Pulsar::SimPolnTiming Class Reference

Simulates full-Stokes arrival time estimation. More...

#include <SimPolnTiming.h>

Public Member Functions
	SimPolnTiming ()
	Default constructor.
	~SimPolnTiming ()
	Destructor.
void	set_centre (double)
	Set the phase of the standard profile centre.
void	set_standard (Archive *)
	Set the archive to be used as a standard.
void	run_simulation ()
	Run the simulation, outputting results to cout. More...
void	extrapolate_benefit (unsigned steps)
	Account for noise in the standard profile.
void	susceptibility ()
	Account for noise in the standard profile.
void	boost_around ()
	Find the phase shift due to boosts of varying orientation. More...
	SimPolnTiming ()
	Default constructor.
	~SimPolnTiming ()
	Destructor.
void	set_centre (double)
	Set the phase of the standard profile centre.
void	set_standard (Archive *)
	Set the archive to be used as a standard.
void	run_simulation ()
	Run the simulation, outputting results to cout.
void	extrapolate_benefit (unsigned steps)
void	susceptibility ()
void	boost_around ()
	Find the phase shift due to boosts of varying orientation.

Public Attributes
SyntheticPolnProfile	generate
	The synthetic polarimetric profile generator.
PolnProfileFit	fit
	The arrival time estimation algorithm.
MEAL::Gaussian	gaussian
	The gaussian total intensity profile.
MEAL::RotatingVectorModel	rvm
	The rotating vector model used to describe the position angle.
unsigned	nbin
	Number of bins in pulse profile.
float	standard_noise
	Relative noise in standard profile.
float	rvm_beta
	Difference between magnetic axis and line of sight.
unsigned	iterations
	Number of simulated observations for each step in simulation.
float	measurement_noise
	Relative noise in simulated observations.
float	offset
	Phase offset of simulated observations.
bool	vary_line_of_sight
	Vary the line of sight.
Range	slope
	Number of steps when varying the RVM orientation.
double	poln_slope
Range	width
	Number of steps when varying the Gaussian width.
double	pulse_width
Range	dgain
	Number of steps when varying the differental gain.
double	diff_gain
Range	parallactic
	Number of steps when varying the parallactic angle.
double	parallactic_angle
Range	boost_vector
	Number of steps when varying the parallactic angle.
double	B_orientation
double	B_ellipticity
double	beta
std::string	title
	Title written over plot.
bool	as_Estimate
	Output values using Estimate operator <<.
std::ostream *	output
	Output stream.
bool	logarithmic

Protected Member Functions
void	one_loop (unsigned level)
	One loop in the simulation.
Result	one_step ()
	One step in the simulation. More...
void	one_loop (unsigned level)
	One loop in the simulation.
Result	one_step ()
	One step in the simulation.

Protected Attributes
Reference::To< Pulsar::Archive >	archive
	The data to use as a standard.

Detailed Description

Simulates full-Stokes arrival time estimation.

Member Function Documentation

boost_around()

void Pulsar::SimPolnTiming::boost_around

(

)

Find the phase shift due to boosts of varying orientation.

Account for noise in the standard profile.

one_step()

Pulsar::SimPolnTiming::Result Pulsar::SimPolnTiming::one_step ( )

protected

One step in the simulation.

Scalar tempalte matching algorithm

Matrix template matching algorithm

References Calibration::BackendFeed::get_backend(), Estimate< class, class >::get_error(), Pulsar::PhaseGradShift::get_shift(), MEAL::Polar::set_boost(), Calibration::VariableBackend::set_diff_gain(), Pulsar::PolnProfileFit::Analysis::set_fit(), Pulsar::PhaseGradShift::set_maximum_harmonic(), Pulsar::ProfileShiftEstimator::set_observation(), Calibration::Instrument::set_orientation(), Pulsar::PhaseGradShift::set_standard(), and Signal::Stokes.

run_simulation()

void Pulsar::SimPolnTiming::run_simulation

(

)

Run the simulation, outputting results to cout.

Run the simulation, outputting results to output.

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

• General/Pulsar/SimPolnTiming.h
• SimPolnTiming.C