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diff --git a/mass_profile/README.md b/mass_profile/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0c61821..0000000 --- a/mass_profile/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -Mass/Luminosity/Flux Calculation Tools -============================== - -Junhua GU, Weitian LI, Zhenghao ZHU - - -Introduction ------------- -This directory contains the tools/scripts used to fit the temperature -profile and surface brightness file, to calculate the gas density profile -and gravitational mass profile, to calculate luminosity and flux and -other related quantities. - - -NOTE ----- -* Mass calculation references: - + Walker et al. 2012, MNRAS, 422, 3503-3515, - [ADS:2012MNRAS.422.3503W](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.422.3503W) - + Ettori et al. 2013, Space Science Reviews, 177, 119-154, - [ADS:2013SSRv..177..119E](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013SSRv..177..119E) -* Errors are calculated at 68% confident level. -* NFW profile is employed to extrapolate the mass profile. -* We use a self-proposed model (see ``wang2012_model.hpp``) to describe/fit - the gas temperature profile. -* The single-beta and double-beta models (with a constant background) are used - to describe the gas density profile. - - -TODO ----- -* Merge the scripts/tools for single-beta and double-beta SBP models - (to reduce code duplications) -* Uncertainties/errors calculation **maybe** inappropriate/problematic - (e.g., ``analyze_mass_profile.py``); - why not just use the quantile-based (e.g., Q84.15-Q15.85 ~= 68.3%) - uncertainties or standard deviation??? |