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Gyoto::Metric::Minkowski Class Reference

The Minkowski flat-space metric. More...

#include <GyotoMinkowski.h>

Inheritance diagram for Gyoto::Metric::Minkowski:
Gyoto::Metric::Generic Gyoto::SmartPointee Gyoto::Hook::Teller

Public Member Functions

virtual Minkowskiclone () const
 Virtual copy constructor.
 
void gmunu (double g[4][4], const double *x) const
 Metric coefficients. More...
 
int christoffel (double dst[4][4][4], const double *x) const
 
virtual void setParameter (std::string, std::string, std::string)
 Set parameter by name. More...
 
virtual void fillElement (FactoryMessenger *fmp)
 called from Factory
 
double gmunu (const double *x, int mu, int nu) const
 Metric coefficients. More...
 
double christoffel (const double coord[8], const int alpha, const int mu, const int nu) const
 Chistoffel symbol. More...
 
const std::string kind () const
 Get kind_.
 
int coordKind () const
 Get coordinate kind.
 
int getRefCount ()
 
void mass (const double)
 Set mass used in unitLength()
 
void mass (const double, const std::string &unit)
 Set mass used in unitLength()
 
double mass () const
 Get mass used in unitLength()
 
double mass (const std::string &unit) const
 Get mass used in unitLength()
 
double unitLength () const
 M * G / c^2, M is in kg, unitLength in meters. More...
 
double unitLength (const std::string &unit) const
 unitLength expressed in specified unit
 
double deltaMin () const
 
void deltaMin (double h1)
 
double deltaMax () const
 
virtual double deltaMax (double const pos[8], double delta_max_external) const
 
void deltaMax (double h1)
 
double deltaMaxOverR () const
 Get delta_max_over_r_.
 
void deltaMaxOverR (double t)
 Set delta_max_over_r_.
 
bool keplerian () const
 Get keplerian_.
 
void keplerian (bool)
 Set keplerian_.
 
virtual void cartesianVelocity (double const coord[8], double vel[3])
 Compute xprime, yprime and zprime from 8-coordinates.
 
virtual double SysPrimeToTdot (const double coord[4], const double v[3]) const
 Compute tdot as a function of dr/dt, dtheta/dt and dphi/dt. Everything is in geometrical units. More...
 
virtual void circularVelocity (double const pos[4], double vel[4], double dir=1.) const
 Yield circular velocity at a given position. More...
 
virtual void nullifyCoord (double coord[8]) const
 Set tdot (coord[4]) such that coord is light-like. Everything is in geometrical units. More...
 
virtual void nullifyCoord (double coord[8], double &tdot2) const
 Set tdot (coord[4]) such that coord is light-like and return other possible tdot. More...
 
virtual double ScalarProd (const double pos[4], const double u1[4], const double u2[4]) const
 Scalar product. More...
 
virtual double Norm3D (double *pos) const
 not clear
 
virtual void setParameters (Gyoto::FactoryMessenger *fmp)
 Main loop in Subcontractor_t function. More...
 
void processGenericParameters (Gyoto::FactoryMessenger *fmp)
 Process generic XML parameters.
 
virtual int christoffel (double dst[4][4][4], const double coord[8]) const
 Chistoffel symbol. More...
 
virtual int myrk4 (Worldline *line, const double coord[8], double h, double res[8]) const
 RK4 integrator.
 
virtual int myrk4_adaptive (Gyoto::Worldline *line, const double coord[8], double lastnorm, double normref, double coordnew[8], double h0, double &h1, double deltamax=GYOTO_DEFAULT_DELTA_MAX) const
 RK4 integrator with adaptive step.
 
virtual int isStopCondition (double const *const coord) const
 Check whether integration should stop. More...
 
virtual int diff (const double y[8], double res[8]) const
 F function such as dy/dtau=F(y,cst)
 
virtual void setParticleProperties (Gyoto::Worldline *line, const double *coord) const
 Set Metric-specific constants of motion. Used e.g. in KerrBL.
 
virtual void hook (Listener *listener)
 Start listening. More...
 
virtual void unhook (Listener *listener)
 Stop listening. More...
 

