FluxCalibrator Class Reference

Calibrates flux using standard candles and artificial sources. More...

#include <FluxCalibrator.h>

Inheritance diagram for FluxCalibrator:

Classes
class	ConstantGain
	Used when gain remains constant between FluxCal-On and Off observations. More...
class	Info
	FluxCalibrator parameter communication. More...
class	Policy
	Flux calibration data for each receptor. More...
class	VariableGain
	Used when gain varies between FluxCal-On and Off observations. More...

Public Member Functions
	FluxCalibrator (const Archive *archive=0)
	Default constructor.
	~FluxCalibrator ()
	Destructor.
void	set_policy (Policy *)
	Set the policy used to perform flux calibration.
Calibrator::Info *	get_Info () const
	Return the FluxCalibrator information.
CalibratorExtension *	new_Extension () const
	Return a new FluxCalibratorExtension.
std::string	get_standard_candle_info () const
	Return information about the standard candle used.
double	meanTsys () const
	Return the system temperature in Kelvin.
double	Tsys (unsigned ichan) const
	Return the system temperature of a specific channel.
const CalibratorStokes *	get_CalibratorStokes () const
	Return an estimate of the artificial cal Stokes parameters.
void	add_observation (const Archive *archive)
	Add a FluxCal Pulsar::Archive to the set of constraints.
void	set_database (const StandardCandles *database)
	Set the database containing flux calibrator information.
void	set_outlier_threshold (float f)
	Set the threshold used to reject outliers when computing levels.
float	get_outlier_threshold () const
	Get the threshold used to reject outliers when computing levels.
void	calibrate (Archive *archive)
	Calibrate the flux in the given archive.
unsigned	get_nchan () const
	Get the number of frequency channels in the calibrator.
unsigned	get_nreceptor () const
	Get the number of receptors in the calibrator.
bool	get_valid (unsigned ch) const
	Return true if the flux scale for the specified channel is valid.
float	get_weight (unsigned ichan) const
	Return the weight (0 or 1) associated with the specified channel.
void	set_invalid (unsigned ch)
	Set the flux scale invalid flag for the specified channel.
void	print (std::ostream &os=std::cout) const
	Print all the fluxcal info.
bool	complete () const
	Check whether both on and off are present.
void	calibration_setup (const Archive *archive)
	Setup to calibrate the flux in the given archive.
Public Member Functions inherited from Pulsar::Calibrator
	Calibrator ()
	Default constructor.
virtual	~Calibrator ()
	Destructor.
virtual const Type *	get_type () const
	Return the Calibrator::Type of derived class.
Archive *	new_solution (const std::string &archive_class) const
	Return a new processed calibrator Archive with a CalibratorExtension.
virtual MJD	get_epoch () const
	Return the reference epoch of the calibration experiment.
virtual std::string	get_filenames () const
	Return a string containing the file information.
const Archive *	get_Archive () const
	Return a const reference to the calibrator archive.
bool	has_Archive () const
	Return true if the calibrator is constructed from an Archive.
template<class T>
bool	is_a () const
Public Member Functions inherited from Reference::Able
	Able (const Able &)
Able &	operator= (const Able &)
unsigned	get_reference_count () const
Public Member Functions inherited from Reference::HeapTracked
	HeapTracked (const HeapTracked &)
HeapTracked &	operator= (const HeapTracked &)
bool	__is_on_heap () const

Protected Member Functions
void	calibrate (Integration *subint)
	Calibrate a single sub-integration.
void	create (unsigned nchan=0)
	Create the cal_flux spectrum at the requested resolution.
void	data_range_check (unsigned ichan, const char *method) const
	Check on data range and validity.
void	resize (unsigned nchan, unsigned nreceptor)
	Resize the data vector.
void	resize (unsigned required_nchan)
	Resize the gain vector.
Protected Member Functions inherited from Pulsar::Calibrator
void	copy_variation (Calibrator *)
void	set_variation (Variation *var)
const Archive *	get_calibrator () const
	Provide derived classes with access to the calibrator.
Archive *	get_calibrator ()
	Provide derived classes with mutable access to the calibrator.
virtual void	set_calibrator (const Archive *archive)
	Provide derived classes with access to the calibrator.
bool	has_calibrator () const
	Return true if the calibrator attribute has been set.
Protected Member Functions inherited from Reference::Able
Handle *	__reference (bool active) const
void	__dereference (bool auto_delete=true) const

