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Package rays (in rays.i) - create and plot ray sets for drat package
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DOCUMENT best_rays(rays) returns 5-element (x,y,z,theta,phi) representation of RAYS. The first dimension of RAYS may be length 3, 5, or 6 to represent the ray(s) in TDG/DIRT coordinates (x,y,theta), "best" coordinates (x,y,z,theta,phi), or internal coordinates (cos,sin,y,z,x,r), respectively. The first dimension of the result always has length 5. The "best" coordinate system is the easiest to visualize: (x,y,z) represents any point on the ray, while (theta,phi) represents the ray direction in standard spherical coordinates relative to the +z-axis. Namely, theta is the angle from the +z-direction to the ray direction (between 0 and pi), and phi is the counterclockwise angle from the +x-axis to the projection of the ray direction into the xy-plane, assuming xyz is a right-handed coordinate system. As a specification of a ray, this system is doubly redundant because the point (x,y,z) could be any point on the ray, and the underlying mesh through which the ray propagates is cylindrically symmetric about the z-axis. However, the slimits parameter -- used to specify the points along a ray where the transport integration starts and stops -- is measured from the point (x,y,z) specified as a part of the (x,y,z,theta,phi) ray coordinate. Thus, any change in the point (x,y,z) on a ray must be accompanied by a corresponding change in the slimits for that ray.
SEE ALSO: form_rays, dirt_rays, internal_rays, get_s0, picture_rays
DOCUMENT dirt_rays(rays) returns 3-element (x,y,theta) representation of RAYS. The first dimension of RAYS may be length 3, 5, or 6 to represent the ray(s) in TDG/DIRT coordinates (x,y,theta), "best" coordinates (x,y,z,theta,phi), or internal coordinates (cos,sin,y,z,x,r), respectively. The first dimension of the result always has length 3. The TDG/DIRT coordinate system is based on the coordinates (x,y) in a plane normal to the ray. Unfortunately, the old TDG and DIRT codes used an angle theta which has the opposite sense from the "best" and internal coordinates. Therefore, conversion from TDG/DIRT coordinates to internal coordinates will reverse the sign of theta. Conversion from TDG/DIRT coordinates to "best" coordinates always results in positive theta, but the angle phi will be pi for positive input theta. The slimits parameter -- used to specify the points along a ray where the transport integration starts and stops -- is measured from the point of closest approach of the ray described by (x,y,theta) to the origin x=y=z=0. Therefore, slimits is independent of the TDG/DIRT ray coordinate representation.
SEE ALSO: form_rays, best_rays, internal_rays, get_s0, picture_rays
DOCUMENT best= form_rays( [x, y, z, theta, phi] )
or dirt= form_rays( [x, y, theta] )
or internal= form_rays( [cos, sin, y, z, x, r] )
forms 5-by-nrays, 3-by-nrays, or 6-by-nrays ray representation
given individual lists of array coordinates. The [...]
operator builds an nrays-by-5, nrays-by-3, or nrays-by-6
array, which form_rays transposes. The "nrays" may represent
zero or more actual dimensions.
SEE ALSO: best_rays, dirt_rays, internal_rays, picture_rays
DOCUMENT get_s0(rays) returns the s-coordinate of the point of closest approach of the RAYS to the origin x=y=z=0. The length of the first dimension of RAYS may be either 3, 5, or 6; this first dimension will not be present in the result. The s-coordinate represents distance along the ray, increasing in the direction the ray moves. The 5 and 6 component ray coordinates include a reference point (x,y,z) on the ray; s=0 at that point. For the 3 component ray coordinate, get_s0 always returns 0.
SEE ALSO: best_rays, dirt_rays, internal_rays
DOCUMENT internal_rays(rays) returns 6-element (cos,sin,y,z,x,r) representation of RAYS. The first dimension of RAYS may be length 3, 5, or 6 to represent the ray(s) in TDG/DIRT coordinates (x,y,theta), "best" coordinates (x,y,z,theta,phi), or internal coordinates (cos,sin,y,z,x,r), respectively. The first dimension of the result always has length 6. The internal coordinates are what Drat uses internally to describe the ray. The coordinate system is rotated about the z-axis until the ray lies in a plane of constant y (there are at least two ways to do this). The point (x,y,z) can be any point on the ray, and r=sqrt(x^2+y^2) is the corresponding cylindrical radius. The clockwise angle theta from the +z-axis to the ray direction (which always lies in the zx-plane) determines cos=cos(theta) and sin=sin(theta). As a specification of a ray, this system is triply redundant because the point (x,y,z) could be any point on the ray, both the sine and cosine of theta appear, and r=sqrt(x^2+y^2). However, the slimits parameter -- used to specify the points along a ray where the transport integration starts and stops -- is measured from the point (x,y,z) specified as a part of the (cos,sin,y,z,x,r) ray coordinate. Thus, any change in the point (x,y,z) on a ray must be accompanied by a corresponding change in the slimits for that ray.
SEE ALSO: form_rays, best_rays, dirt_rays, get_s0, picture_rays
DOCUMENT picture_rays(xpict, ypict, ray)
or picture_rays(xpict, ypict, ray, theta_up, phi_up)
returns 2-D array of rays, one at the center of each zone (which
represents a pixel here) of the mesh (XPICT, YPICT). The rays are
all parallel to the given RAY (a 3, 5, or 6 element vector). The
(XPICT, YPICT) coordinates are in the plane perpendicular to the rays,
with the origin XPICT=YPICT=0 at the given RAY.
If (THETA_UP, PHI_UP) are given, the +YPICT-axis will lie along the
projection of the (THETA_UP, PHI_UP) direction into the (XPICT, YPICT)
plane. The default (THETA_UP, PHI_UP) is (pi/2, pi/2) -- the +y-axis
-- unless (THETA, PHI) is the y-axis, in which case it is (pi/2, 0)
-- the +x-axis. This matches the DIRT/TDG ray coordinate convention
in the sense that if RAY is [0,0,theta], then
(zncen(XPICT),zncen(YPICT)) are the DIRT/TDG (x,y) coordinates for
the rays.
If XPICT and YPICT are imax-by-jmax, the returned array will have
dimensions 5-by-(imax-1)-by-(jmax-1). That is, "best" coordinates
are returned. The (x,y,z) of all of the returned rays will lie in
the plane perpendicular to the ray passing through the given central
RAY.
SEE ALSO: form_rays, best_rays, dirt_rays, internal_rays, area
DOCUMENT plray, ray where RAY is a vector of length 5 representing [x, y, z, theta, phi] -- a point (x,y,z) on the ray, and the ray direction (theta,phi) relative to the z-axis. The ray hyperbola is plotted with the z-axis horizontal. The portion of the ray plotted is determined by the plray_lims command, which must be issued prior to the first plray. The 3 and 6 component ray formats are also accepted.
SEE ALSO: plray_lims, dirt_rays, internal_rays
DOCUMENT plray_lims, zmin, zmax, rmax sets the (z,r) coordinate limits for the plray command. Subsequent rays will be clipped to the region from z=ZMIN to z=ZMAX, and from r=0 to r=RMAX.
SEE ALSO: plray