mwa_rust_core 0.2.0

Convenience Rust code that handles coordinate transformations, Jones matrices, etc. for the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope.
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// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

//! Interferometric direction-cosine coordinates.
//!
//! This coordinate system is discussed at length in Interferometry and
//! Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Third Edition, Section 3: Analysis of the
//! Interferometer Response.

use std::f64::consts::TAU;

/// (l,m,n) direction-cosine coordinates. There are no units (i.e.
/// dimensionless).
///
/// This coordinate system is discussed at length in Interferometry and
/// Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, Third Edition, Section 3: Analysis of the
/// Interferometer Response.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default)]
#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
pub struct LMN {
    /// l coordinate \[dimensionless\]
    pub l: f64,
    /// m coordinate \[dimensionless\]
    pub m: f64,
    /// n coordinate \[dimensionless\]
    pub n: f64,
}

impl LMN {
    /// Subtract 1 from `n` and multiply each of (`l`,`m`,`n`) by 2pi. This is
    /// convenient for application with the radio interferometer measurement
    /// equation (RIME), as performing some multiplys and subtracts ahead of
    /// time results in many fewer FLOPs.
    pub fn prepare_for_rime(self) -> LMN {
        Self {
            l: TAU * self.l,
            m: TAU * self.m,
            n: TAU * (self.n - 1.0),
        }
    }
}