Parameters¶
Components of the Galactic ISM are parameterized in terms of size, central electron density, etc.
Currently, the code reads the parameters from the JSON file data/ne2001_params.json. You can modify this directly and future code will allow easier manipulation.
v0.1¶
Here is the JSON file:
{
"version": "v0.1 by JXP on 05March2017",
"galactic_center": {
"F": 60000.0,
"center": [
-0.01,
0.0,
-0.02
],
"e_density": 10.0,
"height": 0.026,
"radius": 0.145
},
"ldr": {
"F": 0.1,
"center": [
1.36,
8.06,
0.0
],
"e_density": 0.012,
"ellipsoid": [
1.5,
0.75,
0.5
],
"theta": -0.4223696789826278
},
"lhb": {
"F": 0.01,
"center": [
0.01,
8.45,
0.17
],
"cylinder": [
0.085,
0.1,
0.33
],
"e_density": 0.005,
"theta": 0.2617993877991494
},
"loop_in": {
"F": 0.2,
"center": [
-0.045,
8.4,
0.07
],
"e_density": 0.0125,
"radius": 0.12
},
"loop_out": {
"F": 0.01,
"center": [
-0.045,
8.4,
0.07
],
"e_density": 0.0125,
"radius": 0.18
},
"lsb": {
"F": 0.01,
"center": [
-0.75,
9.0,
-0.05
],
"e_density": 0.016,
"ellipsoid": [
1.05,
0.425,
0.325
],
"theta": 2.426007660272118
},
"spiral_arms": {
"e_density": 1.0,
"F": 1.0
},
"thick_disk": {
"F": 0.18,
"e_density": 0.034020618556701035,
"height": 0.97,
"radius": 17.5
},
"thin_disk": {
"F": 120,
"e_density": 0.08,
"height": 0.15,
"radius": 3.8
}
}