rustlens 0.2.0

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rustlens

A lightweight Python module for computing microlensing magnifications. rustlens is written in Rust and has no external dependencies.

Installation

Install with pip:

pip install rustlens

Usage

The plan is to eventually implement multiple lensing calculations. So far the only one available is based on Witt & Mao (1994). Compute the magnification for uniform sources as follows:

import rustlens

rustlens.witt_mao_magnification(l=0.2, rstar=2.0, re=0.5)

Where l is the distance of the lens from the centre of the source, normalised so that l=1 is the edge of the disk, rstar is the source radius, and re is the Einstein ring radius (in any units as long as they're the same as each other).

To compute the brightness-integrated magnification for a non-uniform source, use:

import rustlens

rustlens.integrated_witt_mao_magnification(l=0.2, rstar=2.0, re=0.5)

This will assume the source is limb darkened using a linear limb darkening law. Eventually the intention is to allow custom brightness functions to be specified.