NuRadioReco.modules.phasedarray.triggerSimulator module

class NuRadioReco.modules.phasedarray.triggerSimulator.triggerSimulator(log_level=30)

Bases: object

Calculates the trigger for a phased array with a primary beam.

The channels that participate in both beams and the pointing angle for each subbeam can be specified.

See https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.04573.pdf

Methods

calculate_time_delays(station, det, ...[, ...])	Calculates the delays needed for phasing the array.
check_vertical_string(station, det, ...)	Checks if the triggering antennas lie in a straight vertical line Throws error if not.
get_antenna_positions(station, det[, ...])	Calculates the vertical coordinates of the antennas of the detector
get_channel_trace_start_time(station, ...)	Finds the start time of the desired traces.
phase_signals(traces, beam_rolls)	Phase signals together given the rolls
phased_trigger(station, det[, Vrms, ...])	simulates phased array trigger for each event
power_sum(coh_sum, window, step[, adc_output])	Calculate power summed over a length defined by 'window', overlapping at intervals defined by 'step'
run(evt, station, det[, Vrms, threshold, ...])	simulates phased array trigger for each event

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begin(debug=False, pre_trigger_time=100)

get_antenna_positions(station, det, triggered_channels=None, component=2)

Calculates the vertical coordinates of the antennas of the detector

Parameters:

station: Station object

Description of the current station

det: Detector object

Description of the current detector

triggered_channels: array of ints

channels ids of the channels that form the primary phasing array if None, all channels are taken

component: int

Which cartesian coordinate to return

Returns:

ant_pos: array of floatss

Desired antenna position in requested coordinate

calculate_time_delays(station, det, triggered_channels, phasing_angles=array([-0.959931089, -0.714608352, -0.513801244, -0.333826648, -0.164572284, 1.11022302e-16, 0.164572284, 0.333826648, 0.513801244, 0.714608352, 0.959931089]), ref_index=1.75, sampling_frequency=None)

Calculates the delays needed for phasing the array.

Parameters:

station: Station object

Description of the current station

det: Detector object

Description of the current detector

triggered_channels: array of ints

channels ids of the channels that form the primary phasing array if None, all channels are taken

phasing_angles: array of float

pointing angles for the primary beam

ref_index: float

refractive index for beam forming

sampling_frequency: float

Rate of the ADC used

Returns:

beam_rolls: array of dicts of keys=antenna and content=delay

get_channel_trace_start_time(station, triggered_channels)

Finds the start time of the desired traces. Throws an error if all the channels dont have the same start time.

Parameters:

station: Station object

Description of the current station

triggered_channels: array of ints

channels ids of the channels that form the primary phasing array if None, all channels are taken

Returns:

channel_trace_start_time: float

Channel start time

check_vertical_string(station, det, triggered_channels)

Checks if the triggering antennas lie in a straight vertical line Throws error if not.

Parameters:

station: Station object

Description of the current station

det: Detector object

Description of the current detector

triggered_channels: array of ints

channels ids of the channels that form the primary phasing array if None, all channels are taken

power_sum(coh_sum, window, step, adc_output='voltage')

Calculate power summed over a length defined by ‘window’, overlapping at intervals defined by ‘step’

Parameters:

coh_sum: array of floats

Phased signal to be integrated over

window: int

Power integral window Units of ADC time ticks

step: int

Time step in power integral. If equal to window, there is no time overlap in between neighboring integration windows Units of ADC time ticks.

adc_output: string

• ‘voltage’ to store the ADC output as discretised voltage trace

• ‘counts’ to store the ADC output in ADC counts

Returns:

power:

Integrated power in each integration window

num_frames

Number of integration windows calculated

phase_signals(traces, beam_rolls)

Phase signals together given the rolls

Parameters:

traces: 2D array of floats

Signals from the antennas to be phased together.

beam_rolls: 2D array of floats

The amount to shift each signal before phasing the traces together

Returns:

phased_traces: array of arrays

phased_trigger(station, det, Vrms=None, threshold=0.06, triggered_channels=None, phasing_angles=array([-0.959931089, -0.714608352, -0.513801244, -0.333826648, -0.164572284, 1.11022302e-16, 0.164572284, 0.333826648, 0.513801244, 0.714608352, 0.959931089]), ref_index=1.75, trigger_adc=False, clock_offset=0, adc_output='voltage', trigger_filter=None, upsampling_factor=1, window=32, step=16)

simulates phased array trigger for each event

Several channels are phased by delaying their signals by an amount given by a pointing angle. Several pointing angles are possible in order to cover the sky. The array triggered_channels controls the channels that are phased, according to the angles phasing_angles.

