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authorAaron LI <aaronly.me@outlook.com>2017-02-19 16:26:40 +0800
committerAaron LI <aaronly.me@outlook.com>2017-02-19 16:26:40 +0800
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Setup module 'acispy' and clean 'scripts' directory
Setup a module 'acispy' to hold some generic Python modules for better/easier reuse, and clean up the 'scripts' directory, which will be used to hold the CLI tools.
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+# Copyright (c) 2017 Weitian LI <liweitianux@live.com>
+# MIT license
+
+"""
+Chandra ACIS utilities
+"""
+
+import math
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+
+class ACIS:
+ """
+ Chandra ACIS detector properties and utilities.
+
+ References
+ ----------
+ [1] CIAO - dictionary - ACIS (advanced camera for imaging and spectroscopy)
+ http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/dictionary/acis.html
+ [2] CIAO - Dictionary - PI (pulse invariant)
+ http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/dictionary/pi.html
+ """
+ # Pixel size
+ pixel2arcsec = 0.492 # [arcsec]
+ # Number of channels
+ nchannel = 1024
+ # Channel energy width
+ echannel = 14.6 # [eV]
+
+ @classmethod
+ def energy2channel(self, energy):
+ """
+ Convert energy [eV] to channel number.
+ """
+ return math.floor(energy/self.echannel + 1)
+
+ @classmethod
+ def get_type(self, filepath):
+ """
+ Determine the Chandra ACIS type (``I`` or ``S``) according the
+ active ACIS chips.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ filepath : str
+ Path to the input FITS file
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+ acis_type : str
+ ``I`` if ACIS-I, ``S`` if ACIS-S;
+ otherwise, ``ValueError`` raised.
+ """
+ subprocess.check_call(["punlearn", "dmkeypar"])
+ detnam = subprocess.check_output([
+ "dmkeypar", "infile=%s" % filepath, "keyword=DETNAM", "echo=yes"
+ ]).decode("utf-8").strip()
+ if re.match(r"^ACIS-0123", detnam):
+ return "I"
+ elif re.match(r"^ACIS-[0-6]*7", detnam):
+ return "S"
+ else:
+ raise ValueError("unknown chip combination: %s" % detnam)
+
+ @classmethod
+ def get_chips_str(self, filepath, sep=":"):
+ """
+ Return a string of the chips of interest according to the
+ active ACIS type.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ filepath : str
+ Path to the input FITS file
+ sep : str, optional
+ Separator to join the chip ranges, e.g., 0:3, 0-3
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+ chips : str
+ ``0:3`` if ACIS-I, ``7`` if ACIS-S;
+ otherwise, ``ValueError`` raised.
+ """
+ acis_type = self.get_type(filepath)
+ if acis_type == "I":
+ return sep.join(["0", "3"])
+ elif acis_type == "S":
+ return "7"
+ else:
+ raise ValueError("unknown ACIS type")