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diff --git a/src/README.md b/src/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c61821 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +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??? |