GModelSpectralGauss.cpp
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/***************************************************************************
* GModelSpectralGauss.cpp - Spectral Gaussian model class *
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* copyright (C) 2014 by Christoph Deil & Ellis Owen *
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* *
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify *
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by *
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or *
* (at your option) any later version. *
* *
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, *
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the *
* GNU General Public License for more details. *
* *
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License *
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
* *
***************************************************************************/
/**
* @file GModelSpectralGauss.cpp
* @brief Gaussian spectral model class implementation
* @author Christoph Deil & Ellis Owen
*/
/* __ Includes ___________________________________________________________ */
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif
#include "GException.hpp"
#include "GTools.hpp"
#include "GMath.hpp"
#include "GModelSpectralGauss.hpp"
#include "GModelSpectralRegistry.hpp"
#include "GFunction.hpp"
#include "GIntegral.hpp"
/* __ Constants __________________________________________________________ */
/* __ Globals ____________________________________________________________ */
const GModelSpectralGauss g_spectral_gauss_seed;
const GModelSpectralRegistry g_spectral_gauss_registry(&g_spectral_gauss_seed);
/* __ Method name definitions ____________________________________________ */
#define G_FLUX "GModelSpectralGauss::flux(GEnergy&, GEnergy&)"
#define G_EFLUX "GModelSpectralGauss::eflux(GEnergy&, GEnergy&)"
#define G_MC "GModelSpectralGauss::mc(GEnergy&, GEnergy&, GRan&)"
#define G_READ "GModelSpectralGauss::read(GXmlElement&)"
#define G_WRITE "GModelSpectralGauss::write(GXmlElement&)"
/* __ Macros _____________________________________________________________ */
/* __ Coding definitions _________________________________________________ */
/* __ Debug definitions __________________________________________________ */
/*==========================================================================
= =
= Constructors/destructors =
= =
==========================================================================*/
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Void constructor
***************************************************************************/
GModelSpectralGauss::GModelSpectralGauss(void) : GModelSpectral()
{
// Initialise members
init_members();
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief XML constructor
*
* @param[in] xml XML element.
*
* Constructs constant spectral model by extracting information from an XML
* element. See the read() method for more information about the expected
* structure of the XML element.
***************************************************************************/
GModelSpectralGauss::GModelSpectralGauss(const GXmlElement& xml) :
GModelSpectral()
{
// Initialise members
init_members();
// Read information from XML element
read(xml);
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Constructor
*
* @param[in] prefactor Power law pre factor (in ph/cm2/s/MeV).
* @param[in] mean Mean energy.
* @param[in] sigma Energy width.
***************************************************************************/
GModelSpectralGauss::GModelSpectralGauss(const double& prefactor,
const GEnergy& mean,
const GEnergy& sigma) :
GModelSpectral()
{
// Initialise members
init_members();
// Set parameters
m_norm.value(prefactor);
m_mean.value(mean.MeV());
m_sigma.value(sigma.MeV());
// Autoscale parameters
autoscale();
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Copy constructor
*
* @param[in] model Spectral Gaussian model.
***************************************************************************/
GModelSpectralGauss::GModelSpectralGauss(const GModelSpectralGauss& model) :
GModelSpectral(model)
{
// Initialise members
init_members();
// Copy members
copy_members(model);
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Destructor
***************************************************************************/
GModelSpectralGauss::~GModelSpectralGauss(void)
{
// Free members
free_members();
// Return
return;
}
/*==========================================================================
= =
= Operators =
= =
==========================================================================*/
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Assignment operator
*
* @param[in] model Gauss spectral model.
* @return Gauss spectral model.
***************************************************************************/
GModelSpectralGauss& GModelSpectralGauss::operator=(const GModelSpectralGauss& model)
{
// Execute only if object is not identical
if (this != &model) {
// Copy base class members
this->GModelSpectral::operator=(model);
// Free members
free_members();
// Initialise members
init_members();
// Copy members
copy_members(model);
} // endif: object was not identical
// Return
return *this;
}
/*==========================================================================
= =
= Public methods =
= =
==========================================================================*/
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Clear Gaussian spectral model
***************************************************************************/
void GModelSpectralGauss::clear(void)
{
// Free class members (base and derived classes, derived class first)
free_members();
this->GModelSpectral::free_members();
// Initialise members
this->GModelSpectral::init_members();
init_members();
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Clone Gaussian spectral model
*
* @return Pointer to deep copy of Gaussian spectral model.
