1 files changed, 52 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/mergertree.py b/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/mergertree.py
index 7c25430..61b9542 100644
--- a/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/mergertree.py
+++ b/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/mergertree.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import os
 import pickle
 import logging
 
+from matplotlib.figure import Figure
+from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvasAgg as FigureCanvas
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -66,8 +69,55 @@ def read_mtree(infile):
     return mtree
 
 
-def plot_mtree(mtree):
+def plot_mtree(mtree, outfile, figsize=(12, 8)):
     """
     Plot the cluster merger tree.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    mtree : `~MergerTree`
+        The merger tree to be plotted
+    outfile : str
+        Output filename to save the plotted figure
+    figsize : tuple
+        The (width, height) of the plotting figure
     """
-    raise NotImplementedError
+    def _plot(tree, ax):
+        if tree is None:
+            return
+        if tree.main is None:
+            # Only plot a point for current tree node
+            x = [tree.data["age"]]
+            y = [tree.data["mass"]]
+            ax.plot(x, y, marker="o", markersize=1.5, color="black",
+                    linestyle=None)
+            return
+        # Plot a point for current tree node
+        x = [tree.data["age"]]
+        y = [tree.data["mass"]]
+        ax.plot(x, y, marker="o", markersize=1.5, color="black",
+                linestyle=None)
+        # Plot a line from current tree node to its main node
+        x = [tree.data["age"], tree.main.data["age"]]
+        y = [tree.data["mass"], tree.main.data["mass"]]
+        ax.plot(x, y, color="blue")
+        if tree.sub:
+            # Plot a line between main and sub nodes
+            x = [tree.main.data["age"], tree.sub.data["age"]]
+            y = [tree.main.data["mass"], tree.sub.data["mass"]]
+            ax.plot(x, y, color="green", linewidth=1, alpha=0.8)
+        # Recursively plot the descendant nodes
+        _plot(tree.main, ax)
+        _plot(tree.sub, ax)
+
+    fig = Figure(figsize=figsize)
+    canvas = FigureCanvas(fig)
+    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
+    ax.hold(True)
+    _plot(mtree, ax=ax)
+    ax.set_xlabel("Cosmic time [Gyr]")
+    ax.set_ylabel("Mass [Msun]")
+    ax.set_xlim((0, mtree.data["age"]))
+    ax.set_ylim((0, mtree.data["mass"]))
+    fig.tight_layout()
+    canvas.print_figure(outfile)