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SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition Class Reference

#include <SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition:

Public Types

enum class  TableType : int { Builtin , OneTable , TwoTables }

Public Member Functions

string alignedEmissionTable () const
double alignmentFraction () const
string emissionTable () const
string name () const override
string nonAlignedEmissionTable () const
bool resourcesForSpheroidalEmission (bool &resource, double &interpol, string &tableName1, string &tableName2) const override
TableType tableType () const
Public Member Functions inherited from PolarizedSilicateGrainComposition
double bulkDensity () const override
string resourceNameForEnthalpies () const override
string resourceNameForMuellerMatrix () const override
string resourceNameForOpticalProps () const override
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

 SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from PolarizedSilicateGrainComposition
 PolarizedSilicateGrainComposition ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from GrainComposition
 GrainComposition ()
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

string _alignedEmissionTable
double _alignmentFraction
string _emissionTable
string _nonAlignedEmissionTable
TableType _tableType

Friends

class ItemRegistry

Detailed Description

The SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition class represents the optical and calorimetric properties of spheroidal silicate dust grains with partial support for polarization. More precisely, the current implementation supports polarized thermal emission by (partially) aligned spheroidal grains, but assumes spherical grains for scattering and absorption interactions.

The optical scattering and absorption properties and the calorimetric properties are taken from the PolarizedSilicateGrainComposition class, from which this class derives. The optical properties driving the polarization signature for thermal emission are obtained from additional built-in tables or can be provided by the user, as described below.

In the current implementation, the internally used optical properties table always assumes a fixed spheroidal dust model with a constant alignment. The table generally is a linear combination of a table for non-aligned grains and one for aligned grains, combined using a linear alignment fraction between 0 and 1. The builtin version of the tables further assumes that only grains with sizes larger than 0.1 micron align with the magnetic field, and that the spheroidal grains have shapes distributed according to a CDE2 shape distribution (this is the fiducial model presented in Vandenbroucke, Baes & Camps, 2020).

If this fiducial model is not sufficient, users can provide their own custom tables in SKIRT stored table format, e.g. generated using CosTuuM. There are two options: either the user computes the tables for a specific alignment fraction and provides a single table, or the user provides separate tables for perfectly aligned and non-aligned grains. In the latter case, SKIRT will use the alignment fraction to appropriately interpolate between the two tables, as in the builtin case.

The choice between the 3 different scenarios (builtin tables with interpolation, a single custom table without interpolation or two custom tables with interpolation) is configured through an enum.

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

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ TableType

Builtin : "builtin resources".

OneTable : "single custom table".

TwoTables : "two custom tables with interpolation".

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition()

SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition ( )
inlineprotected

Default constructor for concrete Item subclass SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition: "a spheroidal silicate dust grain composition with support for polarization".

Member Function Documentation

◆ alignedEmissionTable()

string SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::alignedEmissionTable ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable string property alignedEmissionTable: "the name of the file tabulating properties for polarized emission by perfectly aligned spheroidal grains".

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

◆ alignmentFraction()

double SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::alignmentFraction ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable double property alignmentFraction: "the alignment fraction of the spheroidal grains with the local magnetic field".

The default value for this property is given by the conditional value expression "1.".

The minimum value for this property is "0.".

The maximum value for this property is "1.".

This property is relevant only if the Boolean expression "tableTypeBuiltin|tableTypeTwoTables" evaluates to true after replacing the names by true or false depending on their presence.

◆ emissionTable()

string SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::emissionTable ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable string property emissionTable: "the name of the file tabulating properties for polarized emission by " "arbitrarily aligned spheroidal grains".

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

◆ name()

string SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::name ( ) const
overridevirtual

This function returns a brief human-readable identifier for this grain composition.

Reimplemented from PolarizedSilicateGrainComposition.

◆ nonAlignedEmissionTable()

string SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::nonAlignedEmissionTable ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable string property nonAlignedEmissionTable: "the name of the file tabulating properties for polarized emission by non-aligned spheroidal grains".

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

◆ resourcesForSpheroidalEmission()

bool SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::resourcesForSpheroidalEmission ( bool & resource,
double & interpol,
string & tableName1,
string & tableName2 ) const
overridevirtual

This function returns information on the resources required for implementing thermal emission from aligned spheriodal grains. For more information, see GrainComposition::resourcesForSpheroidalEmission.

Reimplemented from GrainComposition.

◆ tableType()

TableType SpheroidalSilicateGrainComposition::tableType ( ) const
inline

This function returns the value of the discoverable TableType enumeration property tableType: "the type of emission tables to use".

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


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