***************************************************************************/
GModelSpectralGauss* GModelSpectralGauss::clone(void) const
{
// Clone Gaussian spectral model
return new GModelSpectralGauss(*this);
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Evaluate model value
*
* @param[in] srcEng True photon energy.
* @param[in] srcTime True photon arrival time.
* @return Model value (ph/cm2/s/MeV).
*
* Evaluates
*
* \f[
* \frac{dN}{dE} = \frac{\norm}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma}
* \exp(\frac{(E-\bar{E})^2}{2\sigma^2})
* \f]
***************************************************************************/
double GModelSpectralGauss::eval(const GEnergy& srcEng,
const GTime& srcTime) const
{
double energy = srcEng.MeV();
double norm = m_norm.value();
double mean = m_mean.value();
double sigma = m_sigma.value();
// Compute function value
double term1 = (norm / sigma) * gammalib::inv_sqrt2pi;
double term2 = (energy - mean) * (energy - mean) / (2.0 * sigma * sigma);
double value = term1 * std::exp(-term2);
// Return
return value;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Evaluate model value and gradient
*
* @param[in] srcEng True photon energy.
* @param[in] srcTime True photon arrival time.
* @return Model value (ph/cm2/s/MeV).
*
* This method simply calls the eval() method as no analytical gradients will
* be computed. See the eval() method for details.
*
* TODO: Implement this
***************************************************************************/
double GModelSpectralGauss::eval_gradients(const GEnergy& srcEng,
const GTime& srcTime)
{
double energy = srcEng.MeV();
double norm = m_norm.value();
double mean = m_mean.value();
double sigma = m_sigma.value();
// Update the evaluation cache
update_eval_cache(srcEng);
// Compute function value
double term1 = (norm / sigma) * gammalib::inv_sqrt2pi;
double term2 = (energy - mean) * (energy - mean) / (2 * sigma * sigma);
double value = term1 * std::exp(- term2);
// Compute partial derivatives with respect to the parameter factor
// values. The partial derivatives with respect to the parameter
// values are obtained by division by the scale factor.
double g_norm = (m_norm.is_free())
? m_norm.scale() * m_last_power : 0.0;
double g_mean = (m_index.is_free())
? value * m_index.scale() * std::log(m_last_e_norm) : 0.0;
double g_sigma = (m_ecut.is_free())
? value * m_last_e_cut / m_ecut.factor_value() : 0.0;
// Set gradients
m_norm.factor_gradient(g_norm);
m_mean.factor_gradient(g_mean);
m_sigma.factor_gradient(g_sigma);
// Compile option: Check for NaN/Inf
#if defined(G_NAN_CHECK)
if (gammalib::is_notanumber(value) || gammalib::is_infinite(value)) {
std::cout << "*** ERROR: GModelSpectralExpPlaw::eval_gradients";
std::cout << "(srcEng=" << srcEng;
std::cout << ", srcTime=" << srcTime << "):";
std::cout << " NaN/Inf encountered";
std::cout << " (value=" << value;
std::cout << ", e_norm=" << m_last_e_norm;
std::cout << ", e_cut=" << m_last_e_cut;
std::cout << ", power=" << m_last_power;
std::cout << ")" << std::endl;
}
#endif
// Return
return value;
}
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Returns model photon flux between [emin, emax] (ph/cm2/s)
*
* @param[in] emin Minimum photon energy.
* @param[in] emax Maximum photon energy.
* @return Photon flux (ph/cm2/s).
*
* Computes
*
* \f[
* \int_{\tt emin}^{\tt emax} S_{\rm E}(E | t) dE
* \f]
*
* where
* - [@p emin, @p emax] is an energy interval, and
* - \f$S_{\rm E}(E | t)\f$ is the spectral model (ph/cm2/s/MeV).
* The integration is done analytically.
