Baffle¶

class marxs.optics.Baffle(**kwargs)[source] [edit on github]¶

Plate with rectangular hole that allows photons through.

The probability of photons that miss is set to 0.

Parameters:

photons: astropy Table: table that includes information on all of the photons

Define a new MARXS element.

Attributes Summary

Dictionary for display specifications, e.g. color.

Methods Summary

`process_photons`(photons, intersect, ...)	Simulate interaction of optical element with photons - vectorized.
`triangulate_inner_outer`()	Return a triangulation of the baffle hole embedded in a square.

Attributes Documentation

display = {'color': (1.0, 0.5, 0.4), 'outer_factor': 3, 'shape': 'plane with hole'}¶: Dictionary for display specifications, e.g. color

Methods Documentation

process_photons(photons, intersect, intercoos, interpoos)[source] [edit on github]¶

Simulate interaction of optical element with photons - vectorized.

Derived classes should overwrite this function or process_photon.

Parameters:

photons: `astropy.table.Table` or `astropy.table.Row`: Table with photon properties
intersectarray: Boolean array marking which photons should be processed by this element.
interpos, intercoosarray (N, 4): The array interpos contains the intersection points in the global coordinate system, intercoos in a local coordiante system (2d in most cases).

Returns:

photons: astropy.table.Table or astropy.table.Row: Table with photon properties. If possible, the input table is modified in place, but in some cases this might not be possible and the returned Table may be a copy. Do not rely on either - use photons.copy() if you want to ensure you are working with an independent copy.

Return a triangulation of the baffle hole embedded in a square.

The size of the outer square is determined by the 'outer_factor' element in self.display.

Returns: