From ca3a67aa2633912be96572b4fe4f2496facd97a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron LI Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:06:05 +0800 Subject: Minor cleanups --- fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fg21sim/extragalactic') diff --git a/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py b/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py index 5df47cd..03e891c 100644 --- a/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py +++ b/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class RadioHalo: considering only losses and constant injection, in order to derive an approximately steady electron spectrum for following use; 5. Calculate the magnetic field from the cluster total mass (which - is assumed to be growth linearly from M_main+M_sub to M_obs); + is assumed to be growth linearly from M_main to M_obs); 6. Calculate the energy losses for the coefficients of Fokker-Planck equation; 7. Solve the Fokker-Planck equation to derive the relativistic @@ -789,8 +789,12 @@ class RadioHalo: NOTE ---- - We assume that the main cluster grows (i.e., gains mass) linearly - in time from (M_main, z_merge) to (M_obs, z_obs). + Since we currently only consider the last major merger event, + there may be a long time between ``z_merger`` and ``z_obs``. + So we assume that the main cluster grows linearly in time from + (M_main, z_merger) to (M_obs, z_obs). + + TODO: consider the full merging history. Parameters ---------- -- cgit v1.2.2