Protected Types

typedef Gyoto::SmartPointer
< Gyoto::SmartPointee
Subcontractor_t (Gyoto::FactoryMessenger *)
 A subcontractor builds an object upon order from the Factory. More...
 

Protected Member Functions

void kind (const std::string)
 Set kind_. More...
 
void coordKind (int coordkind)
 Set coordkind_. More...
 
void incRefCount ()
 Increment the reference counter. Warning: Don't mess with the counter.
 
int decRefCount ()
 Decrement the reference counter and return current value. Warning: Don't mess with the counter.
 
virtual void tellListeners ()
 Call tell() on each hooked Listener. More...
 

Protected Attributes

double delta_min_
 Minimum integration step for the adaptive integrator.
 
double delta_max_
 Maximum integration step for the adaptive integrator.
 
double delta_max_over_r_
 Numerical tuning parameter. More...
 
bool keplerian_
 1 if circularVelocity should return the Newtonian Keplerian velocity, in r^-3/2
 

Friends

class Gyoto::SmartPointer< Gyoto::Metric::Minkowski >
 

Detailed Description

The Minkowski flat-space metric.

Use <Cartesian> or </Spherical> to select the coordinate system kind.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef Gyoto::SmartPointer<Gyoto::SmartPointee> Gyoto::SmartPointee::Subcontractor_t(Gyoto::FactoryMessenger *)
inherited

A subcontractor builds an object upon order from the Factory.

Various classes need to provide a subcontractor to be able to instanciate themselves upon order from the Factory. A subcontractor is a function (often a static member function) which accepts a pointer to a FactoryMessenger as unique parameter, communicates with the Factory using this messenger to read an XML description of the object to build, and returns this objet. SmartPointee::Subcontractor_t* is just generic enough a typedef to cast to and from other subcontractor types: Astrobj::Subcontractor_t, Metric::Subcontractor_t, Spectrum::Subcontractor_t. A subcontractor needs to be registered using the relevant Register() function: Astrobj::Register(), Metric::Register(), Spectrum::Register().

Member Function Documentation

double Gyoto::Metric::Minkowski::christoffel ( const double  coord[8],
const int  alpha,
const int  mu,
const int  nu 
) const
virtual

Chistoffel symbol.

Value of Christoffel symbol Γαμν at point (x1, x2, x3).

Reimplemented from Gyoto::Metric::Generic.

virtual int Gyoto::Metric::Generic::christoffel ( double  dst[4][4][4],
const double  coord[8] 
) const
virtualinherited

Chistoffel symbol.

Value of Christoffel symbol Γαμν at point (x1, x2, x3).

virtual void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::circularVelocity ( double const  pos[4],
double  vel[4],
double  dir = 1. 
) const
virtualinherited

Yield circular velocity at a given position.

Give the velocity of a massive particle in circular orbit at the given position projected onto the equatorial plane. Such a velocity may not exist everywhere (or anywhere) for a given metric. This method is intended to be used by Astrobj classes such as Torus or ThinDisk.

If keplerian_ is set to true, this method should return the Keplerian velcity instead (derived classes should ensure this, see KerrBL::circularVelocity() for instance).

The default implementation throws an error if keplerian_ is set to false.

Parameters
posinput: position,
veloutput: velocity,
dir1 for corotating, -1 for counterrotating.

