Welcome to skysearcher

The skysearcher package is my feature finding program for galactic stellar/baryonic fractions of dark matter halos.

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Configuration parameters

All PATH parameters are absolute.

1. PATH

   DATA_DIR : str

    The path to the data directory
   

   PLOT_DIR : str

    The path to the plot output directory.
   

   TABLE_DIR : str

    The path to the hdf5 table input and output directory.
   

   MPI_TABLE_DIR : str

    The path to the MPI HDF5 table directory within :term:`TABLE_DIR`.
   

   GRID_DIR : str

    The path to Numpy array input files directory.
   

   TABLE_FORMAT : str

    Table format for astropy.tables.Table (default: {"hdf5"})
   

   TABLE_HDF5_PATH : str

    Table path for hdf5 table (default: {"hdf5"})
   

   TABLE_EXT : str

    Table file-type extension (default: {"hdf5"})
   

   GRID_EXT : str

    Extension for array files. (default: {"npy"})
   

2. Search Extent

   R_START : int

    Starting radius in units of :term:`Kpc` to start search from.
   

   R_STOP : int

    The maximum search radius in units of :term:`Kpc`.
   

   R_STEP : int

    Step interval in units of :term:`Kpc`
   

   R_SCALE : float

    Percent to multiply the radius by to get + and - :term:`Kpc` for annulus.
   

   ANNULUS_PHI_STEP : float

    How many sections to divide each annulus into.
   

3. Accept Reject

   XBOX_CUT : float

    Minimum contrast density a feature must have.
   

   MIN_LOG_NSTARS : float

    Minimum log10 value for the number of stars a feature must have.
   

   MIN_N_SEGMENTS : int

    Minimum number of segments a feature must be
   

   N_SKIPS : int

    Allowed number of skipped segments before ending feature.
   

4. Run Time

   SAVE_INTERVAL : int

    The number of features to hold between saves.
   

5. DATA

   D_MPC : float

    Distance to target halo in units of :term:`Mpc`.