pint.templates.lcprimitives

Components of a pulsar light curve.

LCPrimitive and its subclasses implement components of a pulsar light curve. Includes primitives (Gaussian, Lorentzian), etc. as well as more sophisticated holistic templates that provide single-parameter (location) representations of the light curve.

author: M. Kerr <matthew.kerr@gmail.com>

Functions

approx_derivative(func, phases[, log10_ens, ...])	Return numerical derivative for LCPrimitive and LCTemplate objects.
approx_gradient(func, phases[, log10_ens, eps])	Return a numerical gradient for LCPrimitive and LCTemplate objects.
approx_hessian(func, phases[, log10_ens, eps])	Return a numerical hessian for LCPrimitive and LCTemplate objects.
check_derivative(func[, n, atol, rtol, ...])	Test derivative function with a set of MC photons.
check_gradient(func[, n, atol, rtol, quiet, ...])	Test gradient function with a set of MC photons.
convert_primitive(p1[, ptype])	Attempt to set the parameters of p2 to give a comparable primitive to p1.
isvector(x)
two_comp_mc(n, w1, w2, loc, func)	Generate MC photons from a two-sided distribution.

Classes

FastBessel([order])	Special class to quickly evaluate modified Bessel function.
LCEmpiricalFourier([phases, input_file])	Calculate a Fourier representation of the light curve.
LCGaussian(**kwargs)	Represent a (wrapped) Gaussian peak.
LCGaussian2(**kwargs)	Represent a (wrapped) two-sided Gaussian peak.
LCHarmonic(**kwargs)	Represent a sinusoidal shape corresponding to a harmonic in a Fourier expansion.
LCKernelDensity([phases, input_file])	Calculate a kernel density estimate of the light curve.
LCKing(**kwargs)	Represent a (wrapped) King function peak.
LCLorentzian(**kwargs)	Represent a (wrapped) Lorentzian peak.
LCLorentzian2(**kwargs)	Represent a (wrapped) two-sided Lorentzian peak.
LCPrimitive(**kwargs)	Base class for various components of a light curve.
LCSkewGaussian(**kwargs)	Represent a (wrapped) skew-normal (Gaussian) peak.
LCTopHat(**kwargs)	Represent a top hat function.
LCVonMises(**kwargs)	Represent a peak from the von Mises distribution.
LCWrappedFunction(**kwargs)	Super-class for profiles derived from wrapped functions.