Reimplemented in Gyoto::Metric::KerrKS, and Gyoto::Metric::KerrBL.

void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::coordKind ( int  coordkind)
protectedinherited

Set coordkind_.

coordkind(int coordkind) is protected because, for most Metrics, it should not be changed in runtime.Set coordinate kind

double Gyoto::Metric::Generic::deltaMax ( ) const
inherited

Get delta_max_

virtual double Gyoto::Metric::Generic::deltaMax ( double const  pos[8],
double  delta_max_external 
) const
virtualinherited

Get delta max at a given position

Parameters
pos4-position
optional]delta_max_external external constraint on delta_max
Returns
the smallest value between delta_max_, delta_max_external, and R*delta_max_over_r_ where R is pos[1] in spherical coordinates and max(x1, x2, x3) in Cartesian coordinates.
void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::deltaMax ( double  h1)
inherited

Set delta_max_

double Gyoto::Metric::Generic::deltaMin ( ) const
inherited

Get delta_min_

void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::deltaMin ( double  h1)
inherited

Set delta_min_

void Gyoto::Metric::Minkowski::gmunu ( double  g[4][4],
const double *  pos 
) const
virtual

Metric coefficients.

The default implementation calls double gmunu(const double * x, int mu, int nu) const.

Parameters
[out]g4x4 array to store the coeefficients
[in]x4-position at which to compute the coefficients;
Returns
Metric coefficient gμ,ν at point x

Reimplemented from Gyoto::Metric::Generic.

double Gyoto::Metric::Minkowski::gmunu ( const double *  x,
int  mu,
int  nu 
) const
virtual

Metric coefficients.

The default implementation calls Metric:: gmunu(double g[4][4], const double * pos) const

Parameters
x4-position at which to compute the coefficient;
mu1st index of coefficient, 0≤μ≤3;
nu2nd index of coefficient, 0≤ν≤3;
Returns
Metric coefficient gμ,ν at point x

Reimplemented from Gyoto::Metric::Generic.

virtual void Gyoto::Hook::Teller::hook ( Listener listener)
virtualinherited

Start listening.

Use from a Hook::Listener object method:

teller->hook(this)

where "this" is a Listener and "teller" is a Teller.

Use unhook() later to stop listening to a given Teller.

Parameters
listenerpointer to the new listener
virtual int Gyoto::Metric::Generic::isStopCondition ( double const *const  coord) const
virtualinherited

Check whether integration should stop.

The integrating loop will ask this the Metric through this method whether or not it is happy to conitnue the integration. Typically, the Metric should answer 0 when everything is fine, 1 when too close to the event horizon, inside the BH...

Parameters
coord8-coordinate vector to check.

Reimplemented in Gyoto::Metric::KerrBL, and Gyoto::Metric::KerrKS.

void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::kind ( const std::string  )
protectedinherited

Set kind_.

kind(const std::string) is protected because, for most Metrics, it should not be changed in runtime.Set kind_

virtual void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::nullifyCoord ( double  coord[8]) const
virtualinherited

Set tdot (coord[4]) such that coord is light-like. Everything is in geometrical units.

Set coord[4] so that the 4-velocity coord[4:7] is lightlike, i.e. of norm 0. There may be up to two solutions. coord[4] is set to the hightest. The lowest can be retrieved using nullifyCoord(double coord[8], double& tdot2) const. Everything is expressed in geometrical units.

Parameters
[in,out]coord8-position, coord[4] will be set according to the other elements;

Reimplemented in Gyoto::Metric::KerrKS, and Gyoto::Metric::KerrBL.

virtual void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::nullifyCoord ( double  coord[8],
double &  tdot2 
) const
virtualinherited

Set tdot (coord[4]) such that coord is light-like and return other possible tdot.

Set coord[4] so that the 4-velocity coord[4:7] is lightlike, i.e. of norm 0. There may be up to two solutions. coord[4] is set to the hightest. The lowest can be retrieved in tdot2. Everything is expressed in geometrical units.

Parameters
[in,out]coord8-position, coord[4] will be set according to the other elements;
[out]tdot2will be set to the smallest solution

Reimplemented in Gyoto::Metric::KerrKS, and Gyoto::Metric::KerrBL.

virtual double Gyoto::Metric::Generic::ScalarProd ( const double  pos[4],
const double  u1[4],
const double  u2[4] 
) const
virtualinherited

Scalar product.

