TimeDelay.h

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#ifndef _TIMEDELAY_H
#define _TIMEDELAY_H
 
#include <lal/LALDatatypes.h>
#include <lal/LALDetectors.h>
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif
 
 
/**
 * \defgroup TimeDelay_h Header TimeDelay.h
 * \ingroup lal_date
 * \author David Chin, Kipp Cannon
 *
 * \brief Provides routines to compute time delay between two detectors
 *
 * ### Synopsis ###
 *
 * \code
 * #include <lal/TimeDelay.h>
 * \endcode
 *
 * ### Description ###
 *
 * The function XLALTimeDelayFromEarthCenter() Computes difference in arrival
 * time of the same signal at detector and at center of Earth-fixed frame.
 *
 * The function XLALLightTravelTime() computes the light travel time between two detectors and returns the answer in \c INT8 nanoseconds.
 *
 * The function XLALPopulateAccuracyParams() creates an instance of InspiralAccuracyList populated with
 * the light-travel times between the detectors, using just the previous function.
 * The function XLALPopulateAccuracyParamsExt(), however, creates an instance of InspiralAccuracyList
 * populated with the \c real travel time of a putative signal for the given time and the given sky
 * location (in right ascension and declination, both given in degrees).
 *
 * ### Algorithm ###
 *
 * TBA. See Anderson, <em>et al.</em> \cite ABCCRW_2001 in the mean time.
 *
 * Note that GPS time is passed with both the detectors.  The GPS time of the
 * second detector is \e ignored, and the GPS time for the first detector
 * is taken to be the time when the signal arrives at the center of the
 * Earth.  In practice, this time will be the time of detection of a signal at
 * the first detector, but, as in Anderson, <em>et al.</em>, we make this
 * approximation as it makes little difference.  This time is used to compute
 * a GMST which gives us the orientation of the Earth.
 *
 */
/** @{ */
 
 
/*
 * Function prototypes
 */
 
double
XLALArrivalTimeDiff(
        const double detector1_earthfixed_xyz_metres[3],
        const double detector2_earthfixed_xyz_metres[3],
        const double source_right_ascension_radians,
        const double source_declination_radians,
        const LIGOTimeGPS *gpstime
);
 
 
INT8
XLALLightTravelTime ( const LALDetector *aDet,
                      const LALDetector *bDet
                     );
 
 
REAL8
XLALTimeDelayFromEarthCenter(
        const double detector_earthfixed_xyz_metres[3],
        double source_right_ascension_radians,
        double source_declination_radians,
        const LIGOTimeGPS *gpstime
);
 
/** @} */
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
 
#endif /* !defined _TIMEDELAY_H */