RM-Tools 1.3.1

RM-synthesis, RM-clean and QU-fitting on polarised radio spectra

RM-Tools

RM-synthesis, RM-clean and QU-fitting on polarised radio spectra

Python scripts to perform RM-synthesis, RM-clean and QU-fitting on polarised radio spectra.

Initial version by Cormac R. Purcell
Currently maintained by CIRADA

Version 1.2 is now released! Check the wiki for new functionality.

Installation, usage instructions and detailed algorithm information can be found in the wiki.

Structure:
RMtools_1D ... Toolkit to produce Faraday spectra of single pixels.
RMtools_3D ... Toolkit to produce Faraday depth cubes.
RMutils ... Utilities for interacting with polarized data and Faraday depth

This will make the following modules importable in Python: RMtools_1D, RMtools_3D, RMutil

Five terminal commands are added to invoke the main tools:
rmsynth1d
rmclean1d
rmsynth3d
rmclean3d
qufit

Use these commands with a -h flag to get information on the usage of each. Full documentation is on the wiki.

The following terminal commands are available to access the additional tools:
rmtools_freqfile
rmtools_calcRMSF
rmtools_testdata1D
rmtools_createchunks
rmtools_assemblechunks
rmtools_fitIcube
rmtools_peakfitcube
rmtools_testdata3D
rmtools_extractregion

If you use this package in a publication, please cite the ASCL entry for the time being.
A paper with a full description of the package is being prepared but is not available yet.

Questions, bug reports, and feature requests can be posted to the GitHub issues page or sent to Cameron Van Eck, cameron.van.eck (at) dunlap.utoronto.ca.

More information on the Canadian Initiative for Radio Astronomy Data Analysis (CIRADA) can be found at cirada.ca.