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authorAaron LI <aly@aaronly.me>2017-09-03 15:01:14 +0800
committerAaron LI <aly@aaronly.me>2017-09-03 15:01:14 +0800
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clusters: Add option "use_output_catalog" to continue halo simulation
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# mass, redshift, position, shape, and the recent major merger info.
catalog_outfile = string(default=None)
+ # Directly use the (previously simulated) catalog file specified
+ # as the above "catalog_outfile" option.
+ # NOTE:
+ # By using an existing catalog, the steps to derive these data are
+ # simply skipped.
+ # Due to the small number density of the galaxy clusters, the simulated
+ # results within a small patch of sky (e.g., 100 [deg^2]) show
+ # significant fluctuations (several or even several tens of times
+ # of differences between simulations). Therefore, one may run many
+ # tests and only create images at some frequencies necessary for
+ # testing, then select the satisfying one to continue the simulation
+ # to generate images at all frequencies.
+ use_output_catalog = boolean(default=False)
+
# Output file for dumping the simulated cluster halos data in Python
# native *pickle* format (i.e., .pkl)
halos_dumpfile = string(default=None)