coordinax
Coordinates in JAX
Coordinax enables calculations with coordinates in JAX. Built on Equinox and Quax.
Installation
pip install coordinax
Documentation
Quick example
import jax.numpy as jnp
import unxt as u
import coordinax as cx
q = cx.CartesianPos3D(
x=u.Quantity(jnp.arange(0, 10.0), "kpc"),
y=u.Quantity(jnp.arange(5, 15.0), "kpc"),
z=u.Quantity(jnp.arange(10, 20.0), "kpc"),
)
print(q)
# <CartesianPos3D: (x, y, z) [kpc]
# [[ 0. 5. 10.]
# [ 1. 6. 11.]
# ...
# [ 8. 13. 18.]
# [ 9. 14. 19.]]>
q2 = cx.vconvert(cx.SphericalPos, q)
print(q2)
# <SphericalPos: (r[kpc], theta[rad], phi[rad])
# [[11.18 0.464 1.571]
# [12.57 0.505 1.406]
# ...
# [23.601 0.703 1.019]
# [25.259 0.719 0.999]]>
p = cx.CartesianVel3D(
x=u.Quantity(jnp.arange(0, 10.0), "km/s"),
y=u.Quantity(jnp.arange(5, 15.0), "km/s"),
z=u.Quantity(jnp.arange(10, 20.0), "km/s"),
)
print(p)
# <CartesianVel3D: (x, y, z) [km / s]
# [[ 0. 5. 10.]
# [ 1. 6. 11.]
# ...
# [ 8. 13. 18.]
# [ 9. 14. 19.]]>
p2 = cx.vconvert(cx.SphericalVel, p, q)
print(p2)
# <SphericalVel: (r[km / s], theta[km rad / (km s)], phi[km rad / (km s)])
# [[ 1.118e+01 -3.886e-16 0.000e+00]
# [ 1.257e+01 -1.110e-16 0.000e+00]
# ...
# [ 2.360e+01 0.000e+00 0.000e+00]
# [ 2.526e+01 -2.776e-16 0.000e+00]]>
# Transforming between frames
icrs_frame = cx.frames.ICRS()
gc_frame = cx.frames.Galactocentric()
op = cxf.frame_transform_op(icrs_frame, gc_frame)
q_gc, p_gc = op(q, p)
print(q_gc, p_gc, sep="\n")
# <CartesianPos3D: (x, y, z) [kpc]
# [[-1.732e+01 5.246e+00 3.614e+00]
# ...
# [-3.004e+01 1.241e+01 -1.841e+00]]>
# <CartesianVel3D: (x, y, z) [km / s]
# [[ 3.704 250.846 11.373]
# ...
# [ -9.02 258.012 5.918]]>
coord = cx.Coordinate({"length": q, "speed": p}, frame=icrs_frame)
print(coord)
# Coordinate(
# KinematicSpace({
# 'length': <CartesianPos3D: (x, y, z) [kpc]
# [[ 0. 5. 10.]
# ...
# [ 9. 14. 19.]]>,
# 'speed': <CartesianVel3D: (x, y, z) [km / s]
# [[ 0. 5. 10.]
# ...
# [ 9. 14. 19.]]>
# }),
# frame=ICRS()
# )
print(coord.to_frame(gc_frame))
# Coordinate(
# KinematicSpace({
# 'length': <CartesianPos3D: (x, y, z) [kpc]
# [[-1.732e+01 5.246e+00 3.614e+00]
# ...
# [-3.004e+01 1.241e+01 -1.841e+00]]>,
# 'speed': <CartesianVel3D: (x, y, z) [km / s]
# [[ 3.704 250.846 11.373]
# ...
# [ -9.02 258.012 5.918]]>
# }),
# frame=Galactocentric( ... )
# )
Citation
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Development
We welcome contributions!
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