Compute the scalarproduct of the two quadrivectors u1 and u2 in this Metric, at point pos expressed in coordinate system sys.

Parameters
pos4-position;
u11st quadrivector;
u22nd quadrivector;
Returns
u1*u2

Reimplemented in Gyoto::Metric::RotStar3_1, and Gyoto::Metric::KerrBL.

virtual void Gyoto::Metric::Minkowski::setParameter ( std::string  name,
std::string  content,
std::string  unit 
)
virtual

Set parameter by name.

Assume MyKind is a subclass of Metric::Generic which has two members (a string StringMember and a double DoubleMember):

int MyKind::setParameter(std::string name, std::string content, std::string unit) {
if (name=="StringMember") setStringMember(content);
else if (name=="DoubleMember") setDoubleMemeber(atof(content.c_str()), unit);
else return Generic::setParameter(name, content, unit);
return 0;
}

If MyKind is not a direct subclass of Generic, it should call the corresponding setParameter() implementation instead of Generic::setParameter().

Parameters
nameXML name of the parameter
contentstring representation of the value
unitstring representation of the unit
Returns
0 if this parameter is known, 1 if it is not.

Reimplemented from Gyoto::Metric::Generic.

virtual void Gyoto::Metric::Generic::setParameters ( Gyoto::FactoryMessenger *  fmp)
virtualinherited

Main loop in Subcontractor_t function.

The Subcontractor_t function for each Metric kind should look somewhat like this (templated as Gyoto::Metric::Subcontractor<MyKind>):

SmartPointer<Metric::Generic>
Gyoto::Metric::MyKind::Subcontractor(FactoryMessenger* fmp) {
SmartPointer<MyKind> gg = new MyKind();
gg -> setParameters(fmp);
return gg;
}
 Each metric kind should implement setParameter(string name,
 string content, string unit) to interpret the individual XML
 elements. setParameters() can be overloaded in case the specific
 Metric class needs low level access to the FactoryMessenger. See
 Gyoto::Astrobj::UniformSphere::setParameters().

Reimplemented in Gyoto::Metric::RotStar3_1.

virtual double Gyoto::Metric::Generic::SysPrimeToTdot ( const double  coord[4],
const double  v[3] 
) const
virtualinherited

Compute tdot as a function of dr/dt, dtheta/dt and dphi/dt. Everything is in geometrical units.

Parameters
coord4-position (geometrical units);
v3-velocity dx1/dx0, dx2/dx0, dx3/dx0;
Returns
tdot = dx0/dtau.
virtual void Gyoto::Hook::Teller::tellListeners ( )
protectedvirtualinherited

Call tell() on each hooked Listener.

Whenever a Teller mutates, it should warn any Listener hooked to it using tellListeners().

virtual void Gyoto::Hook::Teller::unhook ( Listener listener)
virtualinherited

Stop listening.

Use from a Hook::Listener object method:

teller->unhook(this)

where "this" is a Listener, "teller" is a Teller, and "this" has called teller->hook(this) previously.

Parameters
listenerpointer to the listener
double Gyoto::Metric::Generic::unitLength ( ) const
inherited

M * G / c^2, M is in kg, unitLength in meters.

Metrics implementations are free to express lengths and distances in whatever unit they see fit (presumably most often geometrical units). This function returns this unit in SI (meters).

Member Data Documentation

double Gyoto::Metric::Generic::delta_max_over_r_
protectedinherited

Numerical tuning parameter.

Ensure that delta (the numerical integration step) is never larger than a fraction of the distance between the current location and the center of the coordinate system.

For investigations close to the event horizon, 0.5 is usually fine. If high accuracy is needed long after deflection (weak lensing), then this must be smaller. A good test is to look at a MinDistance map for a FixedStar: it must be smooth.


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