LogSpiral

class gammapy.astro.population.LogSpiral

Bases: object

Logarithmic spiral.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic_spiral

Methods Summary

radius(theta, spiralarm_index)	Radius for a given angle.
theta(radius, spiralarm_index)	Angle for a given radius.
xy_position([theta, radius, spiralarm_index])	Compute (x, y) position for a given angle or radius.

Methods Documentation

radius(theta, spiralarm_index)

Radius for a given angle.

Parameters

thetaQuantity

Angle (deg).

spiralarm_indexint

Spiral arm index.

Returns

radiusndarray

Radius (kpc).

theta(radius, spiralarm_index)

Angle for a given radius.

Parameters

radiusQuantity

Radius (kpc).

spiralarm_indexint

Spiral arm index.

Returns

thetandarray

Angle (deg).

xy_position(theta=None, radius=None, spiralarm_index=0)

Compute (x, y) position for a given angle or radius.

Parameters

thetaQuantity, optional

Angle (deg). Default is None.

radiusQuantity, optional

Radius (kpc). Default is None.

spiralarm_indexint, optional

Spiral arm index. Default is 0.

Returns

x, yndarray

Position (x, y).