/simpulse

C++/python library for simulating FRB's and pulsars

Primary LanguageC++

simpulse: C++/python library for simulating pulses in radio astronomy

Right now there isn't much here, just a class representing a single channelized, dispersed, scattered pulse. In the future I may add more features (e.g. pulsars and scintillated pulses).

INSTALLATION

  • You'll need the following prerequisites.

    • C++ compiler which supports C++11
    • Cython (installation hint: pip install Cython)
    • FFTW3 (installation hint: sudo yum install fftw-devel or brew install fftw)

  • Create a file Makefile.local defining a few Makefile variables (see brief description in Makefile, or one of the examples in site/)

  • Do make all install

  • You can make a few example plots with

cd visual_check
./plot-pulses.py