***************************************************************************/
double GModelSpectralGauss::flux(const GEnergy& emin,
const GEnergy& emax) const
{
// Initialise flux
double flux = 0.0;
// Compute only if integration range is valid
if (emin < emax) {
// Precomputations
double energy_min = emin.MeV();
double energy_max = emax.MeV();
double norm = m_norm.value();
double mean = m_mean.value();
double sigma = m_sigma.value();
double denom = 1.0 / (gammalib::sqrt_two*sigma);
double zmin = (energy_min - mean) * denom;
double zmax = (energy_max - mean) * denom;
// Compute flux for a constant model
flux = norm*(gammalib::erfcc(zmin) - gammalib::erfcc(zmax))/2.0;
} // endif: integration range was valid
// Return
return flux;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Returns model energy flux between [emin, emax] (erg/cm2/s)
*
* @param[in] emin Minimum photon energy.
* @param[in] emax Maximum photon energy.
* @return Energy flux (erg/cm2/s).
*
* Computes
*
* \f[
* \int_{\tt emin}^{\tt emax} S_{\rm E}(E | t) E \, dE
* \f]
*
* where
* - [@p emin, @p emax] is an energy interval, and
* - \f$S_{\rm E}(E | t)\f$ is the spectral model (ph/cm2/s/MeV).
* The integration is done analytically.
***************************************************************************/
double GModelSpectralGauss::eflux(const GEnergy& emin,
const GEnergy& emax) const
{
// Initialise flux
double eflux = 0.0;
// Compute only if integration range is valid
if (emin < emax) {
// Setup integration kernel
eflux_kernel integrand(m_norm.value(), m_mean.value(),
m_sigma.value());
GIntegral integral(&integrand);
// Get integration boundaries in MeV
double e_min = emin.MeV();
double e_max = emax.MeV();
// Perform integration
eflux = integral.romb(e_min, e_max);
// Convert from MeV/cm2/s to erg/cm2/s
eflux *= gammalib::MeV2erg;
} // endif: integration range was valid
// Return
return eflux;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Returns MC energy between [emin, emax]
*
* @param[in] emin Minimum photon energy.
* @param[in] emax Maximum photon energy.
* @param[in] time True photon arrival time.
* @param[in,out] ran Random number generator.
* @return Energy.
*
* @exception GException::erange_invalid
* Energy range is invalid (emin < emax required).
*
* Returns Monte Carlo energy by randomly drawing from a constant between
* the minimum and maximum photon energy.
*
* Method Used: Box-Muller transform, outlined here:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box%E2%80%93Muller_transform
*
* Code from: http://www.design.caltech.edu/erik/Misc/Gaussian.html
***************************************************************************/
GEnergy GModelSpectralGauss::mc(const GEnergy& emin,
const GEnergy& emax,
const GTime& time,
GRan& ran) const
{
double xmax = emax.MeV();
double xmin = emin.MeV();
double energy;
// Throw an exception if energy range is invalid
if (xmin >= xmax) {
throw GException::erange_invalid(G_MC, xmin, xmax,
"Minimum energy < maximum energy required.");
}
// Get uniform value between 0 and 1
double u = ran.uniform();
// Do ...
do {
double x1;
double w;
do{
x1 = 2.0 * u - 1.0;
double x2 = 2.0 * u - 1.0;
w = x1 * x1 + x2 * x2;
} while (w >= 1.0);
// Do ...
w = std::sqrt( (-2.0 * std::log( w ) ) / w );
// Compute ...
double val = x1 * w;
// Map into [emin,emax] range
energy = (xmax - xmin) * val + xmin;
} while ((xmin <= energy) && (energy < xmax));
// Return energy
return GEnergy(energy, "MeV");
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Read model from XML element
*
* @param[in] xml XML element containing Gaussian model information.
*
* @exception GException::model_invalid_parnum
* Invalid number of model parameters found in XML element.
* @exception GException::model_invalid_parnames
* Invalid model parameter name found in XML element.
*
* Read the spectral Gaussian information from an XML element.
