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Disk Spatial Model

This is a spatial model parametrising a disk.

By default, the model is symmetric, i.e. a disk:

$$\phi(lon, lat) = \frac{1}{2 \pi (1 - \cos{r_0}) } \cdot \begin{cases} 1 & \text{for } \theta \leq r_0 \ 0 & \text{for } \theta > r_0 \end{cases}$$

where $\theta$ is the sky separation. To improve fit convergence of the model, the sharp edges is smoothed using erf.

In case an eccentricity (e) and rotation angle ($\phi$) are passed, then the model is an elongated disk (i.e. an ellipse), with a major semiaxis of length $r_0$ and position angle $\phi$ (increaing counter-clockwise from the North direction).

The model is defined on the celestial sphere, with a normalization defined by:

$$\int_{4\pi}\phi(\text{lon}, \text{lat}) \,d\Omega = 1\,.$$

Example plot

Here is an example plot of the model:

import numpy as np
from astropy.coordinates import Angle
from gammapy.modeling.models import (
    DiskSpatialModel,
    Models,
    PowerLawSpectralModel,
    SkyModel,
)

phi = Angle("30 deg")
model = DiskSpatialModel(
    lon_0="2 deg", lat_0="2 deg", r_0="1 deg", e=0.8, phi="30 deg", frame="galactic",
)

ax = model.plot(add_cbar=True)

# illustrate size parameter
region = model.to_region().to_pixel(ax.wcs)
artist = region.as_artist(facecolor="none", edgecolor="red")
ax.add_artist(artist)

transform = ax.get_transform("galactic")
ax.scatter(2, 2, transform=transform, s=20, edgecolor="red", facecolor="red")
ax.text(1.7, 1.85, r"$(l_0, b_0)$", transform=transform, ha="center")
ax.plot([2, 2 + np.sin(phi)], [2, 2 + np.cos(phi)], color="r", transform=transform)
ax.vlines(x=2, color="r", linestyle="--", transform=transform, ymin=0, ymax=5)
ax.text(2.15, 2.3, r"$\phi$", transform=transform)

YAML representation

Here is an example YAML file using the model:

pwl = PowerLawSpectralModel()
gauss = DiskSpatialModel()

model = SkyModel(spectral_model=pwl, spatial_model=gauss, name="pwl-disk-model")
models = Models([model])

print(models.to_yaml())

Out:

components:
-   name: pwl-disk-model
    type: SkyModel
    spectral:
        type: PowerLawSpectralModel
        parameters:
        -   name: index
            value: 2.0
        -   name: amplitude
            value: 1.0e-12
            unit: cm-2 s-1 TeV-1
        -   name: reference
            value: 1.0
            unit: TeV
            frozen: true
    spatial:
        type: DiskSpatialModel
        frame: icrs
        parameters:
        -   name: lon_0
            value: 0.0
            unit: deg
        -   name: lat_0
            value: 0.0
            unit: deg
        -   name: r_0
            value: 1.0
            unit: deg
        -   name: e
            value: 0.0
            frozen: true
        -   name: phi
            value: 0.0
            unit: deg
            frozen: true
        -   name: edge
            value: 0.01
            unit: deg
            frozen: true