured lines, \(L_\lambda(\lambda) = \sum_i L_{\lambda,i}(\lambda)\), properly handling any overlap between neighbouring lines.

The subclass must provide the center wavelength, the velocity dispersion, and the relative luminosity for each line, in any order – this class sorts the lines by wavelength before further processing, so the lines may be listed in any convenient order in the input. This abstract class handles everything else.

Because a set of lines can be spread over an arbitrarily large wavelength range while each individual line is often extremely narrow relative to that range, this class cannot simply tabulate the summed profile on a single regular wavelength grid covering the full range: this would require an unreasonably large number of grid points to properly resolve the narrowest line, or would grossly undersample that line if the number of points is kept reasonable. Instead, for each line \(i\) this class builds a private linear grid limited to the range \(\lambda_i(1\pm9s_i/c)\) – beyond which the Gaussian contributes negligibly; see the LyaGaussianSED class for a discussion of this limit – with a resolution proportional to that line's own dispersion. The SED is then tabulated on the union of all of these private grids (merging grid points that end up extremely close together), evaluating the sum of all Gaussians at each grid point. This automatically leads to a higher resolution wherever lines overlap, and to just the two edge points of the nearest line(s) across the (possibly wide) empty ranges in between non-overlapping lines or line clusters, without requiring any special-case logic.

This item type is displayed only if the Boolean expression "Level2" evaluates to true after replacing the names by true or false depending on their presence.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ GaussianLinesSED()

GaussianLinesSED::GaussianLinesSED ( )
inlineprotected

Default constructor for abstract Item subclass GaussianLinesSED: "a spectral energy distribution consisting of one or more Gaussian emission lines".

Member Function Documentation

◆ getLineProperties()

virtual void GaussianLinesSED::getLineProperties ( Array & lambdav,
Array & dispersionv,
Array & Lv ) const
protectedpure virtual

This function must be implemented in each subclass to return the center wavelength, the velocity dispersion, and the relative luminosity for each of the Gaussian lines in the SED. The function must guarantee that the three arrays have the same, nonzero size. The order of the lines is not important because this abstract class sorts the lines by wavelength. Constant scaling of the luminosities is not important because the SED will be normalized by this abstract class.

Implemented in FileGaussianLinesSED, and ListGaussianLinesSED.

◆ getWavelengthsAndLuminosities()

void GaussianLinesSED::getWavelengthsAndLuminosities ( Array & lambdav,
Array & pv ) const
overrideprotectedvirtual

This function obtains the properties of the individual lines from the subclass and tabulates the sum of the corresponding Gaussian profiles on an appropriate wavelength grid, as described in the class header.

Implements TabulatedSED.


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