* The format of the XML elements is:
*
* <spectrum type="Gaussian">
* <parameter name="Prefactor" scale=".." value=".." min=".." max=".." free=".."/>
* <parameter name="Mean" scale=".." value=".." min=".." max=".." free=".."/>
* <parameter name="Sigma" scale=".." value=".." min=".." max=".." free=".."/>
* </spectrum>
*
***************************************************************************/
void GModelSpectralGauss::read(const GXmlElement& xml)
{
// Set number of parameters
const int n_pars = 3;
// Verify that XML element has exactly 3 parameters
if (xml.elements() != n_pars || xml.elements("parameter") != n_pars) {
throw GException::model_invalid_parnum(G_READ, xml,
"Gaussian model requires exactly 3 parameters.");
}
// Extract model parameters
int npar[] = {0, 0, 0};
for (int i = 0; i < n_pars; ++i) {
// Get parameter element
const GXmlElement* par = xml.element("parameter", i);
// Handle prefactor
if (par->attribute("name") == "Prefactor") {
m_norm.read(*par);
npar[0]++;
}
// Handle mean
else if (par->attribute("name") == "Mean") {
m_mean.read(*par);
npar[1]++;
}
// Handle sigma
else if (par->attribute("name") == "Sigma") {
m_sigma.read(*par);
npar[2]++;
}
} // endfor: looped over all parameters
// Verify that all parameters were found
if (npar[0] != 1 || npar[1] != 1 || npar[2] != 1) {
throw GException::model_invalid_parnames(G_READ, xml,
"Require \"Prefactor\", \"Mean\", and \"Sigma\""
" parameters.");
}
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Write model into XML element
*
* @param[in] xml XML element into which model information is written.
*
* @exception GException::model_invalid_spectral
* Existing XML element is not of type "Gaussian"
* @exception GException::model_invalid_parnum
* Invalid number of model parameters or nodes found in XML element.
* @exception GException::model_invalid_parnames
* Invalid model parameter names found in XML element.
*
* Writes the spectral information into an XML element. The format of the XML
* element is
*
* <spectrum type="Gaussian">
* <parameter name="Prefactor" scale=".." value=".." min=".." max=".." free=".."/>
* <parameter name="Mean" scale=".." value=".." min=".." max=".." free=".."/>
* <parameter name="Sigma" scale=".." value=".." min=".." max=".." free=".."/>
* </spectrum>
***************************************************************************/
void GModelSpectralGauss::write(GXmlElement& xml) const
{
// Set model type
if (xml.attribute("type") == "") {
xml.attribute("type", "Gaussian");
}
// Verify model type
if (xml.attribute("type") != "Gaussian") {
throw GException::model_invalid_spectral(G_WRITE, xml.attribute("type"),
"Spectral model is not of type \"Gaussian\".");
}
// If XML element has 0 nodes then append 3 parameter nodes
if (xml.elements() == 0) {
xml.append(GXmlElement("parameter name=\"Prefactor\""));
xml.append(GXmlElement("parameter name=\"Mean\""));
xml.append(GXmlElement("parameter name=\"Sigma\""));
}
// Verify that XML element has exactly 3 parameters
if (xml.elements() != 3 || xml.elements("parameter") != 3) {
throw GException::model_invalid_parnum(G_WRITE, xml,
"Power law model requires exactly 3 parameters.");
}
// Set or update model parameter attributes
int npar[] = {0, 0, 0};
for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
// Get parameter element
GXmlElement* par = xml.element("parameter", i);
// Handle prefactor
if (par->attribute("name") == "Prefactor") {
npar[0]++;
m_norm.write(*par);
}
// Handle mean
else if (par->attribute("name") == "Mean") {
npar[1]++;
m_mean.write(*par);
}
// Handle sigma
else if (par->attribute("name") == "Sigma") {
npar[2]++;
m_sigma.write(*par);
}
} // endfor: looped over all parameters
// Check of all required parameters are present
if (npar[0] != 1 || npar[1] != 1 || npar[2] != 1 ) {
throw GException::model_invalid_parnames(G_WRITE, xml,
"Require \"Prefactor\", \"Mean\" and \"Sigma\""
" parameters.");
}
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Print spectral model information
*
* @param[in] chatter Chattiness (defaults to NORMAL).
* @return String containing spectral model information.
