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ParticleMedium Class Reference

#include <ParticleMedium.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for ParticleMedium:

Public Types

enum class  MassType : int { Mass , Number }

Public Member Functions

MassType massType () const
SmoothingKernelsmoothingKernel () 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

 ParticleMedium ()
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
SmoothingKernel_smoothingKernel

Friends

class ItemRegistry

Detailed Description

A ParticleMedium instance represents a transfer medium with a spatial density distribution (and, optionally, other properties) described by a list of smoothed particles. The particle 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 ParticleMedium instance:

\[ x\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad y\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad z\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad h\,(\mathrm{pc}) \quad \{\, M\,(\mathrm{M}_\odot) \;\;|\;\; N\,(1) \,\} \quad [Z\,(1)] \quad [T\,(\mathrm{K})] \quad [ v_x\,(\mathrm{km/s}) \quad v_y\,(\mathrm{km/s}) \quad v_z\,(\mathrm{km/s}) ] \quad [ B_x\,(\mu\mathrm{G}) \quad B_y\,(\mu\mathrm{G}) \quad B_z\,(\mu\mathrm{G}) ] \quad [ \dots\text{mix family params}\dots ] \]

The first three columns are the \(x\), \(y\) and \(z\) coordinates of the particle, the fourth column is the particle smoothing length \(h\).

The fifth column is the volume-integrated mass \(M\) or number \(N\) of the particle, depending on the value of the massType option. This mass or number is multiplied by the value of the massFraction option. If the importMetallicity option is enabled, the next column specifies a "metallicity" fraction, which is multiplied with the mass or number column to obtain the actual mass of the particle. If the importTemperature option is enabled, the next column specifies a temperature. If this temperature is higher than the value of the maxTemperature option, the particle is ignored. If the importTemperature option is disabled, or the maximum temperature value is set to zero, the particle is never ignored.

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 \(v_x\), \(v_y\), \(v_z\) velocity components of the particle (considered as the bulk velocity for the mass represented by the particle).

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 particle.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ MassType

enum class ParticleMedium::MassType : int
strong

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

Mass : "mass (volume-integrated)".

Number : "number (volume-integrated)".

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ParticleMedium()

ParticleMedium::ParticleMedium ( )
inlineprotected

Default constructor for concrete Item subclass ParticleMedium: "a transfer medium imported from smoothed particle data".

Member Function Documentation

◆ createAndOpenSnapshot()

Snapshot * ParticleMedium::createAndOpenSnapshot ( )
overrideprotectedvirtual

This function constructs a new ParticleSnapshot object, calls its open() function, configures it to import a mass column, passes the smoothing kernel selected by the user to it, and finally returns a pointer to the object. Ownership of the Snapshot object is transferred to the caller.

Implements ImportedMedium.

◆ massType()

MassType ParticleMedium::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 "Mass".

◆ smoothingKernel()

SmoothingKernel * ParticleMedium::smoothingKernel ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable item property smoothingKernel: "the kernel for interpolating the smoothed particles".

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

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


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