Parameters:

station: Station object

Description of the current station

det: Detector object

Description of the current detector

Vrms: float

RMS of the noise on a channel, used to automatically create the digitizer reference voltage. If set to None, tries to use reference voltage as defined int the detector description file.

threshold: float

threshold above (or below) a trigger is issued, absolute amplitude

triggered_channels: array of ints

channels ids of the channels that form the primary phasing array if None, all channels are taken

phasing_angles: array of float

pointing angles for the primary beam

ref_index: float

refractive index for beam forming

trigger_adc: bool, default True

If True, analog to digital conversion is performed. It must be specified in the detector file. See analogToDigitalConverter module for information

clock_offset: float

Overall clock offset, for adc clock jitter reasons

trigger_filter: array floats

Freq. domain of the response to be applied to post-ADC traces Must be length for “MC freq”

upsampling_factor: integer

Upsampling factor. The trace will be a upsampled to a sampling frequency int_factor times higher than the original one after conversion to digital

window: int

Power integral window Units of ADC time ticks

step: int

Time step in power integral. If equal to window, there is no time overlap in between neighboring integration windows. Units of ADC time ticks

Returns:

is_triggered: bool

True if the triggering condition is met

trigger_delays: dictionary

the delays for the primary channels that have caused a trigger. If there is no trigger, it’s an empty dictionary

trigger_time: float

the earliest trigger time with respect to first interaction time.

trigger_times: dictionary

all time bins that fulfil the trigger condition per beam. The key is the beam number. Time with respect to first interaction time.

maximum_amps: list of floats (length equal to that of phasing_angles)

the maximum value of all the integration windows for each of the phased waveforms

run(evt, station, det, Vrms=None, threshold=0.06, triggered_channels=None, trigger_name='simple_phased_threshold', phasing_angles=array([-0.959931089, -0.714608352, -0.513801244, -0.333826648, -0.164572284, 1.11022302e-16, 0.164572284, 0.333826648, 0.513801244, 0.714608352, 0.959931089]), set_not_triggered=False, ref_index=1.75, trigger_adc=False, clock_offset=0, adc_output='voltage', trigger_filter=None, upsampling_factor=1, window=32, step=16)

simulates phased array trigger for each event

Several channels are phased by delaying their signals by an amount given by a pointing angle. Several pointing angles are possible in order to cover the sky. The array triggered_channels controls the channels that are phased, according to the angles phasing_angles.

Parameters:

evt: Event object

Description of the current event

station: Station object

Description of the current station

det: Detector object

Description of the current detector

Vrms: float

RMS of the noise on a channel, used to automatically create the digitizer reference voltage. If set to None, tries to use reference voltage as defined int the detector description file.

threshold: float

threshold above (or below) a trigger is issued, absolute amplitude

triggered_channels: array of ints

channels ids of the channels that form the primary phasing array if None, all channels are taken

trigger_name: string

name for the trigger

phasing_angles: array of float

pointing angles for the primary beam

set_not_triggered: bool (default: False)

if True not trigger simulation will be performed and this trigger will be set to not_triggered

ref_index: float

refractive index for beam forming

trigger_adc: bool, default True

If True, analog to digital conversion is performed. It must be specified in the detector file. See analogToDigitalConverter module for information

clock_offset: float

Overall clock offset, for adc clock jitter reasons

adc_output: string

• ‘voltage’ to store the ADC output as discretised voltage trace

• ‘counts’ to store the ADC output in ADC counts

trigger_filter: array floats

Freq. domain of the response to be applied to post-ADC traces Must be length for “MC freq”

upsampling_factor: integer

Upsampling factor. The trace will be a upsampled to a sampling frequency int_factor times higher than the original one after conversion to digital

window: int

Power integral window Units of ADC time ticks

step: int

Time step in power integral. If equal to window, there is no time overlap in between neighboring integration windows. Units of ADC time ticks

Returns:

is_triggered: bool

True if the triggering condition is met

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