***************************************************************************/
std::string GModelSpectralGauss::print(const GChatter& chatter) const
{
// Initialise result string
std::string result;
// Continue only if chatter is not silent
if (chatter != SILENT) {
// Append header
result.append("=== GModelSpectralGauss ===");
// Append model content
result.append("\n"+gammalib::parformat("Number of parameters"));
result.append(gammalib::str(size()));
for (int i = 0; i < size(); ++i) {
result.append("\n"+m_pars[i]->print(chatter));
}
} // endif: chatter was not silent
// Return result
return result;
}
/*==========================================================================
= =
= Private methods =
= =
==========================================================================*/
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Initialise class members
***************************************************************************/
void GModelSpectralGauss::init_members(void)
{
// Initialise normalisation
m_norm.clear();
m_norm.name("Prefactor");
m_norm.unit("ph/cm2/s/MeV");
m_norm.scale(1.0);
m_norm.value(1.0); // default: 1.0
m_norm.min(0.0); // min: 0.0
m_norm.free();
m_norm.gradient(0.0);
m_norm.has_grad(false);
// Initialise mean energy
m_mean.clear();
m_mean.name("Mean");
m_mean.unit("MeV");
m_mean.scale(1.0);
m_mean.value(1000.0); // default: 1000.0
m_mean.min(0.1); // min: 0.1
m_mean.free();
m_mean.gradient(0.0);
m_mean.has_grad(false);
// Initialise energy width
m_sigma.clear();
m_sigma.name("Sigma");
m_sigma.unit("MeV");
m_sigma.scale(1.0);
m_sigma.value(1000.0); // default: 1000.0
m_sigma.min(0.1); // min: 0.1
m_sigma.free();
m_sigma.gradient(0.0);
m_sigma.has_grad(false);
// Set parameter pointer(s)
m_pars.clear();
m_pars.push_back(&m_norm);
m_pars.push_back(&m_mean);
m_pars.push_back(&m_sigma);
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Copy class members
*
* @param[in] model Spectral constant model.
***************************************************************************/
void GModelSpectralGauss::copy_members(const GModelSpectralGauss& model)
{
// Copy members
m_norm = model.m_norm;
m_mean = model.m_mean;
m_sigma = model.m_sigma;
// Set parameter pointer(s)
m_pars.clear();
m_pars.push_back(&m_norm);
m_pars.push_back(&m_mean);
m_pars.push_back(&m_sigma);
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Delete class members
***************************************************************************/
void GModelSpectralGauss::free_members(void)
{
// Return
return;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Kernel for energy flux integration
*
* @param[in] energy Energy (MeV).
***************************************************************************/
double GModelSpectralGauss::eflux_kernel::eval(const double& energy)
{
// Evaluate function value
double term1 = (m_norm / m_sigma) * gammalib::inv_sqrt2pi;
double term2 = (energy - m_mean) * (energy - m_mean) / (2.0 * m_sigma * m_sigma);
double value = term1 * std::exp(- term2);
// Return value
return value;
}
/***********************************************************************//**
* @brief Update eval precomputation cache
*
* @param[in] energy Energy.
*
* Updates the precomputation cache for eval() and eval_gradients() methods.
*
* TODO integrate this to correct form
***************************************************************************/
void GModelSpectralGauss::update_eval_cache(const GEnergy& energy) const
{
// Get parameter values (takes 3 multiplications which are difficult
// to avoid)
double index = m_index.value();
double ecut = m_ecut.value();
double pivot = m_pivot.value();
// If the energy or one of the parameters index, cut-off or pivot
// energy has changed then recompute the cache
if ((m_last_energy != energy) ||
(m_last_index != index) ||
(m_last_ecut != ecut) ||
(m_last_pivot != pivot)) {
// Store actual energy and parameter values
m_last_energy = energy;
m_last_index = index;
m_last_ecut = ecut;
m_last_pivot = pivot;
// Compute and store value
double eng = energy.MeV();
m_last_e_norm = eng / m_last_pivot;
m_last_e_cut = eng / m_last_ecut;
m_last_power = std::pow(m_last_e_norm, m_last_index) *
std::exp(-m_last_e_cut);
} // endif: recomputation was required
// Return
return;
}