Protected Attributes
Reference::To< const StandardCandles >	database
	Flux calibrator database.
Reference::To< const FluxCalibratorExtension >	flux_extension
	Flux calibrator extension.
std::vector< Reference::To< Policy > >	data
	Flux calibrator data for each frequency channel.
std::vector< float >	gain
	The absolute gain used to calibrate the archive data.
Reference::To< Policy >	policy
	The policy used to peform flux calibration.
Protected Attributes inherited from Pulsar::Calibrator
Reference::To< Type >	type
	The type of the Calibrator.
Reference::To< Variation >	variation
	Updates model parameters.
Reference::To< const CalibratorExtension >	extension
	The CalibratorExtension of the Archive passed during construction.
std::vector< std::string >	filenames
	Filenames of Pulsar::Archives from which instance was created.

Friends
class	FluxCalibratorExtension
class	ConstantGainInfo
class	Info

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Pulsar::Calibrator
static unsigned	get_instance_count ()
	Returns the number of Calibrator instances currently in existence.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Reference::Able
static size_t	get_instance_count ()
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Reference::HeapTracked
static void *	operator new (size_t size, void *ptr=0)
static void	operator delete (void *location, void *ptr)
static void	operator delete (void *location)
static size_t	get_heap_queue_size ()
Static Public Attributes inherited from Pulsar::Calibrator
static unsigned	verbose = 0
	Verbosity level.
static Pulsar::Option< float >	median_smoothing
	Fractional bandwidth of the window used in median filter.
static Pulsar::Option< float >	interpolating
	Fractional bandwidth over which interpolation will be performed.
static Pulsar::Option< float >	det_threshold
	Tolerance to non-physical values of the coherency matrix.

Detailed Description

Calibrates flux using standard candles and artificial sources.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

FluxCalibrator()

Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::FluxCalibrator

(

const Archive *

archive = 0

)

Default constructor.

If a Pulsar::Archive is provided, and if it contains a PolnCalibratorExtension, then the constructed instance can be used to calibrate other Pulsar::Archive instances.

Member Function Documentation

calibrate()

void Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::calibrate ( Archive * archive )

virtual

Calibrate the flux in the given archive.

Implements Pulsar::Calibrator.

calibration_setup()

void Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::calibration_setup

(

const Archive *

archive

)

Setup to calibrate the flux in the given archive.

Calibrate the flux in the given archive.

get_CalibratorStokes()

const Pulsar::CalibratorStokes * Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::get_CalibratorStokes

(

)

const

Return an estimate of the artificial cal Stokes parameters.

This method uses the flux cal measurement to determine the intrinsic Stokes parameters of the artifical cal source (reference source). This is based on the assumptions that the standard candle is unpolarized, and that the reference source signal is 100% correlated in each receptor with zero phase, but may have unequal power in the two sides.

get_Info()

Pulsar::Calibrator::Info * Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::get_Info ( ) const

virtual

Return the FluxCalibrator information.

Reimplemented from Pulsar::Calibrator.

get_nchan()

unsigned Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::get_nchan ( ) const

virtual

Get the number of frequency channels in the calibrator.

Implements Pulsar::Calibrator.

get_nreceptor()

unsigned Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::get_nreceptor

(

)

const

Get the number of receptors in the calibrator.

Get the number of receptors.

get_weight()

float Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::get_weight ( unsigned ichan ) const

virtual

Return the weight (0 or 1) associated with the specified channel.

Implements Pulsar::Calibrator.

new_Extension()

Pulsar::CalibratorExtension * Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::new_Extension ( ) const

virtual

Return a new FluxCalibratorExtension.

Implements Pulsar::Calibrator.

print()

void Pulsar::FluxCalibrator::print

(

std::ostream &

os = std::cout

)

const

Print all the fluxcal info.

Print all the fluxcal info in simple ascii columns.

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

• FluxCalibrator.h
• FluxCalibrator.C