Disk on sphere

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# Parameters
func_name = "Disk_on_sphere"

Description

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func.display()
  • description: A bidimensional disk/tophat function on a sphere (in spherical coordinates)
  • formula: $$ f(\vec{x}) = \left(\frac{180}{\pi}\right)^2 \frac{1}{\pi~({\rm radius})^2} ~\left\{\begin{matrix} 1 & {\rm if}& {\rm | \vec{x} - \vec{x}_0| \le {\rm radius}} \\ 0 & {\rm if}& {\rm | \vec{x} - \vec{x}_0| > {\rm radius}} \end{matrix}\right. $$
  • parameters:
    • lon0:
      • value: 0.0
      • desc: Longitude of the center of the source
      • min_value: 0.0
      • max_value: 360.0
      • unit:
      • is_normalization: False
      • delta: 0.1
      • free: True
    • lat0:
      • value: 0.0
      • desc: Latitude of the center of the source
      • min_value: -90.0
      • max_value: 90.0
      • unit:
      • is_normalization: False
      • delta: 0.1
      • free: True
    • radius:
      • value: 15.0
      • desc: Radius of the disk
      • min_value: 0.0
      • max_value: 20.0
      • unit:
      • is_normalization: False
      • delta: 1.5
      • free: True

Shape

The shape of the function on the sky.

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m=func(ra, dec) hp.mollview(m, title=func_name, cmap="magma") hp.graticule(color="grey", lw=2)


0.0 180.0 -180.0 180.0
../_images/notebooks_Disk_on_sphere_8_1.png