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|OrientationIsAbsolute|boolean| |false|Whether the Orientation is absolute (w.r.t. declination axis) or relative (w.r.t. m axis in not-specified field). See the note below.| | |OrientationIsAbsolute|boolean| |false|Whether the Orientation is absolute (w.r.t. declination axis) or relative (w.r.t. m axis in not-specified field). See the note below.| | ||
|IShapelet|string| | |Name of the ASCII file defining the shapelet coefficients and scale of the I flux in the ' | |IShapelet|string| | |Name of the ASCII file defining the shapelet coefficients and scale of the I flux in the ' | ||
- | |QShapelet|string| |_ckgedit_QUOT__ckgedit> | + | |QShapelet|string| | |Idem for Q flux. An empty name means that no Q flux is present. Note that the Q (and U) flux can still be given using RotationMeasure.| |
- | |VShapelet|string| |"" | + | |UShapelet|string| |
+ | |VShapelet|string| | |Idem for V flux.| | ||
|SpectralIndex|doubles| |[]|Spectral index. Multiple values can be given enclosed in square brackets and separated by commas. The n-th value defines the n-th order term. \\ Note that the old way of specifying the spectral index (using SpectralIndexDegree and SpectralIndex: | |SpectralIndex|doubles| |[]|Spectral index. Multiple values can be given enclosed in square brackets and separated by commas. The n-th value defines the n-th order term. \\ Note that the old way of specifying the spectral index (using SpectralIndexDegree and SpectralIndex: | ||
+ | |LogarithmicSI|bool| true |Determines the meaning of the spectral index. See Logarithmic SI below| | ||
|ReferenceFrequency|double|Hz| |Reference frequency (in Hz) for the spectral index| | |ReferenceFrequency|double|Hz| |Reference frequency (in Hz) for the spectral index| | ||
|RotationMeasure|double|rad/ | |RotationMeasure|double|rad/ | ||
|PolarizationAngle|double|rad|0|Polarization angle (in radians) for the polarized flux| | |PolarizationAngle|double|rad|0|Polarization angle (in radians) for the polarized flux| | ||
|PolarizedFraction|double| |0|Fraction of I that is polarized| | |PolarizedFraction|double| |0|Fraction of I that is polarized| | ||
- | |ReferenceWavelength|double|m|c/ | + | |ReferenceWavelength|double|m||Reference wavelength (in m) if RM is specified using Q and U| |
|Category|integer| |2|Source category (must be 1, 2, or 3)| | |Category|integer| |2|Source category (must be 1, 2, or 3)| | ||
|Patch|string| | |Patch name| | |Patch|string| | |Patch name| | ||
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Note that the polarized flux can be given directly (as Q and U) or by means of the rotation measure, polarization angle, and polarized fraction. An error is given if both are given for the same source. | Note that the polarized flux can be given directly (as Q and U) or by means of the rotation measure, polarization angle, and polarized fraction. An error is given if both are given for the same source. | ||
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+ | === Logarithmic Spectral Index === | ||
+ | If '' | ||
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+ | This definition is also described in the [[https:// | ||
=== Using Rotation Measure === | === Using Rotation Measure === | ||
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A source is attached to a patch if its input line contains a patch name. A line defining that patch should have been processed before this line. \\ If no patch name is given for a source (as is usually the case), the source forms a patch in itself and the source name is used as the patch name (with an optional prefix/ | A source is attached to a patch if its input line contains a patch name. A line defining that patch should have been processed before this line. \\ If no patch name is given for a source (as is usually the case), the source forms a patch in itself and the source name is used as the patch name (with an optional prefix/ | ||
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+ | === Orientation of Gaussian sources === | ||
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+ | Until 2022, the orientation of Gaussian sources has been interpreted somewhat wrong. It was interpreted (both by DP3 and pybdsf) as the angle with respect to the m axis of a certain image. The correct (implicit) definition is the orientation w.r.t. the declination axis. For fields far away from the NCP, and/or sources not too far from the field center, these two definitions are almost identical. | ||
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+ | In DP3 v5.3 a fix was implemented to take the projection effects into account properly. This fix is only called when OrientationIsAbsolute is true. A script will be added to LSMTool to convert from ' | ||